Volodymyr Zelenskiy

August 19, 2025 9:03 AM

US would help assure Ukraine’s security in a peace deal, Trump tells Zelenskiy

U.S. President Donald Trump told President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Monday that the United States would help guarantee Ukraine's security in any deal to end Russia's war there, though the extent of any assistance was not immediately clear. Trump made the pledge during an extraordinary summit at the White House, where he hosted Zelenskiy and a group of European allies days after Trump met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday. "When it comes to security, there's going to be a ...

August 18, 2025 9:47 PM

Ukraine’s Zelenskiy says he’s ready to work for peace ahead of Trump talks

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday he was ready to work to end the war with Russia ahead of talks with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington where he could face pressure to accept terms favorable to Moscow. "Russia can only be forced into peace through strength, and President Trump has that strength," Zelenskiy wrote on social media after meeting with the U.S. special envoy for Ukraine, Keith Kellogg. Zelenskiy is due to meet with Trump at 1:15 p.m. EDT (1715 GMT...

August 18, 2025 8:47 AM

Europeans to back Zelenskiy in Washington as Trump presses Ukraine deal

European leaders will join Volodymyr Zelenskiy to meet Donald Trump in Washington, they said on Sunday, seeking to shore up Zelenskiy's position as the U.S. president presses Ukraine to accept a quick peace deal to end Europe's deadliest war in 80 years. Trump is leaning on Zelenskiy to strike an agreement after he met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska and emerged more aligned with Moscow on seeking a peace deal instead of a ceasefire first. Trump and Zelenskiy will meet on Monday. It...

August 14, 2025 10:10 AM

Trump threatens ‘severe consequences’ if Putin blocks Ukraine peace

U.S. President Donald Trump threatened “severe consequences” if Russia’s Vladimir Putin does not agree to peace in Ukraine but also said on Wednesday that a meeting between them could swiftly be followed by a second that would include the leader of Ukraine. Trump did not specify what the consequences could be, but he has warned of economic sanctions if his meeting with Putin in Alaska on Friday proves fruitless. The comments by Trump and the outcome of a virtual conference wit...

August 13, 2025 2:42 PM

Zelenskiy, European leaders to speak to Trump ahead of Putin summit

Europe and Ukraine's leaders will speak to U.S. President Donald Trump at a virtual meeting on Wednesday ahead of his summit with Russia's Vladimir Putin, as they try to drive home the perils of selling out Kyiv's interests in pursuit of a ceasefire. Trump hosts Putin, a pariah in the West since Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, at talks in Alaska on Friday that the U.S. president has said will serve as a "feel-out" meeting in his efforts to end the Russo-Ukraine war. Trump agreed last week t...

August 12, 2025 9:53 AM

Trump says both sides in Ukraine war will need to cede territory

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that Kyiv and Moscow will both have to cede land to end the war in Ukraine and talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin this week will instantly show whether the Kremlin leader is willing to make a deal. European leaders and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy plan to speak with Trump ahead of his summit with Putin in Alaska on Friday, amid fears Washington may dictate unfavorable peace terms to Ukraine. Trump has hardened his stance towards Mo...

August 11, 2025 3:12 PM

Zelenskiy wins EU, NATO backing as he seeks place at Trump-Putin talks

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy won diplomatic backing from Europe and the NATO alliance on Sunday ahead of a Russia-U.S. summit this week where Kyiv fears President Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump may try to dictate terms for ending the 3-1/2-year war. Trump, who for weeks had been threatening new sanctions against Russia for failing to halt the war, announced instead on Friday that he would meet Putin on August 15 in Alaska. A White House official has said Trump is open to ...

July 23, 2025 5:24 PM

Russia and Ukraine to hold first peace talks in seven weeks

Russian negotiators flew to Turkey to hold peace talks with Ukraine on Wednesday, the Kremlin said, before what will be the first direct discussions between the warring sides in more than seven weeks. Russia played down expectations of any breakthrough at the meeting, which Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said this week should focus in part on preparing a summit between himself and President Vladimir Putin. "Naturally, no one expects an easy road. Naturally, this will be a very difficu...

July 6, 2025 11:20 AM

Ukraine’s Zelenskiy says latest phone call with Trump his most productive yet

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday that his latest conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump this week was the best and "most productive" he has had to date. "Regarding the conversation with the president of the United States, which took place a day earlier, it was probably the best conversation we have had during this whole time, the most productive," Zelenskiy said in his nightly video address. "We discussed air defence issues and I'm grateful for the willingness to...

June 22, 2025 12:04 PM

Russian attacks kill one in eastern Ukraine, one in the north

Russian strikes on Saturday on key towns in Donetsk region on the eastern front of the war in Ukraine killed at least one person while another died in a drone attack in the north near the Russian border, officials said. The Russian military said its forces had captured another village in its slow advance westward through Donetsk region. And reports from Kharkiv region in the northeast suggested Russian troops were closing in on the city of Kupiansk. Russian forces struck Sloviansk and Kramator...