The EU is committed to continue to show solidarity and provide support to the refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine and the countries hosting them. It also condemns Belarus' involvement in Russia's military aggression. The EU strongly condemns Putin’s decision to recognise the non-government controlled areas of Donetsk and Luhansk and Russia's unprovoked and unjustified military aggression against Ukraine. What does the EU say about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine? On 24 February 2022, Russia launched an invasion of Ukraine. This followed a positive vote by the Russian State Duma (the lower house of the Russian parliament) on 15 February. On 21 February 2022, after weeks of extreme tensions, President Vladimir Putin decided to recognise the non-government controlled areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts (administrative regions) in Ukraine as independent entities and to send Russian troops into those areas. In 2021, Russia started a large-scale military build-up near the border with eastern Ukraine, generating great concern in Ukraine, Europe and across the world. Russia started a military aggression against Ukraine on 24 February 2022 - ©AFP European Council President's speeches and statements.Why salamanders are important to you: 30 years of nature protection in Europe.Feeding Europe: 60 years of common agriculture policy.Your life online: How is the EU making it easier and safer for you?.EU response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.Paschal Donohoe, President of the Eurogroup.Charles Michel, President of the European Council.They traveled to his temporary gravesite to pay their respects to their older brother, who gave his life just hours before the war in Europe ended.Back to top Search Search Search < Menu Back His two brothers, Adolph and Rudolph, were both serving in Europe when they learned of Charley’s death. Havlat was killed in his parents’ native land, while fighting to liberate it from fascism. Havlat lost his life a mere six hours before Germany’s unconditional surrender. Taken prisoner, the German officer who led the ambush knew nothing of the cessation of hostilities at the time of the attack, and apologized for the incident. His fellow soldiers returned fire until their radio operator received word that some nine minutes before the ambush, a cease fire order had gone into effect. Moments after the attack began, Havlat took a bullet to the head, ending his life.

On the morning of May 7, 1945, on a dirt road twelve kilometers into Czechoslovakia, Havlat’s reconnaissance platoon was blindsided by a hail of enemy machine gun and small arms fire from concealed enemy positions.

Three months later, his unit helped capture Trier, Germany and crossed the Rhine. In the autumn of 1944 Havlat saw combat at Aachen and the Huertgen Forest, and on December 16, Havlat found himself in the Ardennes Forest at the onset of The Battle of the Bulge. His battalion continued on across northern France, through Belgium and Holland, before reaching the Siegfried Line. In the invasion of Normandy, Havlat and his comrades fought their way from Omaha Beach to St. He served with the 803 rd Tank Destroyer Battalion in some of bloodiest battles of the war. Havlat, who was born to Czech immigrants in Nebraska, arrived in England in June 1943. He is buried in Plot C, Row 5, Grave 75, in Lorraine American Cemetery, France. Havlat is considered to be the last American killed in the European Theater of Operations. Charley Havlat, who was shot in a German ambush on May 7. In these last days of World War II in Europe, American soldiers continued to fight bravely. Allied armies were advancing on all European fronts the imminent surrender of Germany was a certainty. By the first week of May 1945, the German Army was almost totally destroyed.

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