President Volodymyr Zelenskiy

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...

December 1, 2025 6:15 PM

Ukraine’s Zelenskiy says ‘tough issues’ still need to be resolved after Florida talks

Tough issues have yet to be resolved after U.S.-Ukrainian talks in Florida, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday, as he and other Ukrainian officials toured Europe to rally allies and Donald Trump's envoy headed to Moscow to brief the Kremlin. Intensified diplomacy to end Europe's deadliest war in generations jumped across the Atlantic on Monday after U.S. and Ukrainian officials held talks at a golf resort built by Trump's envoy and fellow real estate magnate Steve Witkoff. Zelenskiy,...

November 21, 2025 9:20 AM

Zelenskiy ready for ‘honest’ work on US-backed plan as Europeans push back

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said after talks with a top U.S. Army official on Thursday he was ready for "honest" work with Washington on a plan to end the war in Ukraine, while European allies pushed back against punishing concessions to Russia. According to the U.S.-backed plan, seen by Reuters, Kyiv would be required to give up the entire Donbas region and significantly downsize its military, conditions long seen by Ukraine's allies as tantamount to capitulation. The plan says Ukraine woul...

November 17, 2025 4:55 PM

Zelenskiy says Ukraine will obtain 100 Rafale warplanes

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday he had signed a deal with France to obtain 100 Rafale warplanes as he seeks to bolster the country's long-term military capacity to fight Russia's invasion. Zelenskiy is visiting Paris for talks with President Emmanuel Macron at a time when heavy Russian drone and missile attacks on Ukraine have increased in recent weeks and Moscow has reported ground advances in the southeastern Zaporizhzhia region. Zelenskiy told French TV channel TF1/LC...

September 24, 2025 9:38 AM

Trump, in rhetorical shift, says Ukraine can retake all its land

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he believed Ukraine could retake all its land occupied by Russia and that Kyiv should act now with Moscow facing "big" economic problems, in a sudden and striking rhetorical shift in Ukraine's favor. But there was no sign that Trump's words would be matched by a change in U.S. policy, such as a decision to impose the heavy new sanctions on Moscow sought by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as he traveled to New York this week. "Putin and Russia...

August 19, 2025 8:43 PM

Trump says Putin ‘tired’ of war, but possible he doesn’t want to make a deal

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he hoped Vladimir Putin was going to "be good" and move forward toward ending the war in Ukraine, but conceded it was possible the Russian president doesn't want to make a deal. "I don't think it's going to be a problem, to be honest with you. I think Putin is tired of it. I think they're all tired of it, but you never know," Trump said in an interview with the Fox News "Fox & Friends" program. Trump spoke the day after hosting Ukrainian Presiden...