Author: Rikard Jozwiak RFE/RL

MUNICH – If the Munich Security Conference last year felt optimistic, with Ukraine not only capable of resisting Russia’s full-scale invasion of the country but also pushing back, with budding hopes that the summer offensive of 2023 would be a roaring success, this year’s event in the Bavarian capital felt like the polar opposite. Taking...

BRUSSELS – In the end, it went surprisingly quick and painlessly: there was unanimity among European Union leaders already well before noon on February 1 that the bloc would provide Ukraine with 50 billion euros ($54 billion) of grants in loans for the next four years. It’s a significant signal, as the U.S. Congress has...

In many ways, the recent parliamentary election results in Slovakia were the first true political embodiment of Ukraine fatigue. At one point, it looked like an electoral surprise was in the cards as the liberal, pro-European Union Progressive Slovakia party was topping the exit polls with 24 percent, slightly ahead of former Prime Minister Robert...