President Volodymyr Zelenskiy

May 15, 2026 3:05 PM

Zelenskiy condemns Russia after strike on Kyiv apartment block kills 24

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on Friday for Moscow to be punished after laying red roses at the rubble of a Kyiv apartment building where a Russian missile strike killed 24 people, including three children. Rescue workers ended search operations at the devastated building, which was struck this week during Russia's heaviest air attack on the Ukrainian capital this year. "Our first responders ... worked non-stop for more than a day," Zelenskiy said on the Telegram app after visiting the ...

May 14, 2026 2:34 PM

Russia unleashes heaviest wartime drone assault on Ukraine, hits Kyiv

Russia unleashed the largest aerial attack on Ukraine over a two-day period since the war began, pounding the capital Kyiv and other cities across the country with hundreds of drones, Ukrainian officials said on Thursday. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that Russia had launched more than 1,560 drones since the start of Wednesday. Overnight on Thursday, Moscow fired more than 670 attack drones and 56 missiles against Ukraine, he said. Air defence units shot down 41 missiles and 652 drones ove...

May 7, 2026 9:32 AM

Zelenskiy accuses Russia of spurning ceasefire proposed by Kyiv

Ukraine accused Russia of flouting a Kyiv-proposed ceasefire on Wednesday by carrying out dozens of battlefield assaults, air strikes and drone attacks in what President Volodymyr Zelenskiy described as Moscow's "obvious spurning" of peace. Zelenskiy had floated the cessation, starting on May 6, in response to Russian leader Vladimir Putin's own proposed ceasefire from May 8 to 9 to coincide with its World War Two victory commemorations. In a statement, Zelenskiy said Russia - which did not co...

April 22, 2026 3:11 PM

Ukraine has asked Turkey to host a Zelenskiy-Putin meeting, FM says

Ukraine has asked Turkey to host a meeting between President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Russian President Vladimir Putin, its top diplomat said, as Kyiv seeks to reinvigorate stalling peace talks. "We asked the Turks about it, we asked some other capitals," Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said in comments to reporters on Tuesday that were cleared for release on Wednesday. He added that Ukraine would be ready to consider any place other than Belarus or Russia for a meeting with Putin, which Zelensk...

March 27, 2026 3:30 PM

US provides $25 million for return of Ukrainian children deported to Russian-controlled territories

The U.S. State Department said on Thursday it is providing $25 million in new assistance to support the identification, return, and rehabilitation of Ukrainian children. The funding will support programs that "identify and track children that have been forcibly transferred away from their home" and will support the Ukrainian government and local partners to care for returning children, the department said. Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska, who is visiting the U.S., has been advocating for t...

March 24, 2026 3:48 PM

Russian strikes in Ukraine kill five, cut Moldovan power line, officials say

Russian strikes on Ukraine killed at least five people, damaged homes and hit energy supplies including a power link between Moldova and Europe overnight and early on Tuesday, officials said. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said damage had been reported in 11 regions after heavy missile and drone attacks and issued a new appeal for allies to supply Kyiv with air defence munitions. He has repeatedly warned that Kyiv, whose main supplier of air defence systems against ballistic missiles is the Uni...

March 5, 2026 4:24 PM

U.S., Ukraine discussed postponing peace talks with Russia, Zelenskiy says

Ukraine spoke to the United States about the possibility of postponing the next round of trilateral talks with Russia "for a while" and changing the location due to the spiraling Iran conflict, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday. New negotiations to end the four-year-old war had been expected to take place in Abu Dhabi before the Gulf hub was targeted by Iranian strikes. Zelenskiy said this week that Kyiv was open to other locations, such as Turkey or Switzerland. "The next Ukraine...

February 24, 2026 9:46 PM

States condemn Russian violations at UN meeting on Ukraine

Dozens of mostly Western states rallied behind Ukraine and condemned Russian aggression on Tuesday in a U.N. meeting in Geneva on the fourth anniversary of Russia's invasion. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged allies from Kyiv to maintain their support as divisions among European partners over a fresh package of sanctions against Moscow overshadowed commemorations of the start of the conflict. "What Russia has done and is doing in Ukraine right now is violating every principle in the book," E...

February 24, 2026 2:34 PM

Zelenskiy marks war anniversary vowing to fight on, with Ukraine’s allies divided

Ukraine will not betray the sacrifices made by its people in four years of war just to make peace with Russia, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy vowed on Tuesday, as divisions among his key allies overshadowed commemorations of the start of the conflict. European nations had hoped to agree a fresh package of sanctions against Russia as well as a 90 billion euro loan for Ukraine but Hungary, which maintains close ties with Moscow, had on Monday kept up its veto on both. Hungary and neighbouring Slo...

December 12, 2025 9:50 AM

US offers ‘free economic zone’ in east if Ukraine cedes Donbas, Zelenskiy says

Ukraine has presented the U.S. with a revised 20-point framework to end its war with Russia, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday, adding that the issue of ceding territory remains a major sticking point in negotiations. Speaking to reporters in Kyiv, Zelenskiy said the U.S. is offering as a compromise to create a "free economic zone" in the Ukraine-controlled parts of the eastern Donbas which Russia has demanded that Ukraine cede. "They see it as Ukrainian troops withdrawing from th...