NATO Doubles Down On Ukraine — Germany Suffers Historic Defeat

Jun 4, 2026
Mark Rutte has travelled to Ukraine yesterday as a meeting between Ukraine and the NATO Council took place.

• It was for the first time when this meeting took place in Kyiv.
• Mark Rutte has expressed NATO’s support for Ukraine and has also stated that Ukraine is still on an “irreversible path” to NATO membership.

Zelensky has also stated that Ukraine needs NATO and that NATO also needs Ukraine.

Zelenskyy says Alliance itself and even Russians need Ukraine in NATO

Sergiy Sydorenko, Alona Mazurenko — 3 June, 18:24

Zelenskyy and Rutte. Photo: Office of the President of Ukraine

• He argued that even the Russians would need Ukraine in NATO.

For the first time in history, Germany has lost an election over a rotating UN Security Council seat.

Security Council seat in major diplomatic setback for Merz

Berlin partly blamed the “bitter defeat” on its steadfast support for Israel, which it suggested cost it key votes in the General Assembly.

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Ushers hold ballot boxes during the U.N. General Assembly meeting for the election of the nonpermanent members of the U.N. Security Council at the U.N. headquarters in New York City on June 3, 2026. | Kena betancur/AFP via Getty Images

June 3, 2026 9:27 pm CET

By Aitor Hernández-Morales

Austria and Portugal have received the seats instead.

• This has prompted Friedrich Merz’s political opponents to react to the events.
• Hungary and Ukraine seem to have resolved the matter of the Hungarian minority in Zakarpatia.

For the first time in eight years, the US has sent officials at the Saint Petersburg Economic Forum.

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Cultural official to represent US at Putin's economic forum for first time in eight years

SEMEN RUBAN — 3 JUNE, 12:44

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Rodney Mims Cook Jr, Chairman of the US Commission of Fine Arts, will be a keynote speaker at a session at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).

Source: Business Today

Details: Cook has implemented architectural and restoration projects in Russia, including in St Petersburg. The Roscongress Foundation (which organises SPIEF) and the American Chamber of Commerce in Russia will jointly hold two sessions during the forum: a Russia-US business dialogue and, for the first time, a Russia-US cultural dialogue focused on humanitarian engagement.

The business session, titled "Pragmatism as a Strategy: Business in the Era of a New Global Reality", returns for a second consecutive year following its debut at SPIEF 2025.

The forum's organisers said the previous session had generated considerable interest from both Russian and American companies exploring opportunities to resume commercial engagement.

For the first time at the forum, a cultural session titled "Russia-US: A Dialogue of Cultures" will be held at SPIEF 2026, with Rodney Mims Cook Jr as the keynote speaker.

The cultural dialogue is expected to reference historical examples of bilateral cooperation, including Russian ballet tours in the United States, "jazz diplomacy" and humanitarian exchanges of the 20th century.

Background: On the night of 2-3 June, Ukraine's Special Operations Forces, working with other units from the security and defence forces, struck the St Petersburg oil terminal.

SPIEF opened on 3 June.

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Kyle McKinnon

06/04/2026June 4, 2026

The annual St. Petersburg International Economic Forum is meant to bring together potential investors in the Russian economy. The EU and the UK are bypassing the event, but the United States has sent a delegation.