Turkey’s Erdogan to host Putin, hopes for Black Sea grain deal extension
Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that he was pressing Russia to extend a Black Sea grain deal by at least three months and announced a visit by ...
Ukraine says Bulgaria backs its Nato bid during Zelenskiy visit
Ukraine on Thursday said it had secured the backing of NATO member Bulgaria for its membership of the military alliance “as soon as conditions allow” as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy held ...
Greta Thunberg slams world response to dam collapse ‘ecocide’ during Kyiv visit
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg visited Kyiv on Thursday to draw attention to environmental damage caused by war in Ukraine and criticized the world’s response to the June 6 collapse ...
Ukrainian PM says he’s sure Ukraine will get money needed to rebuild
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Thursday he was certain Ukraine would receive the $6.5 billion it needs this year for its rapid reconstruction programmes from pledges made at a ...
Fighting in Russian region enters second day after raid from Ukraine
Fighting in Russia’s Belgorod region entered a second day on Tuesday, and its governor told residents who fled after a cross-border incursion of armed fighters from Ukraine that it ...
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy meets world leaders on sidelines of G7 summit
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy received a warm welcome in Japan on Saturday after arriving to attend the Group of Seven (G7) summit in Hiroshima for back-to-back bilateral meetings with ...
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy expected to meet pope on Saturday – sources
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is expected to meet Pope Francis in the Vatican on Saturday, diplomatic sources said on Thursday, days after the pope said the Holy See was involved ...
Zelenskiy tells Europe: Be quicker with military aid or face a long war
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday urged Europe to increase and speed up supplies of modern weaponry and impose tougher sanctions on Russia, saying otherwise the war could drag on ...
EU adopts fresh sanctions amid vow to ramp up pressure on Moscow
The European Union vowed to increase pressure on Moscow “until Ukraine is liberated” as it adopted a tenth package of sanctions on Russia on Saturday, a day after the first ...
Our View: A year of war and no end in sight
A year ago today, Russia sent 200,000 troops into Ukraine in the belief that they would take control of Kyiv within a week or two, overthrow the elected government and install ...
Zelenskiy hopes for EU jets, gets standing ovation in Brussels
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday that several European Union leaders were ready to provide Kyiv with aircraft to help its battle against Russia’s invasion.
Speaking during his ...
Italy bristles over Zelenskiy dinner snub in Paris
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni criticised France and Germany on Thursday after she was not invited to a dinner in Paris with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, adding to friction between ...
President speaks with Ukraine’s Zelenskiy
President Nicos Anastasiades said Thursday he spoke on the phone with Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who briefed him on the ongoing conflict.
“Received a phone call by President Zelenskyy ...
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy seeks India PM Modi’s help with ‘peace formula’ (Update)
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Monday said he sought India’s help with implementing a “peace formula” in a phone call with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The conversation comes ...
Putin says Russia ready to negotiate over Ukraine (Update)
Russia is ready to negotiate with all parties involved in the war in Ukraine but Kyiv and its Western backers have refused to engage in talks, President Vladimir Putin said ...
Zelenskiy, in Washington, seeks major U.S. aid against Russia’s invasion
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy began a dramatic visit to Washington on Wednesday, saying he would seek help from President Joe Biden in bolstering Kyiv’s defences against Russia’s devastating ...
Kyiv summit promotes ‘Grain from Ukraine’ for most vulnerable
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy hosted a summit in Kyiv on Saturday to promote its “Grain from Ukraine” initiative to export grain to countries most vulnerable to famine and drought.
The ...
Zelenskiy expresses doubt that Russian mobilisation is really over
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday expressed doubt over Russia’s declaration that its partial mobilisation was over, saying the poor performance of pro-Moscow forces meant more men could be ...
Zelenskiy accuses Russia of war crimes, sees no early end to war
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy accused Russia on Friday of committing war crimes in Ukraine’s northeast and said it was too early to say the tide of the war was turning ...
Zelenskiy to appeal directly to U.S. defense companies
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is scheduled to speak to US arms makers and military leaders on September 21, when he is expected to make an appeal for more weapons for his ...
Zelenskiy’s address to Cyprus parliament leaves bitter aftertaste (update 2)
The Ukrainian president’s failure to mention Turkey’s invasion of 1974 has cast a long shadow over his historic address to parliament on Thursday, the bitter taste exacerbated by the ...
Zelenskiy addresses parliament, calls on Cyprus to close ports to Russian ships (Updated)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday called on Cyprus to close its ports to all Russian ships and to deny “privileges” to Russian nationals, as part of an effort to ...