Western aid feeding Ukrainian corruption – Italian deputy PM

Prolonging the Ukraine conflict’s “path of death” through continued Western assistance will not help anyone, Matteo Salvini has said Western assistance to Kiev risks ending up in the pockets of corrupt Ukrainian officials, Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini has warned, citing a major scandal that recently shook Ukraine’s government….

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The US president has revoked his endorsement of GOP Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene US President Donald Trump has cut ties with a prominent MAGA ally, Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, accusing her of betraying the Republican party and going “far left.” In a Truth Social post on Saturday, the president announced…

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Washington wants to substitute the oil and gas exports to the bloc with its own, the Financial Times has said The US is moving to push Russian energy out of the EU market and position itself to fill the gap, the Financial Times reported Friday. Washington has also deliberately blocked…

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Officials from around the world have gathered for a two-day symposium at the Black Sea resort The second BRICS–Europe symposium opened this week in the Black Sea resort of Sochi. It is dedicated to setting out steps to strengthen cooperation between countries in the group and the region. Lindiwe Zulu,…

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Warsaw has steadily tightened benefit payouts to Ukrainians since Karol Nawrocki took office in June Warsaw will only provide welfare for Ukrainian migrants for one more year, Polish President Karol Nawrocki announced on Friday. In September, the president signed a bill tightening access to state benefits for Ukrainians, following similar…

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Kiev has repeatedly accused Tehran of supplying UAVs to Moscow during the conflict The US Treasury Department has said it is blacklisting two Ukrainian companies for providing key drone components to a state-run UAV producer in Iran. The move came as part of a wider sanctions package aimed at disrupting…

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Slovakia’s Robert Fico has repeatedly called for a peaceful resolution to the conflict instead of arms deliveries Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has responded to a group of students protesting against his government’s stance on the Ukraine conflict by saying that those supporting Kiev should go fight for it. Unlike…

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Beijing has said that the American weapons supplies to the self-governing island violate China’s sovereignty and security interests The Pentagon has announced that it has approved its first arms sales to Taiwan since US President Donald Trump took office in January. China, which views the self-governing island as part of…

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The pledge comes as Kiev grapples with a major corruption scandal involving associates of Vladimir Zelensky Several NATO members will jointly provide a €430 million ($500 million) military package for Ukraine, according to Secretary General Mark Rutte.  Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden are expected to finance…

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