The EU will allocate €600 million to Ukraine / The European Union approved the allocation of the second tranche of macro-financial assistance to Ukraine in the amount of €600 million.
The European Union approved seven-year funding for accession partners / The Council of the European Union gave the final green light to almost 14.2 billion euro of pre-accession financial assistance for the period 2021–2027 in favour of the Republic of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Montenegro, the Republic of North Macedonia, the Republic of Serbia and the Republic of Turkey.
Connections Between the Russian Federation and international hacker groups were proved / Russian intelligence services and law enforcement have a longstanding, tacit understanding with criminal threat actors; in some cases, it is almost certain that the intelligence services maintain an established and systematic relationship with criminal threat actors, either through association or recruitment.
Ukraine ensnared suspected Russian criminals abroad with fake jobs: CNN / Representatives of Ukrainian intelligence said that the extraordinary operation aimed at the detention of the Wagner group’s fighters was carried out “with the knowledge and alleged support of the United States".
Shootings in Chicago: 4-year-old killed, 7 other children hurt / At least eight children were shot in Chicago over Labor Day weekend, including a 4-year-old boy who was killed when bullets fired outside his home flew through a window and hit him in the head while he was getting a haircut ABC News reported on Monday, September 6.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivered a speech at Stanford University: Ukraine is a country where anything is possible / During a working visit to the United States, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited Stanford University (California) and addressed the expert community of this glorious educational institution.
Ukraine and the United States signed an agreement on defense and security / During the working visit of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the United States, a number of agreements on strategic defense partnership, scientific and technical cooperation, space flight security, information protection, and border security were signed, the Office of the President reports.
Prepared for ‘mass casualty’: Pentagon was aware of the preparation of the terrorist attack at Kabul airport / Just 24 hours before a suicide bomber detonated an explosive outside Hamid Karzai International Airport, senior military leaders gathered for the Pentagon’s daily morning update on the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan.
Ukraine celebrated Independence Day by holding its first military parade in several years / On Tuesday, August 24, Ukraine celebrated the 30th anniversary of its Independence. The festive military parade was held at once in three cities: Kyiv, Dnipro, and Odesa.
'I stand squarely behind my decision': Biden spoke on the unfolding situation in Afghanistan / U.S. President Joe Biden addressed the nation on Monday, August 16, regarding the developments in Afghanistan that have taken place in the last week and the steps that the U.S.
