Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
27 February 2025 - Ukraine Special Weapons News
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Combat Operations
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United Nations
- Update 278 - IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine IAEA 27 Feb 2025 -- Two weeks after it was hit by a drone, Ukrainian firefighters are still trying to extinguish smouldering fires within the large structure built over the reactor destroyed in the 1986 Chornobyl nuclear accident, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said today.
Foreign Reactions
- British PM Starmer seeks to project unity with Trump despite differences on Ukraine VOA 27 Feb 2025 -- British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he and President Donald Trump discussed achieving an agreement to end the war between Ukraine and Russia that would involve Kyiv and be backed by European peacekeeping forces.
- Starmer Tells Trump U.K. Ready To 'Put Boots On Ground,' Doesn't Get Backstop Commitment RFE/RL 27 Feb 2025 -- British Prime Minister Keir Starmer sought to demonstrate strong U.S.-U.K. ties during a White House meeting with President Donald Trump amid growing fault lines in the transatlantic relationship over Ukraine and trade.
- Prime Minister's remarks at the White House Press Conference: Thursday 27 February Gov.UK 27 Feb 2025
- Growth and security at heart of Prime Minister's meeting with President Trump Gov.UK 27 Feb 2025 -- The Prime Minister will be focused on delivering prosperity and security for the British people, when he meets President Trump today (Thursday 27 February) in Washington D.C.
- Starmer Seeks To Sway Trump On Ukraine, NATO As Transatlantic Tensions Mount RFE/RL 27 Feb 2025 -- Two days prior to his pivotal meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer took to the floor of Parliament to announce the country's largest increase in defense spending since the end of the Cold War.
- Starmer visits US amid intensifying diplomatic game in transatlantic alliance Global Times 27 Feb 2025 -- Europe is ramping up diplomatic efforts to secure continued US support for Ukraine, with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer set to meet US President Donald Trump in Washington on Thursday, closely following French President Emmanuel Macron's visit. However, some analysts said that ending the Russia-Ukraine conflict is not a mere impulse for Trump administration but a key step in foreign policy, adding that this situation highlights intensifying diplomatic game and deepening rifts in the transatlantic relations.
- Dublin conference on role of the Council of Europe in the pursuit of peace, justice and accountability in Ukraine Council of Europe 27 Feb 2025 -- Council of Europe Deputy Secretary General, Bjørn Berge, attended today in Dublin a conference to mark the 3rd anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, organised by the Dublin City University in cooperation with the Department of Foreign Affairs of Ireland.
- 11 years since Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea: UK statement to the OSCE UK FCDO 27 Feb 2025 -- Ambassador Holland comments on the eleventh anniversary of Russia's illegal annexation of Ukraine, a violation of international law, and the campaign of systematic human rights violations and abuse against its people that followed.
News Reports
- Experts: Europe could not replace US as guarantor of Ukraine's security VOA 27 Feb 2025 -- Friedrich Merz, who is set to become Germany's chancellor after his Christian Democratic Union party won the country's Feb. 23 parliamentary elections, has said that Europe may have to establish an "independent" defense capability because the U.S. has become "largely indifferent" to Europe's fate.
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