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The ICC has struggled to build effective cases against high-level military and political officials when their country does not cooperate with the investigation. The court has no police force and would rely on Russia to hand over suspects.

Until now, I was not sure I would have the courage to enlist. On top of this, I found it particularly difficult to explain my intentions when confronted with the emotion of the people I love.

Nato could be in a position to experience nuclear deterrence in an entirely unexpected form, requiring skilled diplomacy and even a willingness for some compromise, however bitter, to avoid disaster.

A key component of the strategy, which is being carried out in coordination with the US and UK, is a freeze on the Russian central bank's foreign assets.

Nato countries still were delivering anti-tank, anti-aircraft missiles and drones to Ukraine on Wednesday, but experts now see a window of opportunity closing.

Belarus will not be able to import dual-use goods and certain advanced technology from the EU that might contribute to its military, technological, defence and security systems.

By pursuing Putin as a close ally in the weeks leading up to the invasion of Ukraine, Orbán alienated himself from all other European leaders. Now, he should continue to distance itself from Putin and those linked to him.

Estonians know what it is like when Russia came to "liberate" us - the way it now claims to be "liberating" Ukraine.

The European Union on Wednesday officially banned Russian-state-controlled media outlets Russia Today and Sputnik. Market operators such as Google and EU member state national authorities now fall under an EU obligation to enforce the decision across cable, satellite, internet TV, platforms, websites and apps. Russia Today and Sputnik have been identified as sources of Russian disinformation since 2015 by the European External Action Service.

Denmark delivered anti-tank missiles Tuesday. British prime minister said scenes coming out of Ukraine reminded him of atrocities in Bosnia 30 years ago.

Far-right leader Marco Zanni of Italy's League party complained his Identity and Democracy group could not join an anti-war resolution; other parties cited the need to maintain a "cordon sanitaire."

The United Nations high commissioner for refugees says Europe's hospitality depends on how many refugees arrive, and how long they stay.

EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said Ukraine and Europe are "closer than ever," but she also made it clear that the bloc wouldn't bend its rules to offer the war-torn nation a fast-track to EU membership.

Nowhere was this lack of realism more visible than in Germany. With our left hand we philanthropically funded conflict-prevention and human rights work, learning from our history. With our right hand, we allowed business to feed a dictator's war machine.

EU's attempt to ban Russian-state media raises the dilemma of tackling disinformation while protecting free speech.

Viktor Orban will never admit in his upcoming election campaign that his Russia-policy over the past 12 years has been a huge, strategic mistake.

Increasingly shrill condemnations of EU arms deliveries by Kremlin, even as Putin fans Western outrage by prosecuting a war with growing numbers of Ukrainian civilian deaths.

Racist statements by European politicians have already shocked and hurt many, and they have reinforced perceptions of Europe as inherently wedded to bigoted, Eurocentric and Orientalist narratives.

Western sanctions, while unprecedented, have left Russia's energy exports largely unscathed.

Ukrainian president Volodomyr Zelensky, currently in Kyiv while leading his country's resistance to the Russian invasion, has been pictured on Twitter signing Ukraine's official bid to become an EU member state. EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said on Sunday: "They [Ukraine] are one of us and we want them in." Sandbags were visible in the photo, with Kyiv reportedly under aerial attack on Monday.