Volodymyr Zelensky

This live coverage has ended. For Monday’s live updates, click here. As fighting continues in the Luhansk region of eastern Ukraine, causing heavy casualties and leaving Ukrainian forces with dwindling ammunition, a senior U.S. defense official said Russia is likely to seize control of the entire region within a few…

(KYIV, Ukraine) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said no one knows how long the war in his country will last but that Ukrainian forces are defying expectations by preventing Russian troops from overrunning eastern Ukraine, where the fighting has been fiercest for weeks. In his nightly video address, Zelensky said…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said no one knows how long the war in his country will last but that Ukrainian forces are defying expectations by preventing Russian troops from overrunning eastern Ukraine, where the fighting has been fiercest for weeks. In his nightly video address, Zelenskyy…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Kremlin-installed officials in occupied southern Ukraine celebrated Russia Day on Sunday and began issuing Russian passports to residents in one city who requested them, as Moscow sought to solidify its rule over captured parts of the country. At one of the central squares in the city…

The gutted remains of cars sit along a road in Severodonetsk amid heavy front-line fighting. (Oleksandr Ratushniak/AP)Updated June 11, 2022 at 11:29 p.m. EDT|Published June 11, 2022 at 2:00 a.m. EDT This live coverage has ended. For Sunday’s live updates, click here. Ukraine, on the brink of losing the eastern…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (R) and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen make statements following their talks in Kyiv on Saturday (Image: Sergei SUPINSKY/AFP) During talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the European Commission chief did not hold out any promises noting further reforms were neededAFP Last Updated:June 12,…

United States President Joe Biden said Friday that his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky “didn’t want to hear” American warnings ahead of Russia’s invasion of his country. “I know a lot of people thought I was exaggerating,” Biden said at a fundraising reception in Los Angeles, referring to his forewarning of…

WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Americans have a fundamental right to carry a handgun in public, a landmark decision with far-reaching implications for states and cities across the country confronting a surge in gun violence. The 6-3 decision strikes down a more than century-old New York law…

The Shangri-La Dialogue (SLD), the key security meeting in the Asia Pacific, gets under way in Singapore later on Friday with discussions expected to focus on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, US-China tensions, and the Myanmar crisis. It will be the first meeting of the SLD, named for the Singapore hotel…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an address released Thursday that people could starve if Russia’s blockade of the Black Sea continues. “We cannot export our wheat, corn, vegetable oil and other products that have played a stabilizing role in the global market,” Zelensky said in remarks made virtually at…