[epoch_component type="photo_gallery" position="left" section_title="A Russian soldier patrols in a street of Mariupol, Ukraine, on April 12, 2022, after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
August 16, 2025By Andrew Thornebrooke, Ryan Morgan
Stockholm changed its stance on the alliance following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, as did the neighboring nation of Finland, which joined NATO in 2023.
The summit was launched in 2022 following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand, who is accompanying Carney to Armenia, marked the anniversary of the Armenian Genocide ahead of the trip.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Lavrov of lying to justify prolonging a war that Putin started when he ordered an invasion of Ukraine in early 2022.
Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Canada has committed over $19.5 billion in total assistance to Ukraine, including $4.5 billion in military aid, according to government figures.
Yoon said on Nov. 7 that South Korea would not rule out the possibility of supplying weapons to Ukraine if North Korean troops participate in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Moscow accuses London of stoking the Ukraine war and British intelligence of helping Ukraine to mount a series of operations deep inside Russia.
Britain casts the Russian invasion of Ukraine as an imperial-style landgrab by Moscow.
Sweden had long maintained a policy of nonalignment, keeping itself out of military alliances for some 200 years, but Stockholm changed its stance following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
It is the second time in a month that Trump has spoken with Putin over the phone to discuss ending the war in Ukraine, which began with Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Russia began its invasion of eastern Ukraine in early 2022. The conflict, which shows little sign of ending soon, will enter its third year late next month.
“Another reason is to retaliate against the European Union’s sanctions on it [for its invasion of Ukraine] and to put pressure on China not to cooperate with the West,” he said.
On June 15, Ukraine officially began European Union membership negotiations, launching a process that will require its government to commit to years of political reforms even as it fights the Russian invasion.
Canada is adding 10 people and 153 entities to its sanctions list, with Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine set to pass the second-year mark this weekend.
In 2024, the Trudeau government co-launched with Ukraine an international coalition of nations committed to finding and returning Ukrainian children abducted by Russia since it began its full-scale invasion in 2022.
China, a major trading partner but also rival of Germany, has stood by Russia since its invasion of Ukraine, causing friction with Western powers over the conflict.
"A key element of our common foreign and security policy is the clear condemnation of Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine and support for Ukraine in achieving a just and lasting peace," Costa said.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has led to increased fear among NATO member countries in Scandinavia, the Baltic, and eastern Europe that Russia poses a renewed threat, and there has been an uptick in defense spending as a result.
Friday's price also surpassed the previous record of $5.82 per gallon set on June 17, 2022, in the aftermath of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, according to fuel price-tracking service GasBuddy.
"The move confirms that Beijing is actively fueling Russia's invasion of Ukraine," Yeh told The Epoch Times.
Yeh said the Chinese regime's retaliatory measures are unlikely to achieve what Beijing had hoped.
Both sides deny targeting civilians in the war that Russia launched with its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, but thousands have been killed, the vast majority of them Ukrainian.
By Dan Peleschuk and Lidia Kelly
