The New Zealand government has announced new restrictions against Russian and Belarusian companies and citizens, and has also added four citizens of the DPRK and two of Iran to the sanctions list, involved in supporting Russia's war against Ukraine.
Russia’s Vladimir Putin said he was ready to negotiate an end to the war with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, while dismissing the idea of signing a peace agreement with him due to his alleged "illegitimacy".
Australia has imposed sanctions on 60 vessels from the Russian tanker fleet. In total, the country has introduced more than 1,400 sanctions against the Russian Federation.
The Kremlin is expanding its military presence in the Arctic and preparing a foothold for resource-driven expansion, according to Andrii Cherniak, a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) of Ukraine's Ministry of Defense.
U.S. President Donald Trump said that during a phone call with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, he rejected his offer to mediate in negotiations with Iran, offering him to "mediate your own".
At the NATO summit in The Hague, the position on the irreversibility of Ukraine's path to NATO should be reaffirmed. In addition, the Ukrainian delegation expects to hear from the member states specific steps to assist Ukraine.
The OSCE Troika has condemned Russia’s attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure in Ukraine, and has called on the Russian Federation to end the war.
The leaders of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA), including President Pia Kauma, have condemned Russia for systematic torture, executions and inhumane treatment of Ukrainian prisoners of war.
Next week, when NATO leaders meet at the summit in The Hague, preserving European and Transatlantic unity will be no less important than increasing defense spending.
Russia's aggressive actions and provocations against European countries, their industry and infrastructure, acts of sabotage and military maneuvers near EU borders turn Russia into a direct threat not only to its neighbors, but to the entire European Union.
Moscow's absurd demand to destroy all weapons provided to Ukraine by Western partners demonstrates complete disregard for the United States' efforts to end the war.
The U.S. Embassy in Ukraine has joined the day of mourning for the victims of the Russian attack on June 17, calling the strike senseless and contrary to President Donald Trump’s appeal to end the killings and bring the war to a close.
The European Union must continue supporting Ukraine in its fight against Russian aggression for the sake of its own security, because Ukraine currently stands as Europe’s “first line of defense.”
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba discussed Russia’s cooperation with North Korea and Iran, which poses a real threat not only to Europe but to the entire world, including the Southeast Asian region.
During a meeting with Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha stressed the importance of intensifying sanctions against Russia.
Vladimir Putin will not agree to peace with Ukraine, not even a hypothetical "Minsk-3" agreement, but he can be forced to agree to at least a ceasefire.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has arrived in Kananaskis, Canada, to participate in the G7 summit. The head of state is expected to hold bilateral meetings with the leaders of Canada, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Japan, Brazil, India, the European Union, and NATO.
Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs is convinced that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin deliberately ordered the shelling of Kyiv to coincide with the G7 summit, aiming to portray the leaders of those countries as weak.
U.S. President Donald Trump still considers ending the war in Ukraine one of his priorities. However, in order to avoid directly antagonizing Russian leader Vladimir Putin, he may delegate the task of imposing tougher sanctions to lawmakers.
Representatives of the foreign diplomatic corps visited the site of the Russian strike that targeted an apartment building in the capital’s Solomiansky district.
After the Russian attack on Ukraine on the night of June 17, Jean-Noel Barrot, France's Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs, said that the Kremlin, which claims to be seeking to establish peace in the Middle East, should start with Ukraine.
Poland supports Ukraine and sympathizes with Ukrainians who have recently been under "carpet bombings by Russia." Warsaw insists on the introduction of the 18th sanctions package against Russia, including setting a price cap on Russian oil.
The UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine, Matthias Schmale, strongly condemned the Russian armed forces' strikes on Kyiv, Odesa, and other Ukrainian cities and urged to stop attacking the civilians.
By launching a massive attack on Ukraine ahead of the final day of the G7 summit in Canada, Russian leader Vladimir Putin is sending a message of disrespect and aiming to make world leaders appear weak.
The G7 countries are planning on discussing a new package of sanctions against Russia and a joint approach to the Israel/ Iran Middle East crisis but it appears Trump is preparing to reject the proposals
The European Union has extended restrictive measures against Russia for its actions in the criminal annexation of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol for another year, until June 23, 2026.
