During his first visit to neighbouring Ukraine since Russia’s full-scale invasion, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban told President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday that the war was Europe’s “most important issue”, and recommended an immediate ceasefire. Mr Orban is widely seen as having the warmest relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin among European Union leaders, and […]
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Tuesday arrived in Kyiv, where he is set to meet with Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky amid tensions between the two European leaders over Russia’s war in Ukraine. Orban, a key ally of Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Europe, is making his first visit to Ukraine since Russia invaded in […]
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban was in Kyiv on Tuesday for talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. It is his first visit to the country since the war began with Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022. Mr Orban’s press chief confirmed to Hungarian news agency MTI that the prime minister had arrived in the Ukrainian […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called on his country’s Western supporters to give the Ukrainian military a free hand to strike back at Russia, given the increasing number of Russian airstrikes on his country. “The sooner the world helps us to deal with the Russian warplanes dropping these bombs, the sooner we can attack the […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has complained about ongoing Russian bombing and once again appealed to the West for more help with air defence. In the past week alone, Russia has dropped 800 glide bombs over Ukraine, Zelensky announced in Kiev on Sunday. He also published a video of the heavy destruction and fires in the […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has complained about ongoing Russian bombing and once again asked the West for more help with air defence. In the past week alone, Russia has dropped 800 glide bombs over Ukraine, Zelensky announced in Kiev on Sunday. He also published a video of the heavy destruction and fires in the Kherson, […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has welcomed the return of Ukrainian prisoners from Russia, including Nariman Dzhelyal, a leader of the Crimean Tatars. “Ten civilians, plus 90 soldiers were released this week,” Zelensky said in a video message. This brought to 3,310 prisoners released to Ukraine from Russian prisons, he said. “We have to find all […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a security pact with the European Union at a summit of EU leaders in Brussels on Thursday. Zelensky signed the accord in a ceremony alongside European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. The agreement between the EU and Ukraine was drawn up after months […]
Ukraine is going to sign a security pact with the European Union, the country’s president Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Thursday. Zelensky said the agreement was an important step towards Ukraine’s “historic goal of peace and prosperity” in the EU in a post on X, ahead of his arrival to an EU leaders’ summit in Brussels. […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has signalled that he is getting tough on officials he suspects are shirking their duties in the war with Russia. Mr Zelensky and Commander in Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi visited troops in the eastern Donetsk region who have weathered fierce Russian ground and air assaults in recent months. They also discussed with […]
Volodymyr Zelensky has sacked a top commander accused of “killing more Ukrainians than any Russian general”. The Ukrainian president said he was replacing Lt-Gen Yurii Sodol, as the commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces, in his nightly address to the nation late on Monday. The dismissal came after Bohdan Krotevych, chief of […]
Volodymyr Zelensky has ordered the new chief of Ukraine’s state guard service to purge its ranks after two of its officers were accused of plans to assassinate senior officials. The state security service (SBU) said last month that it had caught two guard service colonels accused of cooperating with Russia to plot the assassination of […]