Volodymyr Zelensky

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…

Footage has been released that allegedly shows the aftermath of a renewed barrage of Russian missile strikes on the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa, which claims to have been targeted at an Orthodox cathedral overnight and injured nearly 20 people. On Sunday morning, Ukraine's air force said Russian forces had…

Updated July 22, 2023 at 12:51 p.m. EDT|Published July 22, 2023 at 2:27 a.m. EDT A person stands amid the debris of a farm storage building destroyed during a Russian attack on Ukraine's Odessa region on Friday. (Libkos/AP)Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has described the Crimean Bridge linking the peninsula to…

The United Nations has warned of escalating military action in the Black Sea after Russia said its navy carried out a live fire exercise there, days after declaring that ships travelling to Ukraine would be considered potential military targets. Earlier, Moscow's forces struck the Black Sea port of Odesa for…