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Zelenskyy visits Russian ally Serbia as Moscow pounds Kyiv

August 8, 2026 admin

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was making his first official visit to Serbia — a rare European country still closely aligned with Moscow — on Saturday as Ukraine seeks to bolster international support in the face of intensifying Russian strikes. Mr. Zelenskyy received a ceremonial welcome as talks with his counterpart Aleksandar Vucic got under way…

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Ukraine hits multiple Russian regions, killing 8: officials

August 2, 2026 admin

A Nova Poshta postal warehouse is destroyed following Russian air attack on the outskirts of Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Ukraine attacked multiple regions of Russia on Sunday (August 2, 2026), killing at least eight people, Russian officials said. Some of the strikes hit hundreds of kilometres from the front…

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Ukraine’s Parliament approves Serhii Koretskyi as new Prime Minister

July 16, 2026 admin

Serhii Koretskyi, head of state energy company Naftogaz. File | Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons Ukraine’s Parliament on Thursday (July 16, 2026) approved Serhii Koretskyi, the head of state energy company Naftogaz, as the country’s new Prime Minister, as part of a major government reshuffle initiated by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Mr. Zelenskyy nominated Mr. Koretskyi, citing…

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Explosions rock Kyiv, six killed in Russia, Ukraine

April 28, 2026 admin

Workers clean an area at a site of a Russian drone strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine April 28, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Explosions echoed over Kyiv on Tuesday (April 28, 2026) during a rare daytime Russian drone attack on the capital, after the two sides launched strikes that left six…

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Trump has ‘good conversations’ with Putin, Zelenskyy: report

April 26, 2026 admin

U.S. President Donald Trump with Russian President Vladimir Putin. File | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump ‌said on Sunday (April 26, 2026) he has “good conversations” with Russian President ⁠Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as he aims to settle ‌the Russia-Ukraine war. “We’re working on the Russia ‌situation, Russia and Ukraine,…

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Ukraine, Saudi Arabia agreed to key defence cooperation: Zelenskyy

March 27, 2026 admin

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) and Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meeting in Jeddah. | Photo Credit: AFP Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, during his visit to Saudi Arabia on Friday (March 27, 2026), said the two countries have agreed to “an important arrangement” on defence cooperation. Mr. Zelenskyy, in a social media post…

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Putin says foreign troops in Ukraine would be legitimate targets

September 5, 2025 admin

Russian President Vladimir Putin. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Friday (September 5, 2025) that thousands of foreign troops could be deployed to his country under post-war security guarantees, but Russian leader Vladimir Putin said Moscow would regard them as legitimate targets to attack. Their comments underlined the gulf between…

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First security guarantees, then Putin summit, Zelenskyy says

August 21, 2025 admin

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he could meet with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, but only after his allies agree on security guarantees for Ukraine to deter future Russian attacks once the fighting stops. In comments released Thursday, he also warned that both sides were preparing for further fighting. Russia was building up troops on the…

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Zelenskyy at Munich security meet as Trump-Putin talks spark alarm

February 14, 2025 admin

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. File | Photo Credit: AP President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is set to meet U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance in Germany on Friday (January 14, 2025) with a warning against trusting Russia’s Vladimir Putin, as concerns mount in Kyiv and among its European allies that the Ukraine war will be settled over their heads….

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Zelenskyy says excluding Ukraine from U.S.-Russia talks about war is ’very dangerous’

February 2, 2025 admin

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday (February 1, 2025) that excluding his country from talks between the U.S. and Russia about the war in Ukraine would be “very dangerous” and asked for more discussions between Kyiv and Washington to develop a plan for a ceasefire. Speaking in an exclusive interview with The Associated Press, Mr….

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