Policy

Britain bans imports of diamonds from Russia, as well as "a number of items found by Ukraine on the battlefield"

Diamonds are among the ten largest non-energy exports of Russia, enriching the Russian budget

Kyiv City Council Adopts Capital Budget for 2024 - UAH 1 billion Allocated to Help the Armed Forces

The law does not allow the capital to help units that are not registered in Kyiv

Finland reopens newly opened border crossing points with Russia

This decision was made due to the resumption of the refugee flow

EU leaders announced the start of negotiations on Ukraine's accession to the European Union

This was announced by the President of the European Council Charles Michel

The US Congress approved a draft defense budget for 2024 worth a record $886 billion

Of this amount, $800 million is earmarked for Ukraine - the implementation of these funds is expected to take 2 to 5 years

Putin says 617,000 Russians are now fighting in Ukraine

Putin's answers suggest that at least 363,000 Russians have already died in the war against Ukraine

EU has a plan B to bypass Hungary when deciding on financial assistance to Ukraine - Hahn

Money for Ukraine may be allocated through an intergovernmental agreement of 26 EU countries minus Hungary

"All is not lost": MP says that the US Congress will still be able to approve the allocation of aid to Ukraine

Congress will continue to work for another week, until December 21

Serbian President Vucic promises to return Kosovo and support Putin if Trump wins the US election

According to a political analyst, Vucic is trying to win over Serbian nationalists to his side on the eve of the election

Bloomberg: Hungarian authorities name amount for which they will agree to lift blockade of financial aid for Ukraine

However, according to Orban, Ukraine's accession to the European Union still remains a "red line" for Budapest