Volodymyr Zelensky

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday signed a law moving the official Christmas Day holiday to Dec. 25 from Jan. 7, the day it's observed by the Russian Orthodox Church. The explanatory note attached to the law said its goal is to "abandon the Russian heritage," including that of "imposing the…

Updated July 29, 2023 at 3:17 p.m. EDT|Published July 29, 2023 at 3:23 a.m. EDT Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visits Special Operation troops near the frontline town of Bakhmut, in the Donetsk region, July 29, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/via REUTERS)Western diplomats will meet to discuss peace ideas with Brazil,…

CNN  —  Ukraine has passed legislation moving its official Christmas holiday to December 25, further distancing itself from the traditions of the Putin-aligned Russian Orthodox Church, which celebrates the holiday on January 7. The bill was passed by Ukraine’s parliament earlier this month. President Volodymyr Zelensky signed it into law…

As part of its ongoing effort to distance itself from Russia, Ukraine has changed the date of its state-sanctioned Christmas Day holiday from 7 January to 25 December. A parliamentary measure to “abandon the Russian heritage of imposing Christmas celebrations” was made legislation by President Volodymyr Zelensky. - Advertisement -…

The president has acknowledged slow progress in the counteroffensive, with Moscow’s troops entrenched behind minefields, ditches and barricades The settlement is less than 5km from the village of Staromlynivka, which serves as a stronghold for the Russian occupiers, one military analyst says Read More

Updated July 27, 2023 at 6:29 p.m. EDT|Published July 27, 2023 at 2:38 a.m. EDT Ukrainian troops fire toward Russian troops in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region on Sunday. (Reuters)Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is seeking to boost ties with African leaders at a St. Petersburg summit, told his visitors that…

Russian President Vladimir Putin is due to hold meetings with his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as delegations start arriving for the second Russia-Africa Summit. The two-day event in St Petersburg opens on Thursday and the Kremlin has said 17 heads of state are…

Both Ukraine and Russia are claiming front line advances as Kyiv pushes to recapture territory seized by Moscow throughout the war, updated maps show, nearly two months into the long anticipated counteroffensive. Ukraine's armed forces continued counteroffensive operations on at least three sectors of the front line and advanced on…

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Russia’s overnight attack against Odesa was the largest in a string of almost daily strikes on the Black Sea port city after Moscow pulled out of the UN-brokered Ukrainian grain export deal on 17 July. Russia aims to neutralise international efforts to renew the functioning of the grain corridor, Ukrainian…