Border protection theme
Which migration-skeptical EU citizen will be the first to propose that Ukraine should take care of the protection of the common external border in exchange for EU membership?
Homan: Trump has approved withdrawal of ICE. Tom Homan, the head of U.S. border enforcement, says that U.S. President Donald Trump has approved a withdrawal of the immigration agency ICE in Minnesota. See the article on SVT News.
Goal: Take out 50,000 Russians per month. Ukraine has set a strategic goal of taking out 50,000 Russian soldiers per month, according to the new Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov. The 35-year-old Fedorov described his vision to his colleagues at NATO when the international support group for Ukraine met at NATO headquarters in Brussels. In his opening speech, Fedorov stated that 35,000 Russian soldiers were killed or injured in the past month, and that a strategic goal is 50,000.
According to a senior NATO official, Ukraine's goal of taking out 50,000 Russian soldiers per month is realistic. Since the start of the war, an estimated 1.3 million Russian soldiers have been killed or injured, of which just over 400,000 were in 2025 alone. See the article on SVT News.