Joe Biden has told Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy that the US will send badly needed air defence weaponry once the Senate approves a massive national security aid package that includes $61 billion (€57 billion) for Ukraine. Mr Zelenskiy said on social media that the US president also assured him that a coming package of aid […]
(Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy expressed gratitude on Saturday for the passage by the U.S. House of Representatives of a military aid bill for his country and said the assistance would save lives and “bring a just end” to the war with Russia. “I am grateful to the United States House of Representatives, both […]
(Bloomberg) — Poland has arrested a man on suspicion of assisting with a Russian plot to assassinate Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the prosecutor’s office said on Thursday. Most Read from Bloomberg The Polish citizen identified as Pawel K was charged with declaring his readiness to help Russian military intelligence collect information about the security of […]
(Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday declared his income for 2022 rose to 12.42 million hryvnias ($306,000) from 3.7 million hryvnias the previous year, with the increase attributable to improved rent collection and sale of some government bonds. A statement on the president’s website said most of the income of the president and […]
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy has dismissed a long-time aide and several advisers in a continuing reshuffle while Russia unleashed fresh attacks overnight. Mr Zelenskiy removed top aide Serhiy Shefir from his post of first assistant, where he had served since 2019. The Ukrainian president also let go three advisers and two presidential representatives overseeing volunteer […]
(Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in an interview published on Friday that if Ukraine does not get promised U.S. military aid blocked by disputes in Congress, its forces will have to retreat “in small steps”. “If there is no U.S. support, it means that we have no air defence, no Patriot missiles, no jammers […]
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy has hailed the country’s first Oscar as “important for our entire country”. Ukraine awoke on Monday to another day of war — Russian drones blasted buildings in the Kharkiv and Odesa regions — but also the news it had won its first Oscar. The best documentary victory for Mstyslav Chernov’s 20 […]
Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskiy is in Istanbul for talks with Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan whose Nato-member country has sought to balance its close relations with both Kyiv and Moscow and repeatedly offered to act as a peace-broker between them. During the talks in Istanbul, Mr Erdogan is expected to press for negotiations to end […]
The sound of a large explosion reverberated around the Ukrainian port of Odesa as the country’s president Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Greece’s prime minister ended a tour of the war-ravaged southern city. Greek prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said the delegations were getting into their vehicles when they heard the blast, which he called a “vivid reminder” […]
(Updates with quotes in paragraphs 4-5, details) MOSCOW, March 4 (Reuters) – Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council and an ally of President Vladimir Putin, said on Monday that Ukraine was part of Russia and ruled out peace talks with the current Ukrainian leadership. In a bellicose speech in southern Russia, Medvedev said […]
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in action in the two years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion. Mr Zelenskiy said the number was far lower than estimates given by Russian president Vladimir Putin’s government. “31,000 Ukrainian military personnel have been killed in this war. Not 300,000, […]
Ukraine’s president has invited Polish leaders to meet him at their shared border to resolve a blockade by Polish farmers protesting against Ukrainian food imports. Volodymyr Zelenskiy says the blockade is hampering the shipment of weapons to Ukrainian soldiers. Meanwhile, Polish authorities voiced concern after slogans appeared at the protests praising Russian president Vladimir Putin […]