EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said former German chancellor Gerhard Schröder cannot represent the EU in talks with Russia because of his close ties to Russian state companies.
Kaja Kallas, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, has said that former German chancellor Gerhard Schröder, who has long been associated with Russian state energy companies, cannot serve as a European Union negotiator in talks aimed at ending Russia's war against Ukraine.
Latvian Defense Minister Andris Spruds announced his resignation following incidents involving drones entering the country’s airspace from Russia. Spruds said in a post on X on Sunday, May 10, that he was taking responsibility for the drone incidents.
Donald Trump said five foreign political prisoners had been released from prisons in Belarus and Russia, thanking Alexander Lukashenko for what he called “cooperation and friendship” in a post on Truth Social on May 11.
Over three years, North Korea received from Russia an amount equal to half of the country’s annual GDP in exchange for weapons and troops.
Ukraine may receive the first payments from the EU €90 billion loan as early as next week.