Volodymyr Zelensky

President Donald Trump said Saturday that he'll speak separately to Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday as he ramps up efforts to help the two nations reach a ceasefire. "I will be speaking, by telephone, to President Vladimir Putin of Russia on Monday, at 10:00…

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World Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on Saturday for stronger sanctions on Moscow after a Russian drone killed nine bus passengers in northeastern Ukraine just hours after the two countries held their first peace talks in three years of war. Meanwhile, U.S. President Donald Trump said he plans to speak by phone Monday with Russian leader…

ISTANBUL, Türkiye — A week of speculation and confusion surrounding Russian President Vladimir Putin’s sudden proposal for direct peace talks with Ukraine reached a critical turning point on Thursday, May 15, 2025, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced his country would engage in the negotiations — albeit on its own…

May 16, 2025 May 16, 2025 Ukrainian soldiers undergo military training in Donetsk, May 12, 2025. /VCG China and Brazil issued a joint statement on the Ukraine crisis on Tuesday, welcoming Russian President Vladimir Putin’s proposal to open peace talks and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s positive response. The statement said…

Members of the media wait outside the Turkish Presidency's Dolmabahce working office, where Russia and Ukraine direct talks might happen, in Istanbul, Turkey, May 15, 2025 — Reuters ISTANBUL: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he had sent a team to Istanbul for the first direct peace talks with Russia in…

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MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin will not attend talks in Turkey on Thursday with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, according to the Kremlin which named a lower level team for the first direct Russia-Ukraine contacts on their conflict in more than three years. Zelensky had challenged Putin to meet him in person…

Vladimir Putin is unlikely to travel to Istanbul to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. But with Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan willing to guarantee the international pariah’s security, the reason has less to do with fear of assassination or even arrest, and more to do with a fundamental difference…