Russia and Ukraine exchanged prisoners again for the first time in months on Friday, but any hopes of de-escalation in the war were dashed by early morning attacks from both sides. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky was meanwhile in Stockholm to sign security agreements with Sweden, Iceland and Norway as the West kept up its support […]
French President Emmanuel Macron has said he will greet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky along with other world leaders in Normandy for the 80th anniversary commemorations of D-Day. US President Joe Biden is also scheduled to attend this year’s commemorations of the landings which led to the liberation of France and Europe from Nazi Germany’s occupation. […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday again questioned the legitimacy of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, saying he would only recognize the authority of the country’s parliament in Kiev. Putain said that under the Ukrainian constitution, martial law stipulates that only the powers of the Supreme Council are extended – but not those of the president. […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has picked up a second promise of military aid worth one billion euros 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 […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a bilateral long-term security pact with Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo on Tuesday in Brussels. Zelensky announced the pact worth €977 million ($1.06 billion) on the social media platform X. The accord also contains “Belgium’s commitment to providing [Ukraine] with support over the course of the agreement’s 10-year term,” […]
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 […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged Western leaders to pressure Russia into peace using “all means” necessary. Speaking in Spain, Mr Zelensky said there needed to be “tangible coercion of Russia” , which was seeking to “destroy Ukraine and move on”. Mr Zelensky has long said he will not negotiate with Russia directly until Moscow’s […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has arrived in Madrid where he is expected to sign a bilateral security agreement with Spain. The deal will help his country fight its more than two-year war with Russia amid a recent offensive by the Kremlin’s forces. Spain’s King Felipe VI met Mr Zelensky at the capital’s Barajas airport. The […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Madrid on Monday for his first official visit to Spain. Zelensky was greeted by King Felipe VI on landing at Madrid-Barajas airport and later met Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. The two leaders plan to sign a bilateral security agreement, the Spanish government website said. Zelensky is then expected […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is due to visit Spain on Monday. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez will receive the guest at 12 noon (1000 GMT), his left-wing government announced in Madrid on Monday. The signing of a bilateral security agreement is planned, the television station RTVE reported. According to the Spanish royal family, a meeting with […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned that Russia is preparing to intensify its offensive along his country’s northern border, as the death toll rose to 14 in an aerial bomb attack on a shop in the city of Kharkiv. The bombing of the large construction supplies store on Saturday afternoon also left 43 injured and […]
Ukrainian forces have secured “combat control” of areas where Russian troops entered the north-eastern Kharkiv region earlier this month, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said. “Our soldiers have now managed to take combat control of the border area where the Russian occupiers entered,” the President said in his nightly video address on Friday. Mr Zelensky’s comments […]