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

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.

The deal stipulates that the U.S. will deliver weapons to the EU, which will handle distribution among member states, with most of the arms expected to go to Ukraine.

The European Union will continue to provide Ukraine with regular and predictable financial support in the long term. In 2025, the European Union will provide Ukraine with EUR 30.6 billion, of which EUR 3.5 billion has already been disbursed under the Ukraine Facility, and EUR 7 billion under the G7 ERA initiative, which is repaid by the windfall profits stemming from immobilised Russian assets.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and some of Ukraine’s main European Union backers are weighing options to fill possible gaps after the Trump administration paused weapons shipments to his country.

The European Union’s executive arm unveiled its latest package of sanctions ... The proposal is the 18th sanctions package to come out of Brussels since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukrainian forces are holding back a concerted summer push by Russia’s bigger army to break through defenses along parts of the front line

That isn’t enough to bring the two economies closer.Instead, European frustration is mounting over Beijing’s support for Russia’s war in Ukraine and what officials view as a flood of low-cost products on global markets.