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Ukraine Will Win War This Year If Allies Remain United ‘Like A Fist’
Topline Speaking to reporters on the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky claimed his forces would win the war this year but only if western allies remain...
The Bloody Battle For Bakhmut Offers A Possible Preview Of How Year Two Of The Ukraine War Will Go
The eastern Ukrainian town isn’t strategic, but it hardly matters. As the second year begins of what was predicted to be a days-long conflict, Vladimir Putin keeps throwing Russians into combat there ...
Zelensky Urges Support For Ukraine At Berlin Film Festival—Here Are His Other Surprise Appearances At Big-Name Cultural Events
Topline Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky opened the Berlin International Film Festival Thursday night with a call for artists to take a stand against Russia in its invasion of Ukraine, complemen...
Zelensky Meets King Charles III And Addresses British Parliament In Surprise Visit To UK
Topline Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and spoke to members of Parliament ahead of a meeting with King Charles III Wednesday, in Zelensky’s second trip...
Ex U.K. Leader Boris Johnson Claims Putin Threatened To Kill Him With Missile Before Russia Invaded Ukraine
Topline Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has claimed Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened to kill him in a missile strike just weeks before invading Ukraine, a chilling allegation as...
Germany Will Send Battle Tanks To Ukraine In Major Policy Reversal
Topline Germany will supply Ukraine with heavy battle tanks and greenlight plans for its allies to do the same, Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced on Wednesday, u-turning after months of international p...
Zelensky Thanks U.S. In Speech To Congress—But Calls For More Aid To Ukraine
Topline Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said his country is “alive and kicking” despite Russia’s brutal 10-month-long invasion during a speech to Congress late Wednesday, using his first visit ...
Zelensky Meets With Biden In D.C. Ahead Of Historic Speech To Congress
Topline Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky landed in the U.S. on Wednesday and is planning to meet with President Joe Biden and members of Congress, in his first trip out of Ukraine since Russia i...
Zelensky Planning Surprise D.C. Visit To Address Congress
Topline Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is planning to travel to Washington, D.C., on Wednesday to address a joint session of Congress, according to multiple reports, in what would be his first...
A top aide to Ukraine’s President Zelensky accuses BP of war profiteering with stake in Russian oil firm
A major [hotlink ignore=true]energy[/hotlink] company that pledged to sell its stake in Russia has yet to do so, and a top Ukrainian official just accused it of pocketing millions from the war. Britis...
Here’s What Lies Ahead For Ukraine’s “Teenage Democracy”
KYIV, UKRAINE – 2022/11/11: People hold a banner that says “Kherson is Ukraine” celebrating the … [+] liberation of Kherson from Russian occupiers in central Kyiv. Ukrainian ar...
Zelensky Urges World Leaders To Double Down On Russia And End War Now
Topline Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday urged world leaders gathered at the Group of 20 summit in Bali to double down on Russia and push it to end its war now, upping the diplomatic ...
Kherson’s Liberation Is The ‘Beginning Of The End’ Of War With Russia, Zelensky Says
Topline In an unannounced visit to Kherson Monday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called the city’s recent liberation—following Russia’s announcement it was retreating last week—the “beginning...
The Books To Read About Russia And Ukraine
A picture shows the moon over Saint Basil’s Cathedral on the Red Square in Moscow on May 28, 2018. … [+] (Photo by Mladen ANTONOV / AFP) (MLADEN ANTONOV/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty...
Putin Finalizes Annexation As Ukraine Forces Russia Into Retreat On Southern Front Line
Topline Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday signed legislation finalizing Moscow’s illegal annexation of four Ukrainian regions, pushing forward despite not controlling any of the four provi...
Ukraine Breaks Through More Occupied Territory As Moscow Attempts To Formalize Illegal Annexation
Topline Russian lawmakers pushed through the final procedural steps needed to annex seized Ukrainian territory on Tuesday, persisting despite Moscow not fully controlling any of the four regions it cl...
