Zelensky Claims Ukraine Has Taken Back Control of Key Areas in Kharkiv
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says Ukrainian forces have secured “combat control” of areas where Russian forces invaded the northeastern Kharkiv region earlier this month. “Our soldiers have successfully conducted combat control of the border areas into which Russian occupation forces had entered,” Zelenskiy said in a video address on Friday night. […]
Zelensky frustration boils over in New York Times interview: ‘What’s the problem?’
‘WHAT’S THE PROBLEM?’: Monday it was the New York Times’s turn to get an “exclusive” sit-down interview with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, following interviews in recent days with Reuters and Agence France-Presse. Zelensky was described as “animated” as he expressed growing frustration that Western allies were not doing more to support Ukraine to repel Russian […]
As Ukraine donor nations meet again, Zelensky says he has only 25% of the air defense he needs
ANOTHER RUSSIAN SHIP SUNK: While fierce fighting continues in the northeast near Kharkiv, where Russia has had some success in taking back territory lost early in the war, Ukraine is punishing Russia in occupied Crimea in the south, using drones and missiles to knock out air defenses and set fuel depots ablaze and over the […]
Zelensky Shoots Down Macron’s Call for an Olympics Truce with Russia
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy rejected French leader Emmanuel Macron’s call for a truce with Russia during the Paris Olympics and criticized Western countries for calling for an early end to the war. The ancient tradition dating back to ancient Greece of a truce during the Games will not be observed at this year’s Paris Olympics, […]
Blinken meets Zelensky in Kyiv as US races to rush belated aid to beleaguered Ukrainian forces
BLINKEN: UKRAINE IN A TOUGH SPOT: After traveling covertly overnight by train from Poland, Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Kyiv this morning for meetings with Ukraine’s president and other senior officials to deliver a message of reassurance as Ukraine is facing serious challenges from an aggressive new Russian offensive that is threatening to […]
Ukraine says it foiled a Russian spy agency plot to assassinate Zelensky
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian counterintelligence investigators have foiled a Russian plot to assassinate President Volodymyr Zelensky and other top military and political figures, Ukraine’s state security service said Tuesday. Two colonels in the State Guard of Ukraine, which protects top officials, were detained on suspicion of enacting the plan drawn up by Russia’s Federal […]
Russia Issues Arrest Warrant for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky
Russia has issued arrest warrants for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and several former senior officials, including the former president. petro Poroshenko. The wanted list published by Moscow’s Interior Ministry was updated on Tuesday to include President Zelenskiy. The arrest warrant states that the Ukrainian leader is wanted for violating Russian criminal law, but the exact […]
Zelensky spells out exactly what Ukraine needs to reverse gains Russia made during six-month lull in US weapons supply
UKRAINE IN ‘TACTICAL RETREAT’: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is constantly walking a fine line, making sure not to sound ungrateful even as he points out that the United States, its most important military benefactor, severely undercut its war effort for six months, resulting in the loss of territory and thousands of lives. “In half a […]
Zelensky Reveals U.S. and Ukraine ‘Working’ on Scheme for 10 Years of Military Aid
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the U.S. and Ukrainian governments are “working on a bilateral security agreement” that would send additional financial aid to Ukraine over the next 10 years. in statement President Zelenskiy said in a statement Sunday that he spoke with House Minority Leader Hakim Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and announced his “support” for Ukraine […]
Zelensky asserts that House passing foreign aid package shows Ukraine won’t be the ‘second Afghanistan’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked the House of Representatives for passing a foreign aid bill supporting the country’s war effort against Russia and argued it shows the country will not face the same fate as Afghanistan. The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan after 20 years in 2021 led to the country being overrun by the Taliban. […]