The Diplomatic Service of the European Union

Following the 2008 Russo-Georgian War, the EU established a civilian monitoring mission in Georgia. Since then, the EUMM has been making an impartial contribution to stability and security, despite increasingly strained relations between the EU and Georgia.

Brussels, 9 September 2026 - In a landmark engagement to deepen European defence cooperation, the European Union Military Committee (EUMC), led by General Seán Clancy, visited the European Defence Agency (EDA) headquarters in Brussels.

The international community must continue to press Russia for a ceasefire and a negotiated peace.

In the summer of 2022, in the village of Mangush, 25 kilometres from Mariupol, local residents were selling bottles from Vyna Pryazovia, a Ukrainian winery based in the area. The wine, from the 2020 vintage, was being sold for next to nothing—even though it had won five gold medals at an exhibition in Verona in 2021.