Ukraine gained three points in the rankings of the Corruption Perception Index, one of the best results of any country in the world over the past year. Source: Transparency International Ukraine (TIU); Andrii Borovyk, executive officer of the organisation in the column for Ukrainska Pravda Quote: "Ukraine scored 36 points out of 100 in the 2023 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI); now our country ranks 104th out of 180 countries.
Ties between Russia and the three Baltic nations on the northeast border of the European Union and Nato reached a new low after tit-for-tat expulsions.
Some Ukrainian officials criticised allies’ indecision over battle tank donations at a key meeting in Germany, but defence minister Oleksii Reznikov said he expected Kyiv’s troops to start training soon on Leopard tanks in Poland.