🇪🇺🇺🇦European Parliament to open permanent representation in Kyiv , announced President Metsola (more) https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/09/17/7531252/ #Ukraine #Poland #Warsaw #Netherlands #Estonia #Latvia #Lithuania #Paris #Rome #London #Berlin #Finland #Brussels #Denmark #Germany #ICC #France #Italy #OSCE #PACE #CoE #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom #EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar #11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState

🇪🇺🇺🇦European Parliament to open permanent representation in Kyiv , announced President Metsola (more) https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/09/17/7531252/ #Ukraine #Poland #Warsaw #Netherlands #Estonia #Latvia #Lithuania #Paris #Rome #London #Berlin #Finland #Brussels #Denmark #Germany #ICC #France #Italy #OSCE #PACE #CoE #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom #EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar #11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState

New sanctions and frozen Russian assets are potential game changers — but only if Kyiv’s allies make use of them. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/09/17/putin-overplays-ukraine-hand/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #russia #ukraine #russiaukrainewar #us #europe #donaldtrump #eu #nato #vladimirputin #russianeconomy

Japan’s finance minister pushed back against a U.S. call to ramp up pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine by imposing higher tariffs on China and India for importing Russian oil. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/17/japan-pushes-back-tariff-hikes-over-russian-oil/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #russiaukrainewar #russia #trade #oil #wto #tariffs

The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has approved weapons aid packages for Ukraine, funded by NATO countries, as arms shipments resume. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/17/world/politics/trump-ukraine-arms-aid-allies/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #volodymyrzelenskyy #us #donaldtrump #republicans #eu

Russia and Belarus are rehearsing the launch of Russian tactical nuclear weapons as part of joint war games, Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/17/world/moscow-nuclear-weapons-belarus-lukashenko/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #belarus #alexanderlukashenko #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin

A swarm of nearly 20 drones across Polish borders this week triggered deep anxiety among NATO members, especially as U.S. President Donald Trump has not publicly held Moscow accountable for it. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/17/world/politics/trump-drone-poland-europe/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #europe #eu #drones #poland #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin

Russia says forced labor, introduced in 2011, is a humane form of punishment that reduces re-offending and lets criminals to contribute to the economy and society. Convicts say its a return to the days of the gulag. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/16/world/crime-legal/arctic-russia-convict-labor/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #prisons #arctic #forcedlabor

U.S.-funded research has identified more than 210 sites where Ukrainian children have been taken for military training, drone manufacturing and other forced re-education by Russia, as part of a large-scale program. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/16/world/russia-reeducation-ukraine-children/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin#volodymyrzelenskyy #children

U.S. President Donald Trump's demand for allies to stop buying Russian oil before he moves on punishing Moscow and for them to hit China with tariffs have left Europe stumped. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/16/world/politics/europe-trump-russia-sanctions/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #europe #eu #oil #russia #russiaukrainewar #us #donaldtrump

Russian companies seeking to outfox Western sanctions are turning to old-fashioned barter, swap wheat for Chinese cars and flax seeds for building materials. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/15/world/politics/china-russia-barter-sanctions/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #china #wheat #carmakers #trade #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #us

Denis Shtengelov built his company into a global confectionery empire with billions. Now the Russian tycoon worth is being targeted for expropriation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/15/world/politics/russia-billionaire-empire-ukraine/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin#volodymyrzelenskyy

Thousands of Poles are signing up for voluntary military training as the Polish Army seeks to fill its ranks with professional and voluntary personnel out of concern for Russia. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/14/world/politics/russia-poland-military-training/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #poland #europe #eu #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #defense

Israeli strikes in Qatar and Russian drone incursions into Poland have challenged Trump’s claims of global respect and exposed growing doubts among allies about U.S. policy and his approach to international crises. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/14/world/politics/qatar-poland-us-friend-foe/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #qatar #poland #middleeast #israel #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #us #donaldtrump

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that Washington is prepared to impose fresh energy sanctions on Russia, but only if all NATO nations cease purchasing Russian oil and implement similar measures. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/14/world/politics/trump-nato-russian-oil/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #russia #ukraine #russiaukrainewar #nato #us #oil #donaldtrump

Romania scrambled fighter jets on when a drone breached the country's airspace during a Russian attack on Ukrainian infrastructure near the border, the defense ministry said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/14/world/russian-drone-romania-airspace/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #russia #ukraine #russiaukrainewar #drones #europe #nato

The proliferation of uncrewed systems in the Ukraine-Russia war has highlighted the importance of drone defense capabilities. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/13/world/drones-militaries-defenses/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #drones #russiaukrainewar #usmilitary

NATO announced plans to beef up the defense of Europe's eastern flank on Friday, two days after Poland shot down drones that violated its airspace. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/13/world/nato-eastern-flank-poland-drones/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #nato #drones #us #donaldtrump #russia #ukraine #russiaukrainewar #europe

The U.S. will urge its allies in the Group of Seven to impose tariffs as high as 100% on China and India for their purchases of Russian oil in an effort to convince President Vladimir Putin to end his war in Ukraine. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/13/world/politics/trump-russia-china-india-sanctions/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #russiaukrainewar #russia #ukraine #g7 #eu #europe #donaldtrump #us

Japan on Friday expanded sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, freezing the assets of more people and groups as well as slashing the Russian oil price cap. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/12/japan/japan-russia-sanctions-expand/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #russia #russiaukrainewar #russiajapanrelations #foreignministry