Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy hailed his country’s “resistance” and “heroism” on Monday on the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion as EU leaders arrived in Kyiv in a show of solidarity. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to launch what he called a “special military operation” set off the biggest conflict in Europe since World War II. Tens…
The Kremlin on Sunday hailed dialogue between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin – two “extraordinary” presidents – as “promising,” and vowed it would “never” give up territory seized in eastern Ukraine. Trump broke with Western policy earlier this month by phoning Putin to discuss how to end the Ukraine conflict – a call hailed by…
Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday he would “immediately” quit as Ukraine’s president in exchange for the country gaining NATO membership. “If there is peace for Ukraine, if you really need me to leave my post, I am ready. … I can exchange it for NATO,” Zelenskyy told a press conference in Kyiv, adding he would depart…
US President Donald Trump said Saturday he wanted to get money back for the billions of dollars sent to support Ukraine’s war against Russia, as Washington and Kyiv negotiate a mineral resources deal. “I’m dealing with President Zelenskyy. I’m dealing with President Putin. I’m trying to get the money back or secured,” Trump said. “Europe…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Wednesday that he was counting on unity and courage from his compatriots, and pragmatism and a “constructive” approach in relations with the United States. “We are standing strong on our own two feet. I am counting on Ukrainian unity, our courage … on the unity of Europe and the…
Donald Trump has called Volodymyr Zelenskyy a “dictator” in a scathing post on Truth Social. The US president said his Ukrainian counterpart had done a “terrible job” and that he “better move fast or he is not going to have a country left”. “I love Ukraine, but Zelenskyy has done a terrible job, his Country…
Ukraine will continue its cooperation with Türkiye, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said after meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during a visit to the capital, Ankara. “We want concrete steps in defense cooperation,” Zelenskyy told reporters in an interview published early Wednesday. The Ukrainian leader and Erdoğan held discussions on Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine on…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy believes Russia is preparing to “wage war” against a weakened NATO should President Donald Trump dilute US support for the alliance. In an interview with broadcaster NBC on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, Zelenskyy also said Trump had the leverage to push Vladimir Putin into ceasefire negotiations over Ukraine,…
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio played down expectations Sunday of any breakthrough at upcoming talks with Russian officials on ending the war in Ukraine. President Donald Trump had repeatedly insisted he would end the conflict in a single day if he returned to the White House, but Rubio stressed it would “not be easy” to resolve…
US and Russian officials will meet in Saudi Arabia in the coming days to start talks aimed at ending Moscow’s nearly three-year war in Ukraine, a US lawmaker and a source familiar with the planning said on Saturday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who met with US Vice President JD Vance in Germany on Friday, said Ukraine…
Putin did not claim responsibility for the crash, while apologizing to Aliyev that the incident took place in Russian airspace Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologized to Ilham Aliyev, the president of Azerbaijan, for a “tragic incident” which happened in Russian airspace involving an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane that crashed on Wednesday. Putin called Aliyev as speculation…
Ukraine used US ATACMS missiles to strike Russian territory for the first time on Tuesday, Moscow said, in a major escalation on the war’s 1,000th day. Russia said its forces shot down five of six missiles fired at a military facility in the Bryansk region, while debris of one hit the facility, causing no casualties…
Russia stands alongside China on Asian issues, including the criticism of the US drive to extend its influence and “deliberate attempts” to inflame the situation around Taiwan, its foreign minister said in an interview published on Thursday. Sergei Lavrov, in an essay published in the government newspaper Rossiiskaya Gazeta, also praised Beijing’s approach to the…
UNITED NATIONS — Facing a swirl of conflicts and crises across a fragmented world, leaders attending this week’s annual U.N. gathering are being challenged: Work together — not only on front-burner issues but on modernizing the international institutions born after World War II so they can tackle the threats and problems of the future. U.N….
KYIV, Ukraine — Russia launched new strikes in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv that hit high-rise apartment buildings, leaving at least 21 wounded in a second consecutive nighttime attack, authorities said. The bombs fell Saturday night on the district of Shevchenkivsky, north of the center of Kharkiv, which is the second-largest Ukrainian city, local Gov. Oleh Syniehubov…
