Volodymyr Zelenskyy
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Sir Keir Starmer and Volodymyr Zelenskyy said this is a “significant moment” for European security amid the continued fallout between the Ukrainian leader and Donald Trump. In a phone call this morning, the prime minister reiterated the UK’s “ironclad support” for Ukraine and said he would discuss safeguarding Kyiv’s sovereignty with the US president. Sir Keir also spoke with…
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Donald Trump called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a “dictator,” escalating tensions in the aftermath of US-Russia talks over Ukraine. The exchange of criticism between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his US counterpart Donald Trump further escalated on Wednesday after Trump labelled the Ukrainian leader a “dictator”. “I love Ukraine, but Zelenskyy has done a terrible…
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More details have emerged about a reported Ukrainian drone strike in Russia’s southern Krasnodar region last night. In a post on Telegram, regional governor Veniamin Kondratyev described the attack as “massive”, and said at least 12 houses had been damaged. One woman was reportedly injured. Russia’s SHOT Telegram news channel also reported that the bombings had…
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Incoming president Donald Trump is “strong and unpredictable”, and those qualities could help him end the war in Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said. “The ‘hot’ stage of the war can end quite quickly, if Trump is strong in his position,” Zelenskyy told Ukrainian television. “I believe [Trump] is strong and unpredictable. I would very much…
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his country has been hit by Christmas attacks on its energy infrastructure for the third time since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began. Moscow launched a huge aerial attack on Ukraine’s energy facilities last Friday, which Zelenskyy said was one of the largest yet on the grid. The attack damaged power facilities…
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Donald Trump on Sunday called for an immediate cease-fire in Russia’s war with Ukraine and the president-elect renewed warnings that he was open to pulling the United States out of NATO. Trump made his cease-fire proposal after a weekend meeting in Paris with French and Ukrainian leaders, claiming in a social media post that Kyiv…
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Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has posted about this week’s aerial attacks on Ukraine. In his post on X, he says Russia has launched 500 aerial bombs, nearly 660 drones, and 120 missiles over the past seven days. “No other country in the world has ever faced such attacks on a daily basis for such a…
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy has pressed on with changes to officials close to him and dismissed two deputy heads of his office and appointed a former top security official ambassador to neighbouring Moldova. A presidential decree announced the dismissal of Andriy Smyrnov, who was responsible for legal policy matters, and Oleksiy Dniprov, who headed the office’s “apparatus”. …
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The Speaker of Canada’s House of Commons has issued an apology for commending an individual with a history of service in a Nazi unit during the Second World War. The recognition of Yaroslav Hunka, aged 98, as a “Ukrainian hero” and a “Canadian hero”, took place during a session attended by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau…
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has expressed doubt over Russia’s declaration that its partial mobilisation was over, saying the poor performance of pro-Moscow forces meant more men could be needed. Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu earlier said the call-up of 300,000 reservists to fight in Ukraine was complete. “We have reports the enemy has completed its…
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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia on Friday of committing war crimes in Ukraine’s northeast and said it was too early to say the tide of the war was turning despite rapid territorial gains by his forces this month. The Ukrainian leader also told Reuters in an interview that the outcome of the war with Russia,…
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Ukraine was preparing on Monday for a new Russian push in the eastern Donbas region, as Kyiv said its army’s counterattack around Kharkiv had gained momentum. Since failing to take the capital at the beginning of the offensive in late February, control of Donbas has become one of Moscow’s primary objectives, but Western intelligence has…
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appeared in a video message at the Grammy Awards to ask for support in telling the story of Ukraine’s invasion by Russia. During the pre-recorded message that aired on the show Sunday, he likened the invasion to a deadly silence threatening to extinguish the dreams and lives of the Ukrainian people,…
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday that “Ukrainians with real combat experience with be released from custody” to help defend the country against invasion by Russia. “We dedicate every minute to the struggle for our state,” Zelenskyy said during his address Monday, according to the National News Agency of Ukraine. “Everyone who can join the struggle…
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resident Joe Biden has invited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for a White House visit this summer. National security adviser Jake Sullivan said Biden extended the invitation during a phone call on Monday with Zelenskyy, who has publicly raised concerns about the U.S. president’s plan to meet with Russian leader Vladimir Putin and about a nearly…
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