G7: new aids to Ukraine. “Ready to support the country’s reconstruction”. Russian aggression condemned again

Ukraine. Fr Ladnyuk: “Lysychansk surrounded on all sides. People are desperate”

Serhiy Gaidai, the governor of the Luhansk region, urged civilians to leave Lysychansk, twin city of Severodonetsk, now under heavier…

Mykolaiv. The parish priest: “We smell fire and the city is shrouded in black smoke. Help us stop the Russians”

A first-hand account by the parish priest of Mykolaiv from the city hit by seven Russian missiles. “We were woken…

European Council: step towards the EU for Ukraine and Moldova. Weapons, money and aid from the 27 to Kyiv. Russia responsible for food crisis

Ukraine. Fr. Grynevych (Caritas-Spes): ” Hour-long queues for humanitarian aid. Fuel shortages delay distribution.”

Father Vyacheslav Grynevych, Caritas-Spes Secretary General is presently in Italy to attend the 42nd National Caritas Conference that closes today…

Ukraine mourns the best of youth, but it is holding out. Humanitarian emergency in Kharkiv

Today was a day of mourning in Lviv. A large crowd of scouts led a procession through the streets of…

European Council: Michel writes to 27 EU leaders, “grant candidate status to Ukraine and Moldova”. Partnership with Georgia and the Balkans

European Commission: EU opens its doors to Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia. Von der Leyen “historic day”

Council of Europe: repeated, serious breaches of human rights in Crimea. Observers cannot get into the Ukrainian region annexed to Russia

EU Economic and Social Committee: EUR 60,000 for civil society projects dedicated to young people and Ukraine

War and Russia seen from Latvia: “Zero dialogue with Moscow. NATO offers security”

Interview with Velta Skolmeistere, researcher at Latvia University. She warns against threats from the Kremlin, while recalling the troubled history…