Zoriana Stepanenko is a correspondent for Current Time and RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service.
Peter Pellegrini's election win on April 6 gives Slovakia a Russian-friendly president whose views are in line with those of Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico. But that does not necessarily mean that the country will make a strong stand against NATO and EU policies supporting Ukraine.
A $300 million U.S. aid package for Ukraine that the Pentagon announced last week is not something that officials expect to happen again, the Pentagon's spokesman said on March 19 in an interview with RFE/RL at a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group in Germany.
Some 20,000 NATO troops crossed the Vistula River in northern Poland as part of a military exercise. The maneuvers are part of the alliance's Steadfast Defender operation, which involves around 90,000 troops from all 31 NATO countries plus Sweden. The exercise is NATO's largest since the Cold War.
Considering the situation in Russia, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola said that "we would never recognize" the results of its upcoming presidential election set for mid-March. She was speaking to RFE/RL correspondent Zoriana Stepanenko on February 28 in Strasbourg, France.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says NATO allies are committed to doing more to ensure that Ukraine "prevails" in its battle to repel invading Russian forces, with the alliance having "significantly changed" its stance on providing more advanced weapons to Kyiv.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says the death of Russian opposition politician Aleksei Navalny and the first Russian gains on the battlefield in months should help focus the attention of NATO and its allies on the urgent need to support Ukraine.
Some people are too worried what will happen if Ukraine defeats Russia, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis believes. He compares it to Henry Kissinger's disbelief that the Soviet Union might collapse -- a failure the former U.S. secretary of state later admitted.
If Aleksei Navalny "was a threat to the Russian state," it means that its rulers are weak and insecure, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference on February 17, after Navalny's team confirmed his death in jail.
Outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, the front-runner to be the next secretary-general of NATO, has said EU countries are "working with our partners all over the globe" to meet Ukraine's military needs, especially supplying Kyiv with ammunition and air-defense systems.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko believes that the death of jailed Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny represents "Russia's true face." Klitschko mentioned other slain Kremlin critics -- journalist Anna Politkovskaya and politician Boris Nemtsov.
The wars in Ukraine and in Gaza are set to dominate the 2024 Munich Security Conference. Dozens of world leaders, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, are expected to attend the event in the southern German city. RFE/RL correspondent Zoriana Stepanenko reports.
Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said he is trying to “put some urgency” into providing ammunition and defense systems to avoid a “too little, too late” scenario as Ukraine fights off Russa’s full-scale invasion.
As the EU prepares to consider beginning membership talks with Ukraine, a group of Ukrainian students visit the European Parliament in Brussels. In an interactive game, they play at being their country's first MEPs.
European Council President Charles Michel says work is going on "day and night" to convince Hungary to back opening accession talks with Ukraine and Moldova and granting Georgia EU candidate status this week. Michel spoke with RFE/RL's Zoriana Stepanenko in Brussels on December 12.
European Council President Charles Michel said he is still working on "Plan A" when it comes to giving the green light to opening accession talks with Ukraine at a crucial EU summit in Brussels this week despite a repeated threat by Hungary to block the process.
Ukraine’s largest energy companies are fortifying their infrastructure to protect against Russian attacks. Kyiv anticipates that Moscow will once again intensify strikes on its energy sector as temperatures fall.
After suffering serious injuries in battle against Russian forces, a Ukrainian soldier being treated in Brussels has found love -- in the form of a Belgian-raised Ukrainian speaker named Lidia Zubrytska. After she volunteered as a translator, she Serhiy Antonenko became almost inseparable.
Despite failing to receive a detailed plan or timeline to join NATO, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba says the military alliance's members have made the country's path to joining the alliance "shorter" and "absolutely irreversible" at a summit in Vilnius.
NATO member states are "ramping up" production of military supplies to ensure the Western alliance can continue to support Ukraine in its fight against Russia's full-scale invasion, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told RFE/RL in an interview.
While familiar with Soviet-era T-72 tanks, Ukrainian forces are keen to take newly acquired Leopard 2 tanks into battle against Russian invaders. Crews are undergoing accelerated training in Poland, mastering the advanced targeting systems, speed, and maneuverability of the German-made Leopards.
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