By Ben Aris in Berlin The exports of two of Ukraine’s biggest export earners, corn and metal, are falling, which will squeeze the already cash strapped government and make a €20bn trade deficit with the EU worse in 2025.

Two Democrats with national security backgrounds are mulling bids for Congress in toss-up Michigan district, including a former ambassador to Ukraine.

Hackers working for Russian military intelligence targeted Western technology and logistics companies involved in shipping assistance to Ukraine, the U.S. National Security Agency said.

Ukraine will ask the EU next week to consider big new steps to isolate Moscow, including seizing Russian assets and bringing in sanctions for some buyers of Russian oil, as U.S. President Donald Trump has backed off from tightening sanctions.

In a busy weekend in Washington, a key House committee narrowly passed a budget while President Donald Trump prepared for phone calls with Ukraine and Russia and warned Walmart not to raise its prices from tariffs.

Kyiv’s European allies slapped new sanctions Tuesday on Moscow, a day after a phone call between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin failed to produce a breakthrough.