Ukraine accelerating missile production, Zelensky says
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Fico refused Kyiv's offers to help with gas supplies, Zelensky says

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico refused Ukraine's offers of assistance following the discontinuation of Russian gas flows via Ukrainian territory, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Jan. 12. Zelensky's comments come shortly after Fico lambasted Ukraine as an unreliable partner and accused Zelensky of "begging and blackmailing" European leaders. "We offered our assistance to the people […]
Transnistria rejects offer to buy gas from Europe, expects Russia
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Transnistria rejects offer to buy gas from Europe, expects Russia to resume supplies

The Russian-occupied Transnistria region of Moldova has rejected Chisinau's offer to help the region purchase gas via European platforms, Vadim Cheban, head of the state energy company Moldovagaz, said on Jan. 3. Transnistria instead expects Russia's Gazprom will resume deliveries of natural gas, Cheban told the news outlet IPN. Russia's state-controlled energy giant Gazprom halted […]
Fico's threats to cut off electricity supplies won't work, Ukraine's
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Fico's threats to cut off electricity supplies won't work, Ukraine's Energy Minister says

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico's threats to cut off electricity supplies to Kyiv won't work, Ukraine's Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko said in a Dec. 31 interview with Politico. Halushchenko's statement follows Fico's declaration on Dec. 27 that his government would consider halting electricity supplies to Ukraine, after Kyiv announced it would not extend the deal […]
Russia officially halts gas supplies to Moldova's Transnistria
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Russia officially halts gas supplies to Moldova's Transnistria

Editor's note: This article has been updated to include the Moldovan Prime Minister's comments. The Russian state-owned energy giant Gazprom announced on Dec. 28 that it is ending gas supplies to the Russian-occupied region of Transnistria in Moldova, effective Jan. 1, 2025. While a deal to allow Russian gas to flow to Moldova and other […]
Guardian: Frustration grows in Ukraine over delayed UK missile supplies
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Guardian: Frustration grows in Ukraine over delayed UK missile supplies

The relationship between the U.K. and Ukraine has worsened since the Labour party took power in July, according to Ukrainian officials, the Guardian reported on Nov. 7. Kyiv expressed frustration over Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s reluctance to supply additional long-range Storm Shadow missiles, with one senior official stating, “There’s no point in his coming as […]
Artillery supplies from partners for Ukraine have increased, Zelensky says
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Artillery supplies from partners for Ukraine have increased, Zelensky says

Ukraine has begun receiving increasingly more military assistance from international partners, namely in terms of artillery, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Nov. 4. "We are recording an increased supply of defense aid packages. The situation with artillery has improved," Zelensky wrote on Telegram after a meeting of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief's Staff. The statement comes several […]