Volodymyr Zelensky

Ukrainian forces attacked a Russian ​oil refinery in Yaroslavl, around 700km (435 miles) from the Ukrainian border, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday, the ​latest ‌in a series of strikes ⁠by Kyiv on oil facilities in Russia. "In particular, overnight, the Defence Forces ‌of Ukraine operated against targets associated with…

IN BRIEF Russian air defences shot down over 550 drones overnight across the country, its defence ministry said. One of the victims was an Indian citizen working in Russia. At least four ‌people have been killed, including three in the Moscow region, after Ukraine launched its biggest overnight drone attack…

You’d think the fortune teller would have tipped him off. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s former chief of staff Andriy Yermak, who for years made key government appointments, drafted potential peace plans and held back-channel talks with both Washington and Moscow, was taken into pre-trial detention Thursday on money-laundering charges after…

Rescuers carry a body from a partially destroyed residential building following Russian drone and missile strikes in Kyiv on May 14, 2026. (Photo: AFP) KYIV - Ukraine’s capital Kyiv was in mourning on Friday after a Russian attack killed 24 people a day earlier, with President Volodymyr Zelensky denouncing Moscow’s…

Ukraine's capital Kyiv was in mourning on Friday after a Russian attack killed 24 people a day earlier, with President Volodymyr Zelensky denouncing Moscow's "brutal terror" and the two sides going ahead with an exchange of hundreds of captured soldiers.  Retaliatory overnight strikes by Kyiv's army, launched as bodies were…

The former Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Andriy Yermak, is seen attending a court hearing at the High Anti-Corruption Court regarding his possible involvement in a corruption scheme in Kyiv, Ukraine. Danylo Antoniuk/Anadolu via Getty Images A former Ukrainian presidential aide is accused of large-scale money…

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A Kyiv court on Thursday detained a powerful former aide of President Volodymyr Zelensky – Andriy Yermak – on allegations of corruption in a high-profile graft probe that has roiled Ukraine. Yermak served as Zelensky's right-hand-man during most of Russia's invasion until his resignation in November when he was linked to…

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KYIV -- A Ukrainian court ordered Andriy Yermak jailed as part of a luxury real estate scandal, setting bail at over $3 million for the man who was once President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's most influential adviser. It wasn't immediately clear whether Yermak, Zelenskyy's chief of staff from 2020-25, would be able…