EU chief Ursula von der Leyen promises that Ukraine will receive the promised 90 billion euros "one way or another." - Today we stand in Kyiv on a cruel anniversary. But the resilience of the Ukrainian people is unbroken, she said in Kyiv on the fourth anniversary of the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked the European countries for their support.
ConflictsRussia's now four-year invasion of Ukraine has also exposed Sweden's vulnerabilities. To withstand rocket attacks that violate international law, physical protection is required and administrative "drainage thinking" must be scrapped, according to the Swedish Civil Defence Agency.
SwedenPrime Minister Ulf Kristersson met with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy in Kyiv on the anniversary of the Russian full-scale invasion in 2022. The good news is that they are holding the Russians at bay at the front, Kristersson said.
Swedish politicsWhat happens to the thousands of Ukrainian children abducted to Russia during the war? A new book reveals the Russian machinery behind the deportations.
EntertainmentThey had hoped to bring gifts in the form of a new sanctions package and clarity on the EU's billion-euro loan. But when EU leaders Ursula von der Leyen and António Costa visit Kyiv on the fourth anniversary of the Russian invasion, they are essentially empty-handed.
World politicsThe war of attrition has stalled and peace talks are deadlocked over land issues. But after four years, Russia's claims to the international community appear to be firmly established. The war and the annexation of territory are a means to an end, says Russia analyst Martin Kragh.
WorldSixteen-year-old Veronika from Zlatopil in the Kharkiv region remembers the horror of February 24, 2022 – the day Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Her father quickly left to help with the defense. Veronika and her mother were left at home, uncertain. "The war has taken so much from my family: my plans, our sense of security, our home as it used to be," she said.
Conflicts“Decisions taken in the European Council must be respected.” European Council President António Costa lashes out at Hungary's Viktor Orbán after he threatened the EU's multi-billion-euro loan to Ukraine.
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