Millions of people are at risk of starvation due to Russia’s blockade of Ukrainian ports in the Black Sea, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned today. In a televised address, Zelensky said the world was on the brink of a “terrible food crisis”, with Ukraine unable to export large quantities of wheat, corn, oil and other […]
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Zelensky visited the Ukrainian soldiers in Kharkov
LAST UPDATE: 17:02 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky today visited Ukrainian troops on the front line in Kharkov, his office said, according to Reuters. The visit marks his first official appearance outside the Kiev region since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24. “You are risking your life for all of us […]
Zelensky: The Ukrainian defenses are enduring in Donbas
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has reiterated his claim that Russia is “trying to get at least some results” as the 100th day of its June 3 invasion approaches. Zelensky plans to address the European Council, which begins on Monday. The main fronts in the region remain around Sheverodonetsk, Lisichansk, Bakhmut and Popasna, where it is […]
Zelensky: Russia seeks to achieve some 100-day military targets
Russia is “trying to achieve in at least 100 days of war the goals it hoped to achieve in the first days after February 24,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a nightly video sermon. Moscow has amassed “the maximum number of artillery, the maximum reserves” in the Donbas region, he said, adding that Kiev […]
New Draghi-Zelensky telephone conversation
Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi had a new telephone conversation this afternoon with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. As it became known from the Italian presidency of the government, the conversation focused on the latest developments on the battlefield in Ukraine, with special reference to the eastern regions of the country. Mario Draghi reaffirmed the Italian […]
Zelensky: Up to 100 Ukrainian soldiers killed every day in defense of Donbas
As many as 100 Ukrainian soldiers could die in the fiercest fighting in the east of the country every day, President Volodymyr Zelensky told a joint news conference with his Polish counterpart Andrei Duda today, according to Bloomberg. It was a rare occasion for the Ukrainian president to hint at the level of casualties suffered […]
Zelensky rejects Macron’s proposal for Ukraine to join ‘European political community’
Any alternative to Ukraine’s bid for membership of the European Union would be a “compromise” with Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said today in response to a draft “European political community” proposed by his French counterpart Emanuel Macron. “We do not need alternatives to Ukraine’s EU bid, we do not need such compromises,” Zelensky told […]
Ukraine: Johnson-Zelensky conversation on the future security of the country
The British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky discussed today during a telephone conversation, proposals for the long-term security of Ukraine and ways to export grain from the country, the office of the British Prime Minister announced. “The leaders discussed the progress of the negotiations and agreed to speed up work […]
New communication Zelensky – Macron
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced today that he had a “long and substantial” telephone conversation with French President Emanuel Macron about the war in Ukraine, according to Reuters. “We talked about the course of the hostilities, the operation to rescue the army from Azovstal and the prospects of the negotiation process. I raised the issue […]
Zelensky on the anniversary of the end of World War II: ‘Evil is back’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said today that evil had returned to Ukraine with a moving speech on Victory Day as Europe celebrated the surrender of Nazi Germany to the Allies that marked the end of World War II. The lives of the soldiers who fought in this war ended on February 24, when Russian forces […]