Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy

April 22, 2026 8:09 PM

Druzhba pipeline restarts Russian oil flows to Europe, unblocking EU loan for Kyiv

Russian oil flowed through the Ukrainian section of the Druzhba pipeline on Wednesday after a halt lasting months, officials said, allowing Hungary to lift its veto on a 90 billion euro ($105.79 billion) EU loan urgently needed by Kyiv. The Druzhba pipeline has become one of the most politically charged pieces of infrastructure in Europe since a Russian drone strike damaged the pipeline in western Ukraine and stopped Russian oil deliveries to Hungary and Slovakia. Hungarian oil group MOL said ...

April 8, 2026 2:57 PM

Zelenskiy, welcoming Iran de-escalation, says Ukraine ready for ceasefire with Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday he welcomed the ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran, adding that Kyiv was ready to "respond in kind" if Moscow ceased strikes. "Ukraine has always called for a ceasefire in the war waged by Russia here in Europe against our state and our people, and we support the ceasefire in the Middle East and the Gulf that paves the way for diplomatic efforts," he wrote on X. "It is obvious to everyone that a ceasefire can create the right precondit...

March 24, 2026 10:08 AM

Ukraine has ‘irrefutable’ evidence of Russia providing intelligence to Iran, Zelenskiy says

Ukraine's military intelligence has "irrefutable" evidence that Russia continues to provide intelligence to Iran and such activity can only prolong the war in the Middle East, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday. "Russia is using its own signals intelligence and electronic intelligence capabilities, as well as part of the data obtained through cooperation with partners in the Middle East," he said on X after meeting the head of military intelligence. Speaking later in his ni...

March 2, 2026 4:08 PM

Kremlin says continuing talks with Ukraine is in Russia’s own interests

The Kremlin said on Monday that it was in Russia's own interests to continue peace talks with Ukraine and that Moscow's preference was still to reach a diplomatic settlement to end the fighting. Peace talks have appeared deadlocked in recent weeks over Russia's insistence that Ukraine hand over the remaining part of its eastern Donbas region which Moscow does not control, an idea Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has repeatedly rejected. Bloomberg News reported on Saturday, citing people...

February 26, 2026 4:16 PM

US, Ukraine discuss post-war reconstruction as Russia pummels grid

Ukrainian and U.S. officials gathered in Geneva for talks on post-war reconstruction on Thursday despite a deadlock in peace negotiations with Russia, which pounded infrastructure across Ukraine with drone and missile strikes overnight. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Russia had launched 420 drones and 39 missiles in another night of attacks on energy and other critical infrastructure. Dozens of people were injured and damage was reported across eight regions, he said. The talks i...

February 26, 2026 12:40 PM

Zelenskiy, after speaking with Trump, says talks should lead to leaders’ meeting

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday that he and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed that the next session of trilateral talks in March on a war settlement should lead to a meeting of the countries' leaders. Zelenskiy, speaking after a phone conversation with Trump, said the three-sided talks with Russia and the United States would take place early next month. U.S. negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner also took part in the phone call. "We expect this meeting to creat...

February 18, 2026 5:05 PM

Ukraine peace talks end in Geneva after Zelenskiy says Russia stalling

Peace talks between Ukraine and Russia in Geneva ended abruptly on Wednesday after only two hours, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy saying that the discussions had been "difficult" and accusing Russia of deliberately seeking to delay progress toward a deal to end the four-year-old war. The U.S.-mediated peace talks in Switzerland have been taking place as U.S. President Donald Trump has twice in recent days suggested it was up to Ukraine and Zelenskiy to take steps to ensure the tal...

February 18, 2026 2:27 PM

Ukraine-Russia peace talks enter second day in Geneva with pressure on Kyiv

Negotiators from Ukraine and Russia were due to begin a second day of talks in Geneva on Wednesday, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the United States was putting undue pressure on him to bring an end to the four-year-old war. The U.S.-mediated peace talks in Switzerland have been taking place as U.S. President Donald Trump has twice in recent days suggested it was up to Ukraine and Zelenskiy to take steps to ensure the talks were successful. In an interview with U.S. website Ax...

December 10, 2025 9:44 AM

Zelenskiy says he is open to elections if US ensures security

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday he was prepared to hold elections within three months if the U.S. and Kyiv's other allies could ensure the security of the vote. Wartime elections are forbidden by law but Zelenskiy, whose term expired last year, is facing renewed pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump to hold a vote as he pushes Kyiv to secure peace quickly in the nearly four-year-old war with Russia. "I'm ready for elections, and moreover I ask...that the U.S. h...

December 2, 2025 2:14 PM

Europeans rally round Ukraine as Trump envoy heads to Moscow

European leaders rallied to show support for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Monday after U.S.-Ukrainian talks to revise a peace proposal that initially favoured Russia, while the U.S. envoy headed to Moscow to brief the Kremlin. Zelenskiy was warmly received by French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris, and the two joined a call with about a dozen other European leaders including those of Britain, Germany, Italy, Poland and the European Union. Zelenskiy told a joint press conferenc...