Ukraine: The day the war broke out

Ukraine: The day the war broke out

[ad_1] Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe.      It was in the early hours of the morning, a year ago in Kyiv, that blasts could be heard coming from the direction of Boryspil International Airport, southeast of the capital. Early commuters were already on the road and, for nearly two hours, traffic continued to…

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‘Oh my God, it’s really happening’

‘Oh my God, it’s really happening’

[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Kaja Kallas had been dreading the call. “I woke at 5 o’clock,” the Estonian prime minister recalled recently. The phone was ringing. Her Lithuanian counterpart was on the line.  “Oh my God, it’s really happening,” came the ominous words, according to Kallas. Another…

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NATO on the precipice

NATO on the precipice

[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS — The images tell the story. In the packed meeting rooms and hallways of Munich’s Hotel Bayerischer Hof last weekend, back-slapping allies pushed an agenda with the kind of forward-looking determination NATO had long sought to portray but just as often struggled to…

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The strengths and weaknesses of Volodymyr Zelenskyy

The strengths and weaknesses of Volodymyr Zelenskyy

[ad_1] Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe.  In the weeks leading up to Russia’s invasion, senior Ukraine opposition politicians and former ministers were brimming with frustration. They’d been imploring President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to meet with them — something he’d not done since his landslide election nearly two years before. They’d also been urging…

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The head of the House GOP’s campaign arm and other members are blasting the improper access of Republican lawmakers’ military records as “beyond disgusting.”

The head of the House GOP’s campaign arm and other members are blasting the improper access of Republican lawmakers’ military records as “beyond disgusting.”

[ad_1] It’s not certain whether Due Diligence was the only outside entity that obtained access to the military records. [ad_2] #House #GOPs #campaign #arm #members #blasting #improper #access #Republican #lawmakers #military #records #disgusting ( With inputs from : www.politico.com )

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Biden brings hope — as well as pledges of cash and weapons — to Ukraine

Biden brings hope — as well as pledges of cash and weapons — to Ukraine

[ad_1] KYIV — Just days before the one-year anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the streets of the capital were suddenly locked down on Monday morning. Then videos of a mysterious procession of vehicles with blacked-out windows began being posted online. Who, wondered many ordinary Ukrainians — trying to go about their daily business as best…

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