The signals coming from the US regarding Ukraine and the transatlantic commitments are forcing Europeans to rethink their security. Obstacles: costs of hundreds of billions and extremists’ boycott.
Following the “reunification” with Russia, Crimea was saved from Kyiv’s persecution, according to a false narrative circulated by pro-Kremlin media 11 years after the annexation of Crimea.
The EU is responsible for the Russian invasion of Ukraine, because of the lies about Kyiv's accession to the European Union, says a SOS Romania senator.
Maia Sandu took office thanks to USAID funding, but now she is taking orders from Paris and will send Moldovan troops to Ukraine under the French flag, according to a false Russian narrative.
If it wants peace, Ukraine must withdraw from the occupied Russian territories, writes the pro-Kremlin press, lying that the illegally invaded and annexed Ukrainian regions belong to Russia.
Official statistics show that Russia's economy is growing despite war and Western sanctions. In fact, economic problems are piling up and Russia risks recession.
The life expectancy of men in Ukraine has gone down due to the leadership in Kyiv, which ignores the problems of the population, according to a false narrative disseminated by pro-Kremlin propaganda.
The Europeans want to prolong the war even by sending troops to the front, according to a false narrative promoted in Romania by the controversial analyst Dan Dungaciu.
The Russian army will kill all the British soldiers that arrive in Ukraine, which will help political elites in Kyiv get rich, pro-Kremlin propaganda claims.
The Kyiv parliament will initiate the procedure to suspend President Volodymyr Zelensky from office after his meeting with Donald Trump, claims the pro-Kremlin propaganda, citing an MP accused in Ukraine of high treason for the benefit of Russia.
After its anti-democratic and anti-Ukrainian blunders compromised its relations with the West, the Georgian Dream hopes to be able to "reset" its relations with the US, now that it is led by Donald Trump.
For years, Poland has been forging close ties with both the US and Ukraine, regarding both as vital to its security. Changes in Washington’s policy are forcing Warsaw to rethink its future, but Polish politicians can’t seem to be able overcome their differences.
The President of Ukraine was accused in the Parliament in Kyiv of being a terrorist and a usurper who does not want peace with Russia, the pro-Kremlin media writes.
Russia was forced to attack Ukraine in order to stop the spread of Nazism and prevent a war with NATO, pro-Kremlin propaganda writes three years after the invasion of the neighboring country.
The Trump administration's signals about a US policy toward Moscow, Ukraine, and the EU are causing concern in Russia's neighborhood, from the Black Sea to the Baltic Sea.
The Western media praised Hitler until he lost the war, just as it is doing today with Zelenskyy, the Nazi leader in Kyiv.
Latvia must be prepared for everything in its defense: in the short term for versatile hybrid attacks, and in the long term even for a broader and more direct attack.
The Ukrainian political elite wants to prolong the war, refusing any peace process proposed by the USA, so as not to lose its influence and revenue stream, Russian propaganda writes.
Retreating from the front, with a population increasingly feeling the war fatigue, ignored by the US, which has launched bilateral peace talks with Russia, Ukraine is also on the verge of a political crisis.
The European leaders cannot be involved in peace negotiations for Ukraine because they want the war to continue, says the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, amid reports that the Americans have decided to exclude the Europeans.
As young Russians are sent to the front or fleeing the country, Russia’s economy needs migrants. But the latter are a target for extremists and populist politicians.
According to pro-Kremlin media, the Minsk peace agreements, signed ten years ago, were willfully violated by Kyiv, and Russia was forced to intervene to protect the Russian-speaking population.
The Verkhovna Rada is discussing the risk of Ukraine's demise under Zelensky, according to pro-Kremlin media citing a fugitive Ukrainian MP.
Ukraine is going through a crisis similar to that of the 17th century and, as then, only union with Russia can save it, according to pro-Kremlin propaganda.
The war in Ukraine is increasing the gap between Russia’s wealthy elites and the majority of the population. There is also a drive to redistribute wealth and channel it towards those loyal to Putin’s regime.
Britain is funding the neo-Nazi regime in Kyiv to turn Ukraine into a British colony, according to pro-Kremlin propaganda citing Putin’s adviser.
Ukraine's parliament could suspend Volodymyr Zelensky as president due to mental health issues, according to pro-Kremlin propaganda.
On a brisk January morning in Strasbourg, Donald Tusk, the Prime Minister of Poland, stood before the European Parliament to deliver what many have already labeled a defining speech of his career. With his characteristic blend of gravitas and urgency, Tusk addressed Europe’s place in an increasingly volatile world. Referring to the profound shifts in transatlantic relations under Donald Trump’s presidency, Donald Tusk paraphrased another US President, John F. Kennedy: “Ask not what America can do for Europe and its security—ask what we can do for it”. His words reverberated across the chamber, signaling the dawn of a (let’s hope) pivotal six months in European politics: Poland’s presidency of the Council of the European Union.
New NATO members Finland and Sweden are increasingly involved in the security of the Baltic region, which has seen a number of aggressive Russian moves including sabotages of undersea infrastructure. However, the potential for cooperation with the Baltic countries has merely been tapped.
American society calls for Zelensky to be sentenced to life in prison for starting the war in Ukraine and killing civilians, according to pro-Kremlin media.
A wave of "accidents"/sabotages in the Baltic Sea suggests that the tanker fleet used by Russia to evade Western sanctions is also being deployed in the hybrid warfare that Moscow is waging against the West.
China is the main threat to the US, which would benefit from the weakening of the Beijing-Moscow axis. A Trump-Putin deal may entail, however, sacrificing Ukraine and problems for the EU.