Also known as: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky · Zelenskyy · President Volodymyr Zelensky · Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy · President Zelensky · Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky
Ukrainian President who has condemned EU sanctions removals and met with US envoys negotiating an end to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
… Korean missiles in deadly attack By AFP August 12, 2026 04:53 (EAT) Add as a Preferred Source on Google Follow us Follow on Whatsapp Follow on Google Follow on Twitter Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky attends a ceremony to mark the Day of Ukrainian Statehood in Kyiv on July …
… President Volodymyr Zelensky had said earlier that Russia was preparing to deploy more North Korean troops and had received new ballistic missiles from Pyongyang. …
… 8 (Xinhua) — Ukraine has reached an agreement with the United States on monthly deliveries of interceptor missiles for the Patriot air defense system, although the supply remains insufficient, Ukrinform news agency reported Saturday, citing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky …
… Russia is relying on "ballistic terror," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday on social media, stating that 61 missiles of various types had been fired at Ukraine this week."More pressure, more sanctions against Russia and more air defence for Ukraine are needed," h …
Audio By VocalizeThis handout satellite image released by Vantor on August 6, 2026 and taken on August 1, 2026 shows the Wildberries warehouse in Volgograd, Russia, after Ukrainian strikes. [AFP] President Volodymyr Zelensky was making his first official visit to Serbia -- a rare …
… ssian missile strikes in western Ukrainian city of Lviv on July 30, 2026, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine. [AFP] Russian strikes killed at least eight people and wounded more than a dozen others across Ukraine, authorities said on Thursday, after President Volodymyr Zelensky …
Zelensky hails 'good' Trump talks on Patriot air defenses By AFP July 29, 2026 05:56 (EAT) Add as a Preferred Source on Google Follow us Follow on Whatsapp Follow on Google Follow on Twitter Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Donald Trump shake hands during a …
Audio By VocalizeBritain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky during a visit to HM Naval Base in Portsmouth, England, on July 27, 2026. …
Russia conducted a wave of drone and missile strikes on Kyiv's power supply on Wednesday, killing at least four people as the capital braces for freezing winter conditions. Ukraine's main energy provider DTEK confirmed grid damage affecting 8,000 households.
Russia conducted a wave of drone and missile strikes on Kyiv's power supply on Wednesday, killing at least four people as the capital braces for freezing winter conditions. Ukraine's main energy provider DTEK confirmed grid damage affecting 8,000 households.
Russian and Ukrainian strikes killed at least seven people in both countries Saturday as the war entered its fifth year. Moscow has intensified attacks on Kyiv including daytime strikes, while Ukrainian President Zelensky said Moscow was escalating daily with night-time attacks across the country.
A 31-year-old Ukrainian was arrested after stabbing a priest to death and wounding four others with a knife at a 17th-century Catholic abbey in Jaroslaw, Poland, near the Ukrainian border. Ukrainian President Zelensky condemned the attack as "evil" and "horrific," and the incident has occurred amid social tensions in Poland, which has accepted hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian refugees fleeing Russia's invasion.
Russian missile and drone attacks across Ukraine killed at least seven people on Wednesday, including two in Kyiv, and wounded more than 40 others. The strikes hit gas stations, offices, a college building, businesses, and the rail network; Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga said Russia was targeting data centres to disrupt information flow and hinder civilian access to missile-threat warnings.
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian told the UN that Tehran would never "bend at the knee," defying President Trump's earlier remarks about potentially "annihilating" Iran. Pezeshkian accused Washington of "terrorism" for assassinating former supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and vowed Iranian resistance would only increase in the face of sanctions and pressure.
More than four years after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, European nations worry Moscow could escalate the conflict and target Kyiv's supporters, with Western leaders warning of a surge in Russian covert operations across Europe that could eventually cause casualties.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky called the EU's decision to remove Russian oligarchs Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman from its sanctions list "shameful and unjustifiable," saying it was a "concession" to the Kremlin and counterproductive during ongoing Russian attacks. Ukraine's Foreign Minister urged EU countries to impose their own national sanctions on the two individuals.
President Trump told the UN he was deciding whether to "annihilate" Iran but later revealed that US and Iranian officials had held "very good" talks for the first time in months, with another meeting scheduled soon.
US President Donald Trump has signed legislation authorizing new sanctions designed to pressure Russia over its war in Ukraine. The bill targets Russia's energy and defense sectors, Putin and senior officials, Moscow's shadow fleet of tankers, and allows Trump authority to impose tariffs of up to 100 percent on major buyers of Russian oil and gas.
Ukraine's 3rd Army Corps has launched an offensive operation called Vivaldi near Lyman, an embattled town in the east that Moscow has been pushing towards for months. Lyman is one of the few urban areas in Donetsk still under Ukrainian control, and its capture could allow Russia to advance further south toward Ukrainian-held strongholds.
