EU to ban Belarus carriers as the opposition urges G7 sanctions / European Union ambassadors on Friday adopted a plan to ban Belarus carriers from flying over EU territory or landing in EU airports, three diplomats said, as the country’s exiled opposition leader called for more joint Western sanctions.This was announced by a journalist Ricard Jozwiak on his Twitter.
Belarus is going to stop importing Ukrainian goods: what categories of goods are banned / Belarus under global pressure after it forced a Ryanair plane carrying an opposition journalist to land in Minsk, is to introduce individual licensing regime for the import of a range of Ukrainian goods, a Ukrainian deputy minister said on Friday.
EU leaders called for strict measures against Lukashenko / On Monday, May 24, Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid held a video meeting with the Latvian and Lithuanian heads of state Egils Levits and Gitanas Nausėda following the hijacking incident in Belarus.
Canadian court found Iran liable for shooting down a Ukrainian aircraft / On Thursday, May 20, a court in the Canadian province of Ontario ruled on Thursday that Iran owes damages to families who sued after Iran's Revolutionary Guards shot down a Ukrainian passenger plane in January 2020, soon after it took off from Tehran.
Zelensky named the main risks for Ukraine related to the Biden-Putin summit / President of UkraineVolodymyr Zelensky believes that the meeting of the U.S. President Joe Biden with the Russian leader Vladimir Putin is very important and it is necessary for such a meeting to take place.
The U.S. is going to waive sanctions against Nord Stream 2 / The Biden administration plans to waive sanctions against an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin who heads the company that is building the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia to Germany, Politico reported .
The Russian Federation announced the most likely venue for the Biden-Putin summit / Switzerland is the most likely venue for a potential summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his U.S.
Ukraine advances treason case against Viktor Medvedchuk and Taras Kozak / On Tuesday, May 11, Ukrainian authorities put Viktor Medvedchuk, the Kremlin's most prominent ally in Ukraine, under formal suspicion for high treason as part of a crackdown on his circle that has fuelled tensions between Kyiv and Moscow.
SpaceX SN15 starship prototype comes in for a successful landing for the first time from the company's starship facility in Boca Chica, Texas / SpaceX achieved the first successful touchdown of its prototype Starship rocket during the latest test flight of the next-generation launch vehicle in south Texas on Wednesday, after four previous landing attempts ended in explosions.
The date of the official meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and the US State Secretary Antony Blinken has been announced / U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken shall travel to Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 5-6. In Kyiv, Secretary Blinken will meet with President Zelensky, Foreign Minister Kuleba, as well as other officials and representatives of Ukrainian civil society.
