Volodymyr Zelensky

The gutted remains of cars sit along a road in Severodonetsk amid heavy front-line fighting. (Oleksandr Ratushniak/AP)Updated June 11, 2022 at 11:29 p.m. EDT|Published June 11, 2022 at 2:00 a.m. EDT This live coverage has ended. For Sunday’s live updates, click here. Ukraine, on the brink of losing the eastern…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (R) and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen make statements following their talks in Kyiv on Saturday (Image: Sergei SUPINSKY/AFP) During talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the European Commission chief did not hold out any promises noting further reforms were neededAFP Last Updated:June 12,…

United States President Joe Biden said Friday that his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky “didn’t want to hear” American warnings ahead of Russia’s invasion of his country. “I know a lot of people thought I was exaggerating,” Biden said at a fundraising reception in Los Angeles, referring to his forewarning of…

WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Americans have a fundamental right to carry a handgun in public, a landmark decision with far-reaching implications for states and cities across the country confronting a surge in gun violence. The 6-3 decision strikes down a more than century-old New York law…

The Shangri-La Dialogue (SLD), the key security meeting in the Asia Pacific, gets under way in Singapore later on Friday with discussions expected to focus on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, US-China tensions, and the Myanmar crisis. It will be the first meeting of the SLD, named for the Singapore hotel…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an address released Thursday that people could starve if Russia’s blockade of the Black Sea continues. “We cannot export our wheat, corn, vegetable oil and other products that have played a stabilizing role in the global market,” Zelensky said in remarks made virtually at…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday the "fierce" battle for the city of Severodonetsk was probably one of the most difficult of the war, and its outcome will decide the fate of eastern Ukraine. Why it matters: Severodonetsk is the last remaining major city in the Luhansk region of the…

KYIV, Ukraine—Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the front lines of the fighting in the eastern Luhansk region on Sunday, miles from where a Russian general was killed, highlighting the shifting military situation in the area. Mr. Zelensky greeted troops in Lysychansk, one of the last cities in Luhansk that Ukrainians…

President Vladimir Putin has warned the West that Russia will strike new targets if the US starts supplying Ukraine with longer-range missiles. At least one person was reported wounded as powerful explosions rock Kyiv after weeks of calm, Al Jazeera reports.  Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the main church at…

Ninety-nine days ago, Volodymyr Zelensky left the presidential palace in Kyiv to shoot a selfie video outside in the street. The previous day, President Vladimir Putin had sent his troops into Ukraine and the Ukrainian leader was coming under Western pressure to save himself and evacuate the capital before the…