Norway bid farewell to King Harald V on Wednesday in a funeral attended by dignitaries including Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and Britain's Prince William. The king died on August 28, aged 89.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump had an "extremely frank" one-hour phone call on Tuesday after US negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner visited Moscow over the weekend for talks with Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. According to Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov, the leaders exchanged views on the outcome of the visits and the Ukraine conflict, though the talks brought no immediate breakthrough.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump spoke by phone on Tuesday after Trump's envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner visited Moscow and Kyiv over the weekend for talks with Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. According to Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov, the leaders exchanged views on the outcome of the visits, though the talks brought no immediate breakthrough in the four-and-a-half-year war.
A top US envoy said on Monday that weekend discussions with Ukraine and Russia showed progress, including movement on scheduling additional trilateral talks to end the conflict that began when Russian forces invaded Ukraine more than four years ago.
Two US envoys held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Saturday to discuss ending the war in Ukraine, and are set to land in Kyiv on Sunday for meetings with Ukrainian leadership. Putin and Zelensky have agreed to halt strikes on each other's capitals for three days as negotiation efforts accelerate.
US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff arrived in Kyiv on Sunday to meet President Volodymyr Zelensky, a day after meeting Vladimir Putin in Moscow to discuss ending the war between Russia and Ukraine. The Americans are hoping to revive peace negotiations after a summer of escalation.
Russian President Vladimir Putin began talks with US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff on ending more than four years of war in Ukraine at the Kremlin on Saturday, ahead of their expected visit to Kyiv on Sunday. Both Russia and Ukraine vowed not to strike each other's capitals for three days during the negotiations.
Air Tanzania has temporarily suspended flights between Dar es Salaam and Moscow effective September 4, following a routine risk assessment of the operating environment along the route. The airline stated that safety considerations take precedence over commercial interests but did not specify the particular safety risks identified.
German media reported that police have identified two Russian suspects linked to an attempted "hybrid attack" involving an explosive-laden drone at Leipzig airport last month. The German government blamed Russia for the incident and announced measures including shuttering the Russian consulate in Bonn and a Russian cultural centre in Berlin.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky issued an explicit warning to global airlines and underwriters that Russian airspace is becoming "completely unsafe" as Kyiv significantly escalates its long-range drone campaign deeper into Russian territory. Zelensky emphasized that Ukrainian defense forces are not intentionally targeting civilian aircraft, but argued that the sheer volume of long-range unmanned aerial vehicles deployed across Russian skies daily creates an operational environment where international carriers can no longer guarantee safe transit.
A Russian strike on an arms depot near Kyiv sparked fires and explosions that killed 37 people and wounded dozens, according to authorities. The attack was the second to hit a munitions depot near Kyiv in less than two months, prompting Ukrainian officials to criticize the storage of ammunition near residential areas.
Andy Burnham made his first overseas trip as UK prime minister to Kyiv, where he announced an agreement for Ukraine to produce British storm shadow cruise missiles and met President Zelensky. He also chaired his first meeting of a coalition of more than 35 nations supporting Ukraine.
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham visited Kyiv to attend a meeting of the Coalition of the Willing, where allies discussed support for Ukraine. Despite Russian threats, Burnham said Britain will continue providing defence aid, with air defence supplies as the main priority of the meeting.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that holding elections while Ukraine fights Russia's invasion would be too dangerous and would "split" the country, responding to calls from his former defence minister to organise a vote. Ukraine has suspended elections under martial law, a measure that remains widely supported by the population.
Russian drones attacked a shopping centre in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rig on Friday, killing five people and wounding 91 others, including 21 seriously. President Zelensky condemned the strike as "cynical and despicable," and said a second drone targeted emergency responders about half an hour after the first attack.
Romania's F-16 fighter jet destroyed a marine drone loaded with explosives near the Neptun Deep offshore gas project on Thursday. Romania's president blamed Russia for the incident, which he characterized as part of escalating hybrid warfare by the Russian Federation.
A Russian rocket strike on Pechenigy village in the Kharkiv region killed 10 people and wounded 18, according to Kharkiv regional governor Oleg Synegubov. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the strike hit a busy intersection with a post office and stores surrounded by residential buildings.
Ukrainian missile strikes killed six people and wounded four others, including a child, in Russia's Belgorod region, according to the acting governor. With frontline fighting at a near standstill and talks frozen, the warring countries have significantly stepped up missile attacks, pushing the civilian death toll to its highest levels since the war's first months in 2022.
Waves of drones and missiles killed 19 people across Russia and Ukraine on Sunday, with Ukrainian drones striking civilian areas in southern Russia and Moscow's forces targeting infrastructure in Ukraine including a major steel plant. Both countries have significantly escalated long-range attacks on civilian infrastructure as fighting at the front remains at a near standstill.