Ukraine’s president has called on European Union leaders to make good on their pledges to provide military equipment to his war-ravaged country, just days after the bloc launched membership talks with his government. “We have to work on next steps,” Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy told reporters in Brussels as he arrived to attend a summit […]
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Saturday predicted “history being made” at the Swiss-hosted conference which aims to plan the first steps toward peace in Ukraine. Experts and critics say little substance or few big breakthroughs are expected because Russia is not attending. The presidents of Ecuador, Ivory Coast, Kenya and Somalia joined dozens of western […]
KYIV (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that China would not sell weapons to Russia during a phone conversation between the two men, Zelenskiy said on Thursday. Zelenskiy was speaking at a joint press conference with U.S. President Joe Biden at the G7 summit in Italy. He did not specify […]
US president Joe Biden and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy will sign a bilateral security agreement between the US and Ukraine on Thursday when they meet on the sidelines of the G7 summit. The announcement came as negotiators for the group reached an agreement on how to provide Ukraine with up to $50 billion backed by […]
(Bloomberg) — President Volodymyr Zelenskiy highlighted the urgent need to rebuild Ukraine’s battered energy infrastructure at a conference in Berlin convened to mobilize international support for reconstruction. Most Read from Bloomberg The gathering co-hosted Tuesday by Zelenskiy and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz brought together government officials, international organizations and company executives and follows similar meetings […]
(Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said his legitimacy is recognised and determined by the Ukrainian people, while criticizing that of Russian President Vladimir Putin. “President Zelenskiy’s legitimacy is recognised by the people of Ukraine… Our people are free. Putin’s legitimacy is recognised only by comrade Putin,” he told a press conference in Paris. Presidential elections […]
(Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday that Russia was still trying to disrupt next month’s world “peace summit” devoted to the conflict with Russia and was putting pressure on countries to stay away from the gathering. Zelenskiy wants the summit, scheduled for June 15-16 in Switzerland, to produce a front to exert […]
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy has picked up a second promise of military aid worth €1 billion in as many days for the war with Russia during a whirlwind tour through the European Union. The pledge came from Belgium, which topped up the money with a commitment to give 30 F-16 fighter jets over the next […]
European Union defence ministers are meeting in Brussels to try again to overcome Hungary’s objections to providing billions of euros in military aid to Kyiv, which is in its third year of war since Russia’s full-scale invasion began. It comes as Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky is due to inspect the F-16 jets that Belgium will […]
(Bloomberg) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he’ll sign a security agreement and discuss military support for Kyiv’s war effort during a trip to Spain on Monday for talks with Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. Most Read from Bloomberg Zelenskiy will discuss weapons supplies and training for Ukrainian soldiers in talks with Sanchez, the Ukrainian leader […]
KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy appealed to U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Sunday to join an upcoming peace summit as his country struggles to stave off unrelenting attacks by Russia in its 27-month-old invasion. Moscow’s forces have in recent weeks advanced on the battlefield and stepped up air […]
(Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday that Ukrainian forces had secured “combat control” of areas where Russian troops staged an incursion this month in northern parts of Kharkiv region. “Our soldiers have now managed to take combat control of the border area where the Russian occupiers entered,” Zelenskiy said in his nightly video address. […]