President Volodymyr Zelensky recalled that until 2014, Ukraine had non-aligned status, which, however, did not save the country from the outbreak of war, occupation of Crimea and parts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions by Russia.
In his opening statements at the G7 summit in Canada, U.S. President Donald Trump emphasized that he considers it necessary to return to the G8 format with the participation of Russia, thus repeating his long-standing rhetoric that is in line with the Kremlin’s interest.
A communiqué on the protection and return of Ukrainian children from the Russian Federation, and four other documents, were signed in Vienna in the presence of the Presidents of Ukraine and Austria, Volodymyr Zelensky and Alexander Van der Bellen.
Austrian Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen has called on the Russian leadership to end its war of aggression against Ukraine and engage in serious and honest negotiations aimed at a peaceful settlement.
A family in Utah is suing the Republican National Convention for sending unhinged text messages soliciting donations to Donald Trump’s campaign and continuing to text even after they tried to unsubscribe.
“From Trump: ALL HELL JUST BROKE LOOSE! I WAS CONVICTED IN A RIGGED TRIAL!” one example text message in the complaint says. “I need you to read this NOW” followed by a link to a donation page.
The complaint, seeking to become a class-action lawsuit and brought by Utah residents Samantha and Cari Johnson, claims that the RNC, through the affiliated small-donations platform WinRed, violates the Utah Telephone and Facsimile Solicitation Act because the law states “[a] telephone solicitor may not make or cause to be made a telephone solicitation to a person who has informed the telephone solicitor, either in writing or orally, that the person does not wish to receive a telephone call from the telephone solicitor.”
The Johnsons claim that the RNC sent Samantha 17 messages from 16 different phone numbers, nine of the messages after she demanded the messages stop 12 times. Cari received 27 messages from 25 numbers, they claim, and she sent 20 stop requests. The National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, and Congressional Leadership Fund also sent a slew of texts and similarly didn’t stop after multiple requests, the complaint says.
On its website, WinRed says it’s an “online fundraising platform supported by a united front of the Trump campaign, RNC, NRSC, and NRCC.”
A chart from the complaint showing the numbers of times the RNC and others have texted the plaintiffs.
“Defendants’ conduct is not accidental. They knowingly disregard stop requests and purposefully use different phone numbers to make it impossible to block new messages,” the complaint says.
The complaint also cites posts other people have made on X.com complaining about WinRed’s texts. A quick search for WinRed on X today shows many more people complaining about the same issues.
“I’m seriously considering filing a class action lawsuit against @WINRED. The sheer amount of campaign txts I receive is astounding,” one person wrote on X. “I’ve unsubscribed from probably thousands of campaign texts to no avail. The scam is, if you call Winred, they say it’s campaign initiated. Call campaign, they say it’s Winred initiated. I can’t be the only one!”
Last month, Democrats on the House Judiciary, Oversight and Administration Committees asked the Treasury Department to provide evidence of “suspicious transactions connected to a wide range of Republican and President Donald Trump-aligned fundraising platforms” including WinRed, Politico reported.
In June 2024, a day after an assassination attempt on Trump during a rally in Pennsylvania, WinRed changed its landing page to all-black with the Trump campaign logo and a black-and-white photograph of Trump raising his fist with blood on his face. “I am Donald J. Trump,” text on the page said. “FEAR NOT! I will always love you for supporting me.”
CNN investigated campaign donation text messaging schemes including WinRed in 2024, and found that the elderly were especially vulnerable to the inflammatory, constant messaging from politicians through text messages begging for donations. And Al Jazeera uncovered FEC records showing people were repeatedly overcharged by WinRed, with one person the outlet spoke to claiming he was charged almost $90,000 across six different credit cards despite thinking he’d only donated small amounts occasionally. “Every single text link goes to WinRed, has the option to ‘repeat your donation’ automatically selected, and uses shady tactics and lies to trick you into clicking on the link,” another donor told Al Jazeera in 2024. “Let’s just say I’m very upset with WinRed. In my view, they are deceitful money-grabbing liars.”
And in 2020, a class action lawsuit against WinRed made similar claims, but was later dismissed.
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