Volodymyr Zelensky

WASHINGTON -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has issued an unusually direct appeal to President Donald Trump and the US Congress, warning that Ukraine urgently needs additional Patriot missile systems as Russia intensifies ballistic missile attacks on Ukrainian cities. In a five-page letter delivered to the White House and Capitol Hill,…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday urged President Trump and members of Congress to supply Kyiv with Patriot missile interceptors to help end its conflict with Russia.  “Frankly, while we have achieved significant success in defending against all types of drones, Ukraine has not yet built its own capability to…

Not long ago he was regarded as virtually Ukraine’s co-president, said Jamie Dettmer on Politico. Now, less than six months after being forced to resign as President Zelenskyy’s chief of staff, Andriy Yermak finds himself in custody. He was arrested last Thursday on suspicion of helping to launder $10.5 million…

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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