Russian sailing ships will be banned from a major maritime festival in the Netherlands this summer due to geopolitical tensions over Russia’s war in Ukraine, organizerssaid Monday. Sail Amsterdam, the Netherlands’ largest public event,

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch government will reserve 3.5 billion euros ($3.8 billion) to continue its support for Ukraine in 2026, Prime Minister Dick Schoof said on Wednesday. Schoof said the funds would ensure Dutch support would continue unchanged next year, adding that the money could also be used in 2025 if necessary.

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Yet the threat posed by the far-right in Ukraine is also no fantasy. Oleksandr Merezhko, a member of parliament belonging to President Zelenskyy’s political party, observed that “the far right in Ukraine is growing. The right wing is a danger to democracy.” Yet this right-wing tendency is something that the government in Ukraine has encouraged.

Sail Amsterdam is the largest public event in the Netherlands that takes place every five years since its inception in 1975.

Three years into Russia’s all-out war, Ukraine is under increasing pressure from Russia on the battlefield and the U.S. in high cabinets.

AMSTERDAM, March 5 (Reuters) - The Dutch government will reserve 3.5 billion euros ($3.8 billion) to continue its support for Ukraine in 2026, Prime Minister Dick Schoof said on Wednesday.