Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky pledged today to restore Ukrainian rule in Russian-annexed Crimea, a move he said would help restore “global law and order”. He told an international conference on Crimea that regaining control of the peninsula, seized and annexed by Russia in 2014 in a move not recognized by most other countries, would be […]
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Zelensky warns of possible ‘ugly’ Russian attacks on Ukraine’s 31st independence anniversary
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on Ukrainians to be cautious ahead of celebrations on Wednesday of the country’s 31st year of independence from the Soviet Union. “We have to fight for the victory of Ukraine, a lot remains to be done, we have to remain firm and endure a lot more, unfortunately a lot of […]
Zelensky calls on the UN to guarantee the safety of the nuclear power plant in Zaporizhia
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, receiving UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres in Lviv today, called on the United Nations to “guarantee the safety” of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant. The facilities at the nuclear power plant have been occupied by the Russian military and have recently been the target of bombings. In his Telegram post, the […]
Zelensky wants sanctions on Russia’s nuclear power industry
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on the West on Saturday night to impose sanctions on Russia’s nuclear industry, amid an exchange of blame between Kyiv and Moscow over attacks on Ukraine’s Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, Europe’s largest. Russia is using this factory in southern Ukraine to terrorize the world and blackmail the Ukrainian political leadership […]
Zelensky: EU should not be ‘supermarket’ for Russians with money
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky yesterday Friday made a new appeal to the member states of the European Union to ban the granting of passport visas to all citizens of Russia, in order to become a “supermarket” for anyone who has the means to travel to them. He hastened to add that this proposal does not […]
Zelensky: The first cargo of grain exports is ‘nothing’, the economy is in a coma
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky played down the significance of his country’s first grain export shipment since the Russian invasion, saying it carried a small part of the crop that Kyiv needs to sell to help save its battered economy. The remarks, via video link with students in Australia, came as the ship completed an inspection […]
Zelensky: Bombing of Donetsk prison ‘willful Russian war crime’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called the bombing of a prison in the eastern part of his country, which killed “more than 50” prisoners of war, a “deliberate Russian war crime”. “I received information today about the attack by the occupation forces on Olenivka (where the prison is located), in the Donetsk region. This is […]
A committee of the US Congress met in Kyiv with Zelensky
A delegation of the US Congress met yesterday Saturday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, assuring him that he will try to ensure the continued support of the US to Ukraine in the face of the Russian invasion. Among the US officials in Kyiv was Adam Smith, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. “The United […]
Zelensky: A cease-fire without the recovery of territory would only prolong the war
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky argued today, in an interview with the Wall Street Journal, that a ceasefire with Russia without the recovery of lost territory would only prolong the war. The Ukrainian president warned that a ceasefire that would allow Russia to retain control of Ukrainian territory it seized after the February invasion would fuel […]
Ukraine: Zelensky will announce a reshuffle of the cabinet and a merger of ministries
President Volodymyr Zelensky will soon announce a cabinet reshuffle and consolidation of Ukraine’s ministries in an effort to eliminate waste and corruption, according to people familiar with his plans, Bloomberg reports. The move comes after Ukraine unveiled a post-war reconstruction plan last week that will be backed by hundreds of billions of dollars from the […]