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Ukraine's parliament speaker, Ruslan Stefanchuk, on May 25 offered condolences to the descendants of Poles massacred by Ukrainian nationalists in World War II, a gesture likely to defuse tensions between the allies ahead of the 80th anniversary of the killings.

Finland on May 24 said it would provide Ukraine with 109 million euros ($117 million) in additional military equipment to include anti-aircraft weapons and ammunition.

Georgian Airways plans to launch transit flights for Russians via Tbilisi to several destinations in Europe, a move likely to raise the ire of Washington and Brussels, which have banned Russian airlines from entering their airspace as they look to isolate Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.

Russia's most powerful mercenary on May 25 said he was sending back the bodies of a U.S. citizen who was killed in fighting in the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut and that of a Turkish citizen who was found dead in a destroyed building.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said during a meeting in Moscow on May 25 that there are serious grounds for normalizing relations with Armenia based on mutual recognition of territorial integrity.

Romanian President Klaus Iohannis would like to see more investment by German companies in his country, he said on May 25 during a visit by the German president.

The Constitution establishes six types of constituent entities of the Russian Federation: a republic within the Russian Federation, a territory, a region, a city of federal significance, an autonomous region, an autonomous district.

In an attempt to resist increasingly significant Ukrainian sabotage operations, the Russian special services may shift to a new and bloodier round of interagency competition. Recent months have shown that Ukraine has had ever-more success with sabotage and partisan operations in the enemy’s rear (see EDM, May 16). Not only Russian propagandists but also security experts admit that they are …

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As the European Union prepares to deliver its 11th set of sanctions against Russia, the Central Asian states cautiously await the details of this next round of measures. On May 10, it was reported that the new EU package will target companies from third-party countries that are helping Russia bypass sanctions. The countries on this list include Iran, China and …