ZELENSKIY

March 6, 2025 9:35 PM

EU leaders pledge defence surge, support Zelenskiy after US aid freeze

European leaders on Thursday said they would stand by Ukraine and spend more on defencein a world upended by Donald Trump's reversal of U.S. policies. "Europe must take up this challenge, this arms race. And it must win it," Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said as he arrived at the summit in Brussels. "Europe as a whole is truly capable of winning any military, financial, economic confrontation with Russia - we are simply stronger," Tusk said. Many EU leaders hailed the European Commission'...

March 3, 2025 10:28 AM

Ukraine’s Zelenskiy says he can salvage relationship with US

Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday he believed he could salvage his relationship with U.S. President Donald Trump after their explosive meeting in the Oval Office, but that talks needed to continue behind closed doors. Zelenskiy reiterated that Ukraine would not concede any territory to Russia as part of a peace deal. He said he was still willing to sign a minerals deal with the U.S. and described a discussion on Sunday with European leaders to send a draft peace plan to the U.S. as a...

February 28, 2025 3:45 PM

Trump, Zelenskiy to clinch minerals deal at White House meeting

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is set to meet President Donald Trump and seal a deal for U.S. participation in Ukraine's mineral industry on Friday as Kyiv works to regain U.S. support to fight Russia's invasion whileTrump opens talks with Moscow. Zelenskiy, who gained billions of dollars' worth of U.S. weaponry and moral support from the Biden administration, is facing a sharply different attitude from Trump, who says he wants to quickly wind down the three-year war, improve ties with...

February 27, 2025 1:57 PM

Zelenskiy invited to special EU summit on support for Ukraine

EU Council President Antonio Costa on Thursday said he had invited Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to the special summit of EU leaders on March 6, to discuss future support to Ukraine. "The EU and its member states are ready to take more responsibility for Europe's security," Costa said in invitation letter to EU leaders. "We should therefore be prepared for a possible European contribution to the security guarantees that will be necessary to ensure a lasting peace in Ukraine." Costa,...

February 20, 2025 11:00 PM

Kremlin offers Trump support in Zelenskiy spat as Putin ally says US leader is ‘200% right’

The Kremlin offered Donald Trump support in his standoff with Volodymyr Zelenskiy, accusing the Ukrainian president of making "inadmissible" remarks about world leaders as a Russian official said he was stunned by how fast the U.S stance had shifted. Trump's return to the presidency has begun to warm moribund U.S.-Russia ties, which fell to their lowest point since the 1962 Cuban missile crisis under Joe Biden, Trump's predecessor, due to Moscow's war in Ukraine. By contrast, Kyiv's ties with ...

February 14, 2025 8:14 PM

Russian drone damages Chornobyl nuclear plant’s shelter, Zelenskiy says

A Russian drone caused significant damage to the radiation containment shelter at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant overnight, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday. Zelenskiy and the UN's energy watchdog both said that radiation levels remained normal after the incident, which came as top U.S., Ukrainian and European officials gathered at the Munich Security Conference to discuss the war in Ukraine. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov dismissed Ukraine's claim as a "provocation",...

February 13, 2025 10:29 AM

Trump discusses Ukraine war with Putin, Zelenskiy

Donald Trump discussed the war in Ukraine on Wednesday in phone calls with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the new U.S. president's first big step towards diplomacy over a war he has promised to end. In a post on his social media platform, Trump said he and Putin had "agreed to have our respective teams start negotiations immediately, and we will begin by calling President Zelenskiy, of Ukraine, to inform him of the conversation, something which I w...

February 13, 2025 1:21 AM

Trump makes first big foray into Ukraine diplomacy, speaking to Putin, Zelenskiy

Donald Trump discussed the war in Ukraine on Wednesday in phone calls with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the new U.S. president's first big step towards diplomacy over a war he has promised to end. In a post on his social media platform after speaking to Putin, Trump said they had "agreed to have our respective teams start negotiations immediately," and that he would begin by phoning Zelenskiy. After speaking to the Ukrainian leader, Trump said: ...

January 13, 2025 12:59 PM

Zelenskiy says he’s ready to exchange North Korean soldiers for Ukrainians held in Russia

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday Kyiv is ready to hand over captured North Korean soldiers to their leader Kim Jong Un if he can facilitate their exchange for Ukrainians held captive in Russia. "In addition to the first captured soldiers from North Korea, there will undoubtedly be more. It's only a matter of time before our troops manage to capture others," Zelenskiy said on the social media platform X. Zelenskiy said on Saturday that Ukraine had taken two North Koreans p...

October 16, 2024 4:42 PM

Zelenskiy unveils ‘Victory Plan’ as Ukraine faces precarious moment

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy unveiled his much anticipated "Victory Plan" at Ukraine's parliament on Wednesday, urging his war-weary country to stay united at a precarious time ahead of its key U.S. ally's Nov. 5 presidential election. As Russian troops advance in the east and a bleak winter of power shortages looms, he told lawmakers his plan contained five main points that relied on Kyiv's allies, including an unconditional invite to join NATO and specific weapons support. "Together with ou...