Sources: Reuters
Ahali party leader Nika Gvaramia is arrested in a police raid on his office in Tbilisi, Georgia. The arrest comes as the government continues to crack down on the opposition in response to protests against delaying negotiations to join the European Union. More than 100 demonstrators are also injured during clashes with riot police in Tbilisi. 2024-12-4
Following a meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, the foreign ministers of Poland and Ukraine call for ending social benefits for Ukrainian men in Poland, and for programs in the European Union to return them to Ukraine in order to stop draft evasion. 2024-09-14
President of Russia Vladimir Putin arrives in Mongolia to discuss a China–Russia gas pipeline meant to recoup Russian losses from Western sanctions, despite Ukraine and the European Union urging Mongolia to arrest Putin under his International Criminal Court warrant. 2024-09-2
The European Union approves a grant of €4.2 billion (US$4.58 billion) in financial aid to Ukraine. 2024-08-6
Polish Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz states that Poland will block Ukraine's bid to join the European Union if it doesn't resolve issues regarding Ukrainian nationalists' massacre of Poles during WWII, including finding and burying all victims killed on current Ukrainian territory. 2024-07-24
The European Council agrees to donate a billion euros worth of ammunition to Ukraine through an EU financing instrument. 2023-04-13
Russia launches airstrikes on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv for the first time since April 28. The Russian Defence Ministry says that the missile strikes targeted T-72 tanks that had been supplied to Ukraine by several EU countries. At least one person is injured. 2022-06-5
The European Union's visa-free regime for Ukraine officially enters into force. 2017-06-11
The European Union extends its main Ukraine-related economic sanctions against Russia for six months until mid-2017. 2016-12-15
More than 100,000 people protest in Kiev, Ukraine, against the decision of Viktor Yanukovych's government to suspend preparations for signing of the association agreement with the European Union under pressure from Russia. 2013-11-24