Volodymyr Zelensky

US President Donald Trump and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky Sam Kiley ©UK Independent Thu 16 Oct 2025 at 16:48 Volodymyr Zelensky wants Tomahawk missiles to smash Russia’s command and control of its war in his country. Donald Trump has said he’s tempted to sell them to Kyiv, which prompted the…

Democracy Dies in Darkness Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is pushing for Tomahawk missiles as the Trump administration tries to prod Russia into talks on ending the war. Updated October 15, 2025 Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth attends a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group after a meeting of NATO defense…

US President Donald Trump again expressed his frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Moscow's war in Ukraine as he prepared to host Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House later this week. "I'm very disappointed, because Vladimir and I had a very good relationship. Probably still do," Trump…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he intends to place the strategic port city of Odesa under military administration. The announcement came during Zelenskyy's nightly video address and follows confirmation by the country's Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) that long-time Odesa Mayor Hennadiy Trukhanov has been stripped of his Ukrainian citizenship,…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces launched powerful glide bombs and drones against Ukraine’s second-largest city in overnight attacks, hitting a hospital and wounding seven people, an official said Tuesday, as European military aid for Kyiv dropped sharply and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy prepared to ask U.S. President Donald Trump…

President Trump is expected to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House on Friday, two sources familiar with the planning told Axios.Why it matters: The two will discuss what weapons should be supplied to Ukraine, specifically if the U.S. should provide game-changing long-range Tomahawk missiles to the…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will meet Donald Trump at the White House, after the US president suggested he could allow Kyiv to receive long-range Tomahawk missiles if Russia doesn’t end its war against Ukraine. Speaking to reporters in Kyiv on October 13, Zelenskyy said he would meet Trump in Washington…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy renewed calls on the international community to put more pressure on Moscow, as Russia carried out a new wave of attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, cutting power to hundreds of thousands of households. Zelenskyy said on October 12 that Russia had intensified its "aerial terror against…

The Ukrainian president criticised allies for supplying components to Russia, claiming hundreds of thousands of foreign-made parts were used in a strike on Sunday morning in which several people died. Mr Zelensky said in a post on X that microcomputers for flight control produced in the UK were found in…

KYIV -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy used his nightly video address to criticize the lack of international response as western Ukraine and other areas attempted to recover following a series of Russian aerial strikes that killed at least five people. "And unfortunately, there has been no worthy and strong response…