Russia’s Annexation Of Ukrainian Regions Would Sever Diplomatic Negotiations With Putin, Zelensky Says
Topline As Russia continues to hold referendums across occupied territories of Ukraine asking residents to vote to join Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday that the annexation o...
Zelensky Sits Down With Forbes
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky sat down with Randall Lane, chief content officer for Forbes, Thursday afternoon at the 2022 Forbes Philanthropy Summit, addressing his country’s seven-month-lon...
Zelensky Urges UN To Boot Russia From Security Council In Fiery Speech
Topline Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on members of the United Nations to mete out “just punishment” against Russia and strip the country of its UN Security Council veto, part of an ad...
U.S. Sends Ukraine $600 Million In Military Supplies As Kyiv Pushes On Stunning Counter Offensive
Topline The U.S. will send an additional $600 million in military aid to Ukraine, Biden administration officials announced on Thursday, a move welcomed by Kyiv as it pushes to build on the successes o...
Biden, Macron, Trudeau, Zelensky Other World Leaders Mourn Death Of Queen Elizabeth
Condolences poured in after the announcement of Queen Elizabeth’s death at the age of 96 on Thursday at her residence at Balmoral, ending a historic 70-year reign on the throne. In a statement release...
15 Killed In Russian Strikes As Ukraine Marks Independence Day, Zelensky Says
Topline A deadly Russian rocket strike on a train station in a small town in central Ukraine killed at least 15 people and injured about 50 more on Wednesday, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky...
Zelensky Urges NATO For Security Guarantees As Sweden And Finland Invited To Join Alliance
Topline In what appears to be a shift in diplomatic strategy, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky asked NATO on Wednesday whether Ukraine has “not paid enough” to join the alliance—one day after Fi...
At Least 18 Dead After Russian Strike On Ukrainian Mall Decried By Zelensky As ‘Terrorist Attack’
Topline The death toll from Russia’s missile strike on a shopping mall in central Ukraine on Monday rose to 18 as rescuers continued to search for dozens of missing individuals on Tuesday after the de...
NBC To Air Fundraising Special For Ukraine With Zelensky
Topline NBC will televise a celebrity-stacked fundraising special Sunday to benefit Ukraine amid Russia’s invasion of the country, with Ukrainian President Volodmyr Zelensky delivering an address to t...
Russia Strikes Central Ukraine Mall With More Than 1,000 People Inside, Zelensky Says
Topline Russia on Monday struck a mall in central Ukraine that had more than 1,000 people inside, Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky said, sharing a video that appeared to show massive fires at the...
EU Leaders Will Back Ukraine As Candidate Member Today — Here’s What That Means
Topline European leaders on Thursday are expected to unanimously back Ukraine as an official candidate for EU membership, a major symbolic victory for Kyiv as it fights off Russian invaders and the fi...
Leaders Of France, Italy And Germany Visit Kyiv
Topline The leaders of France, Germany and Italy arrived in Kyiv on Thursday, a collective show of European backing amid criticism the bloc is not doing enough for Ukraine as the country struggles to ...
Russia Controls 20% Of Ukraine, Zelensky Says, As UN Civilian Death Toll Surpasses 4,000
Topline Russian troops now control about 20% of Ukrainian territory, the country’s President Volodymyr Zelensky told Luxembourg’s Parliament on Thursday, and the country’s civilian death toll has surp...
Zelensky Says He Won’t Attack Russian Territory—But Russia Blasts U.S. For Sending Rockets To Ukraine
Topline Ukraine is “not interested” in attacking Russian territory and only intends to use foreign supplied weapons to drive out invading forces from its own land, the country’s president Volodymyr Ze...
Nancy Pelosi Leads Congressional Delegation In Secret Visit To Kyiv, Meets Zelensky
Topline A U.S. Congressional Delegation led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Sunday in another high profile show of support by Washin...