Volodymyr Zelensky

KIEV: Ukraine on Monday blocked the websites of several prominent Russian media outlets in its latest round of sanctions against neighbouring Russia, which it has accused of spreading propaganda. Ties between the ex-Soviet countries have deteriorated sharply since Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula in 2014 and threw its weight behind…

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The mayor of Ukraine’s central city of Kryvyi Rig was found dead Sunday with a gunshot wound, country’s President Volodymyr Zelensky and national police said. The body of Kostyantyn Pavlov, 48, was found on the porch of his house, Zelensky, said on Telegram, adding that investigators were working at the…

/ Europe Issued on: 04/08/2021 - 14:59 Activists attend a rally outside the Belarus embassy in Kiev on August 3, 2021, in memory of Vitaly Shishov, the head the Belarusian House in Ukraine, an NGO, who was found early morning hanged in a park. © Sergei Supinsky, AFP Ukrainian President…

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The soon-to-be-announced deal between the U.S. and Germany on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline falls well short of Ukraine's hopes and fails to address the country's national security concerns, an adviser to President Volodymyr Zelensky tells Axios. Why it matters: The deal is designed to allay concerns in Kyiv and…

U.S. President Joe Biden will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky “not in July, but, in August,” according to recent statements by George Kent, the U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) reported Tuesday. “When President Biden and President Zelensky spoke for…

The White House and the Ukrainian government initially sent out conflicting official accounts of Monday's phone call between President Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Why it matters: Ukraine's government initially reported on its official website that Biden had "highlighted... the importance of providing the Ukrainian state with a NATO…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, in an interview with Axios published on Sunday, implored President BidenJoe BidenTrump touts record, blasts Dems in return to stage Trump demands China pay 'reparations' for role in coronavirus pandemic Lincoln Project co-founder: Trump's words 'will surely kill again' MORE to meet with him before Biden's summit with Russian…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he learned through the press — not any direct heads-up — that President Biden had decided to stop trying to block a Russian pipeline that Ukraine sees as a dire national security threat. Driving the news: Zelensky used an hourlong Zoom interview with Axios on…