Policy

Zelensky meets with British Foreign Secretary

The politicians discussed Ukraine's expectations from the Vilnius NATO Summit, the advancement of the Ukrainian peace formula, as well as other issues

Highlights of the week: The US avoided default, but recession threats remain, outcomes of the OPEC+ meeting, AI creates a bubble, and Twitter's value drops again

Review of the major events of the past seven days and international press reactions to them

The European Commission extends the moratorium on grain imports from Ukraine to 5 EU countries until mid-September – media

The ban applies to wheat, maize, rapeseed, and sunflower seeds

Ukraine has handed over to its partners a list of 36 Russian companies against which it is calling for sanctions

These are military-industrial companies that produce drones and missiles, and with which the West still cooperates

Hungarian government calls for a ceasefire and shows a map of Ukraine showing Crimea as belonging to Russia

Orban calls for preventing a counteroffensive by the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Zelensky: Ukraine has only two Patriot batteries, but needs 50 such systems to protect the sky

According to him, the "European coalition" to transfer these systems to Ukraine is only in the early stages of formation

"There are no 'disputed' territories between Ukraine and Russia": Foreign Ministry responds to Indonesia's 'peace plan'

Ceasefire without withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine will allow Russia to gain time, Nikolenko emphasizes

Zelensky admits that Ukraine will not join NATO while the war continues

That is why the West is afraid to set official accession dates

US stops sharing nuclear weapons data with russia

The United States has resumed production of nuclear warheads for the first time since the collapse of the USSR

Kazakhstan offers Germany six-fold increase in oil supplies to replace russian oil

In addition to Germany, Italy is actively buying Kazakh oil