Volodymyr Zelensky

June 06, 2022 - 11:40AM Storyful President Volodymyr Zelensky visited troops in eastern Ukraine on June 5, as Russia’s assault on Donbas continues. According to a statement from his office, Zelensky visited command posts and frontline positions in the area of Bakhmut in the Donetsk region and Lysychansk in the…

The leaders of France, Germany and Italy met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv Thursday and expressed support for granting Ukraine candidate status for accession to the European Union. Why it matters: Zelensky this week urged Western countries to quickly deliver more arms as Ukraine attempts to fend off…

As Ukraine continues to fight their war against Russia, President Biden has announced another $1 billion in military aid. Biden spoke to President Volodymyr Zelensky by phone, just ahead of his announcement, “which the Pentagon said included providing Ukraine with 18 howitzers, 36,000 rounds of howitzer ammunition and two Harpoon…

Up to 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers are being killed or wounded each day in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, with 200 to 500 killed on average and many more wounded, a top Ukrainian official said on Wednesday. The big picture: President Volodymyr Zelensky said on June 1 that 60 to…

BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO defense ministers attending a two-day meeting starting Wednesday will discuss beefing up weapons supplies to Ukraine, and Sweden and Finland’s applications to join the trans-Atlantic military alliance, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said. The meeting, less two weeks before a summit of NATO leaders in Madrid, comes with…

Russia continued its assault on Severodonetsk, shelling the city and surrounding villages as it pushed to capture the Ukrainian government’s last major foothold in the eastern region of Luhansk. The regional governor said Russian troops now control 80% of the city. Ukraine has asked Europe for temporary grain storage for…

Moscow’s use of cluster munitions and indiscriminate shelling in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, constitutes a war crime, Amnesty International said in a report published on Monday. Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg said it would be “unthinkable” for Nato not to defend membership hopeful Sweden if that country was attacked. The war…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (R) visiting the frontline positions of the Ukrainian military during a working trip to the Zaporizhzhia region. Photo: AFP/FileKYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday said the battle for Severodonetsk was taking a "terrifying" toll as Russian forces threaten to take the strategic eastern city. "The…

This live coverage has ended. For Monday’s live updates, click here. As fighting continues in the Luhansk region of eastern Ukraine, causing heavy casualties and leaving Ukrainian forces with dwindling ammunition, a senior U.S. defense official said Russia is likely to seize control of the entire region within a few…

(KYIV, Ukraine) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said no one knows how long the war in his country will last but that Ukrainian forces are defying expectations by preventing Russian troops from overrunning eastern Ukraine, where the fighting has been fiercest for weeks. In his nightly video address, Zelensky said…