Volodymyr Zelenskiy

March 4, 2025 8:46 AM

Trump halts all U.S. military aid to Ukraine

U.S. President Donald Trump has paused military aid to Ukraine following his clash with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy last week, said a White House official, deepening the fissure that has opened between the two one-time allies. "President Trump has been clear that he is focused on peace. We need our partners to be committed to that goal as well. We are pausing and reviewing our aid to ensure that it is contributing to a solution," said the official on Monday, speaking on the condit...

March 3, 2025 9:19 AM

UK, European leaders join forces to draft Ukraine peace plan to take to US

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Sunday European leaders had agreed to draw up a Ukraine peace plan to present to the United States, a vital step for Washington to be able to offer security guarantees that Kyiv says are essential to deter Russia. At a summit in London just two days after Volodymyr Zelenskiy clashed with U.S. President Donald Trump and cut short a visit to Washington, European leaders offered a strong show of support to the Ukrainian president and promised to do mor...

February 28, 2025 11:14 PM

Zelenskiy urges Trump to make no compromises with Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged President Donald Trump on Friday to make "no compromises with a killer," referring to Russia's leader, as they met to sign a deal for U.S. participation in Ukraine's mineral industry. Trump and Zelenskiy sat down for talks in the Oval Office as Kyiv works to bolster U.S. support and Trump opens talks with Moscow. Zelenskiy, who gained billions of dollars' worth of U.S. weaponry and moral support from the Biden administration for its fight against R...

February 28, 2025 9:14 AM

Trump dodges plea from Britain’s Starmer for Ukraine security guarantee

President Donald Trump said on Thursday that a minerals deal with Ukraine is the security guarantee Kyiv needs against Russia, brushing aside a plea from British Prime Minister Keir Starmer for a commitment of U.S. military support. Starmer, who was meeting Trump at the White House for the first time since the U.S. leader took office, turned on the charm, saying peace in Ukraine had only become possible because of Trump. Starmer also delivered an invitation from King Charles for a future s...

February 27, 2025 9:56 AM

Trump confirms Zelenskiy visit to sign Ukraine minerals deal

U.S. President Donald Trump said Volodymyr Zelenskiy would visit Washington on Friday to sign an agreement on rare earth minerals, while the Ukrainian leader said the success of the deal would hinge on those talks and continued U.S. aid. Under the deal, which Ukraine's prime minister has called "preliminary," Kyiv would hand some revenue from its mineral resources to a fund jointly controlled by the U.S. The agreement is central to Ukrainian attempts to win strong support from Trump as he see...

February 20, 2025 8:26 PM

Zelenskiy calls for US pragmatism after Trump calls him a ‘dictator’

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he was counting on Ukrainian and European unity and U.S. pragmatism as Kyiv faces a mounting crisis in relations with its hitherto key U.S. ally under the leadership of President Donald Trump. In an extraordinary rift, Trump said on Wednesday that Zelenskiy was a "dictator without elections" who should act quickly or lose his country, unthinkable rhetoric from a U.S. leader for most of Russia's three-year-old all-out war. Trump is pushing for a quic...

February 20, 2025 9:13 AM

Trump calls Zelenskiy a ‘dictator’, warns him to move fast or risk losing Ukraine

U.S. President Donald Trump denounced Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as a "dictator" on Wednesday and warned he had to move quickly to secure peace or risk losing his country, deepening a feud between the two leaders that has alarmed European officials. The extraordinary attacks - a day after Trump claimed Ukraine was to blame for Russia's 2022 invasion - heightened concerns among U.S. allies in Europe that Trump's approach to ending the Russia-Ukraine conflict could benefit Moscow. ...

February 18, 2025 10:53 AM

Europe talks up more defence spending as Ukraine peacekeeper plan divides

European leaders meeting in Paris for emergency talks on Monday called for higher spending to ramp up the continent's defence capabilities but remained split on the idea of deploying peacekeepers to Ukraine to back up any peace deal. The leaders also agreed it would be dangerous to conclude a Ukraine ceasefire without a peace agreement at the same time, and that they were ready to provide security guarantees to Ukraine "depending on the level of American support," a European official said. "...

January 21, 2025 12:14 AM

International reaction to Trump’s inauguration

The following is reaction from global leaders to Donald Trump being sworn in as U.S. president on Monday. VOLODYMYR ZELENSKIY, UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT "President Trump is always decisive, and the peace through strength policy he announced provides an opportunity to strengthen American leadership and achieve a long-term and just peace, which is the top priority." BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER "I believe that working together again we will raise the U.S.-Israel alliance to even greate...

December 23, 2024 3:03 PM

NATO chief Rutte says Zelenskiy’s criticism of Germany’s Scholz is unfair

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said he considered the sometimes harsh criticism of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to be unjustified, news wire DPA reported. Although Germany has been a vital ally of Ukraine, its hesitation in providing long-range Taurus cruise missiles has been a source of frustration in Kyiv, which is battling a foe armed with a powerful array of long-range weaponry. "I have often told Zelenskiy that he should stop criticising Olaf...