Volodymyr Zelensky

Russian Missiles Kill 36, Bombards Children's Hospital Ukraine

Russia struck cities across Ukraine on Monday with a missile barrage that killed three dozen people and ripped open a children's hospital in Kyiv, an assault condemned as a ruthless attack on civilians. Dozens of volunteers including hospital staff and rescue workers dug through debris from the Okhmatdyt pediatric hospital in a desperate search ...

Orban Makes Surprise Visit to Ukraine Amidst Ongoing Tensions

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrived in Ukraine on Tuesday for a surprise visit to the war-torn country by the EU and NATO's most vocal critic of Western support for Kyiv. Orban has not visited Kyiv since Russia invaded in February 2022 and has publicly hit out at Europe's financial and military aid, temporarily blocking a 50-billion ...

Zelensky Signs Ukraine Security Accord With EU

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday signed a 10-year security pact with the European Union in Brussels, the latest deal aimed at shoring up long-term support for Kyiv in its fight with Russia. Days after the EU said it was opening formal membership negotiations with Kyiv, Zelensky attended a summit of EU leaders to meet with some ...

Ukraine and Russia Exchange 90 Prisoners of War

Ukraine and Russia have exchanged 90 prisoners of war each in the biggest swap between the two warring sides in almost five months, officials said Tuesday. Moscow and Kyiv have carried out over 50 prisoner exchanges since Russia invaded Ukraine more than two years ago, despite ongoing hostilities and both sides accusing each other of derailing ...

Ukraine and Moldova Accession to the EU: Negotiations Begin

The European Union formally launches accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova on Tuesday, setting the fragile ex-Soviet states off on a long path towards membership that Russia has tried to block. The landmark move is aimed in particular at sending a vote of confidence in Ukraine's future as Moscow has momentum on the battlefield almost ...

Ukraine Says EU Security Accord to Be Signed Soon

Ukraine said Wednesday it would soon sign a security agreement with the European Union, the latest in a series of accords that it hopes will ensure military aid for years to come as it battles Russia. President Volodymyr Zelensky last week hailed an "unprecedented" 10-year security deal agreed with the United States as a "bridge" to NATO ...

Zelensky Calls for Increased Western Efforts for 'Fair Peace'

President Volodymyr Zelensky urged the West on Friday to do more to achieve a fair peace as Ukraine battles the Russian invasion, telling US leader Joe Biden that Kyiv is counting on “shoulder-to-shoulder” support. One day after Western leaders went to northern France to mark the 80-year anniversary of the D-Day landings in World War II, ...

Biden Warns Democracy 'At Risk' on D-Day Commemoration

United States President Joe Biden warned, on the 80th anniversary of D-Day on Thursday, that democracy around the world was at risk, as leaders marked the 1944 landings in occupied France that helped defeat Nazi Germany in World War II. Biden, Britain's King Charles III, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and French President Emmanuel Macron ...

Ukraine Orders Evacuations from Parts of Donetsk

Ukraine on Thursday ordered the evacuation of children and their guardians from several towns and villages in the eastern Donetsk region, where fighting with Russia is intensifying. President Volodymyr Zelensky has said Russian firepower is now concentrated in Donetsk, which the Kremlin claimed to have annexed in 2022 despite not having full ...

US VP Harris to Attend Ukraine Summit in Switzerland

US Vice President Kamala Harris will attend a Ukraine peace summit in Switzerland, the White House said on Monday, after President Joe Biden was reportedly set to skip it for an election fundraiser hosted by George Clooney. Harris, who will be joined by National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan for the June 15 meeting in Lucerne, will “underscore ...

Zelensky Will Participate in Upcoming G7 Summit

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will participate in the upcoming G7 summit in Italy either online or in person, his spokesman told state media on Monday. A key agenda item of the summit to be held in southern Italy from June 13 to 15 will be ways to use profits from frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine, which has been urging allies for ...

Zelensky Hails US Green Light For Weapons Use

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday hailed the United States' decision to allow Kyiv to use American-supplied weapons to strike in Russia, with some restrictions. "This is a step forward toward [the] goal ... of making it possible to defend our people who live in the villages on the border," Zelensky told reporters in Stockholm where ...