Ukraine thought its forces could blockade the city of Melitopol within 15 days, according to Valery Gerasimov Ukrainian military planners expected swift progress in their summer counteroffensive, which was to culminate in the so-called “land bridge to Crimea” being cut, Gen. Valery Gerasimov, the head of the Russian general staff, said on Thursday. He added…

Wolfgang Schaeuble, an influential member of the CDU party who also served as finance minister during the euro debt crisis, has died Wolfgang Schaeuble, the former president of the German parliament, has passed away at the age of 81 after a political career spanning more than 50 years. The veteran Christian-Democratic politician, who held several…

The sanctions imposed by the EU on Russia are “weak,” Agiya Zagrebelskaya, the head of the sanctions department at Ukraine’s National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NCPA), has told the media outlet EUObserver, adding that she does not believe the bloc is capable of tightening restrictions in the future.