US President Joe Biden said that Vladimir Putin, his Russian counterpart, was wrong to believe Western resolve would “crumble”, as the Ukraine conflict drags on.
Germany is poised to back down on tank deliveries to Ukraine
Germany seemed poised to concede in the dispute over sending Leopard 2 tanks into Ukraine on Monday. This signalled its willingness to allow Nato allies to re-export theirs.
Coalition partners criticize German Chancellor’s indecisiveness about Leopard tank deliveries
Olaf Scholz’s supervisor was informed that Germany failed a historic test by refusing to send battle tanks from Ukraine at a weapons-pledging conference.
Rebuilding Ukraine to cost more than double World Bank estimate, says BlackRock boss
At an event in Davos, Volodymyr Zelensky, the head and largest money manager in the world, said that Ukraine will need more than $750bn (£608bn).
EU backs Ukraine’s membership (official candidate for membership)
Friday’s European Union blessing was given to Ukraine by the bloc to be an official candidate for membership. This is a historic shift in Europe’s eastward outlook that has been
After Kyiv closes major transit route, Russian gas to Europe via Ukraine drops by 25%
The Russian gas flow to Europe via Ukraine dropped by 25% on Wednesday, after Kyiv stopped using a major transit route. This was the first time that exports via Ukraine
Ukraine halting key Russian gas transport to Europe, blames Moscow
On Tuesday, Ukraine announced that it would suspend gas flow through the transit point. It claimed the transit point delivers nearly a third of the fuel from Russia to Europe
Brussels forced to drop the ban on EU tankers carrying Russian oil
Brussels has dropped the proposed ban on EU tankers carrying Russian oil. Splits forced the bloc to relax its recent package of economic sanctions targeting Moscow.
Russia to spend $9 bln to rebuild supply chains, PM says – Reuters
March 15 (Reuters) – Russia plans to spend 1 trillion roubles ($9 billion) on what it refers to as anti-crisis measures, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said on Tuesday, as the
Over the weekend, Russian gas flows via Yamal pipeline into Germany rose
The flow of Russian gas towards Germany via the Yamal Europe pipeline rose over the weekend according to preliminary data from Gascade, with no indications that it has been affected
European gas prices ease as Kremlin soothes fears via Reuters
MOSCOW/LONDON (Reuters) – European spot gas prices eased on Friday after the Kremlin said that Belarus had not consulted Moscow before threatening to reduce flows of natural gas to Europe,