Ukraine and the European Union discussed strengthening defense cooperation, including military training and the provision of critically needed equipment for the armed forces, stated Ukrainian Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal.

Here is how things stand on Saturday, July 26: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukrainian forces were facing fierce fighting around the city of Pokrovsk in the country’s east, a logistics hub near where Russia’s military has been announcing the near-daily capture of Ukrainian villages.

The European Union was one step away from opening its first negotiating cluster with Ukraine despite Hungary's blockade - but the decision, planned for 18 July, never came to fruition. Source: an article by European Pravda (English translation coming soon) Details: European Pravda has learned that a legally unconventional but potentially effective scheme had been developed in Brussels that would enable Budapest's formal veto to be circumvented.

Half a century after the establishment of relations between China and the EU, and against a backdrop of deteriorating transatlantic relations, the European Union and China held their 25th summit in Beijing.

The European Union has decided to open membership negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova, despite Hungarian leader's opposition. EU agrees to open membership talks with Ukraine and Moldova - Los ...

The European Union’s executive arm recommended on Wednesday that the bloc open membership talks with Ukraine, an encouraging step for the government in Kyiv in what remains a long and arduous ...