Cyprus joined the EU in 2004 as a war-divided island and could offer Ukraine a blueprint for accession. The island will take over the EU’s rotating presidency from Denmark on Jan. 1 and has promised to continue work on Ukraine’s bid.

The European Union and Ukraine have drawn up a to-do list that will allow Kyiv to make technical progress on its bid to join the EU despite official talks being blocked by Hungary, saying EU accession is a “key element” of Ukraine’s security guarantees.

The accession talks are at the heart of peace negotiations being led by U.S. President Donald Trump. With Washington refusing to let Kyiv into NATO, Ukraine’s bid to join the EU looms large as a major incentive for the country to keep fighting and pursuing internal reforms.

EU enlargement chief Marta Kos says Ukraine’s EU membership is “inevitable” and has expressed confidence that Hungary will not block the country’s accession, even as Budapest objects to moving ahead d

Pope Leo said Europe must play a central role in efforts to end the war in Ukraine, warning that any peace plan sidelining the continent is "not realistic."

The European Union has unveiled a plan to use frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine over the next two years.

Ukraine said Thursday its long-range drones had struck a major offshore oil platform in the Caspian Sea this week, signalling an expansion of its target list in a mounting campaign to cut off Russian energy revenues funding its war.

The latest version of a European Union proposal to support Ukraine financially is the closest yet to being in compliance with international law, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Wednesday.

The US lobbied several countries in the European Union in an effort to block EU plans to use frozen Russian central bank assets to back a massive loan to Ukraine, according to European diplomats familiar with the matter.

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Its freight lines sustain Ukraine’s embattled industry in the east, ship cargo throughout the country and carry crucial grain exports to the border. Yet in recent months the number and accuracy of Russian strikes on the railway have surged.

Military aid for Ukraine plummeted in the second half of 2025 as falling European contributions failed to make up for the halt in US support, data from the Kiel Institute showed on Wednesday.