Luxembourg contributes €8m to Ukraine Energy Support Fund

"Luxembourg

has contributed an additional €8 million to the Ukraine Energy Support Fund,
bringing its total contribution to €30 million. Denmark has also recently contributed over €10 million to the Ukraine Energy Support Fund." Pravada

Ukraine’s backer blasts Zelensky over tribute to Nazi collaborators

"Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has warned that Warsaw’s support for Kiev could become increasingly driven by hard national interests. The criticism follows Zelensky’s move to honor World War II-era Ukrainian nationalist paramilitaries responsible for massacres of Poles and Jews by naming a commando unit after them.
In May, Zelensky decreed that the Special Operations Center North would bear the honorary title ‘Heroes of the UPA,’ referring to the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), the armed wing of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN).

The OUN sought to establish an ethnically and religiously homogeneous Ukrainian state and collaborated with Nazi Germany during the early stages of the invasion of the Soviet Union. The UPA was formed in 1942 following a split between much of the OUN leadership and the Germans.
Ukrainian nationalists killed an estimated 100,000 Polish civilians in what is now western Ukraine from 1943-44. The massacres remain a major source of tension between Warsaw and Kiev.
President Karol Nawrocki has called for Zelensky to be stripped of the Order of the White Eagle, the country’s highest state distinction, highlighting that a nation honoring “bandits and murderers” is not yet fit to join “the European family.”
Earlier in May, the Ukrainian authorities rolled out full state honors for the remains of Andrey Melnik, the leader of the OUN, and his wife, Sofia Fedak-Melnik. Exhumed in Luxembourg, the couple was reburied in Kiev’s main military cemetery. At the same time, the Ukrainian authorities announced plans to rebury Evgeny Konovalets, one of the founders of the, whose remains will be transferred from Rotterdam, the Netherlands." RT

EU leader offers Trump tariff deal

"Brussels is willing to negotiate a new agreement on tariffs with the U.S., European

Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said. The statement comes after U.S. President Donald Trump slapped the bloc with a blanket 20% tariff that will take effect on Wednesday.
“We have offered zero-for-zero tariffs for industrial goods,” von der Leyen told a press conference on Monday. “Europe is always ready for a good deal, so we keep it on the table.”
The offer followed a meeting of EU trade ministers in Luxembourg. According to Reuters, it was decided that the bloc would prioritize negotiating with Washington rather than engaging in a trade war." RT

Luxembourg opposes Ukraine’s NATO membership push

"Luxembourg's Foreign Minister Xavier Bettel spoke out against Ukraine's NATO accession at the alliance’s foreign ministers meeting in Brussels. "I believe that membership will bring tensions again," he said, citing the high probability of an immediate conflict with Russia if Ukraine joins NATO." NV

Luxembourg joins Czechia's initiative to buy 800,000 shells for Ukraine

"Luxembourg has announced that it will join Czechia's initiative to purchase 800,000 artillery shells for Ukraine. The day before, Czech President Petr Pavel confirmed that Ukraine's allies had transferred the entire amount of money needed to provide the country with 800,000 artillery shells.

He predicted that the ammunition should arrive in Ukraine "in the coming weeks"." Pravada

Luxembourg Hands over High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles to Ukraine

"Defence Minister of Luxembourg François Bausch has announced the new HMMWV to
Ukraine.

"The Army of Luxembourg and Defence Minister of Luxembourg support the Armed Forces of Ukraine by sending additional High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV)." Pravada