New Delhi, July 15 -- KYIV - For a ceremony marking Ukraine's sovereignty, the presence of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at Saint Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery on Wednesday carried its own signal. Ukraine's Statehood Day, which commemorates the 1990 declaration that formally set the country on the path to independence, was where she chose to sign.

Ukraine and the European Union formalized a joint drone production deal in Kyiv on July 15, announced by Von der Leyen and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy following a ceremony at Saint Michael's Square, Euronews reported. The agreement is the first of its kind to extend access to joint production to all 27 EU member states, replacing a scattered set of bilateral ...