Ukraine’s Zelenskiy proposes joint aerial shield with European allies

WARSAW (Reuters) -Ukraine would like to build a joint aerial defence shield to protect against threats from Russia together with its European partners, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday. NATO leaders have said that Russia has been testing the alliance's readiness and resolve with airspace incursions in Poland and the Baltic states, and Kyiv says...

Zelenskiy tells UN: Stop Russia or face most destructive arms race ever

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged world powers to help stop Russia's war in his country in a speech to the United Nations on Wednesday, warning of a dangerous arms race that he said the fighting was helping unleash. He called for global rules to curb the use of artificial intelligence in weapons while...

Ukraine’s Zelenskiy rejects land concessions ahead of Trump-Putin talks

KYIV/LONDON (Reuters) -Ukraine will not cede its land, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday, rejecting U.S. suggestions that a deal with Russia could involve swapping territories as Washington and Moscow prepared for talks between their leaders on ending the war. U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he would meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin...

Zelenskiy says Ukraine’s defence minister had call with Russian negotiator

(Reuters) -Ukraine's defence minister recently had a call with the head of the Russian delegation in the Istanbul talks, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday, in order to discuss the memorandum Moscow is currently working on laying out its conditions for any peace accord. Defence Minister Rustem Umerov led the Ukrainian delegation to the May 16...

Zelenskiy says Kyiv’s troops not surrounded in Kursk, warns of new Russian troop build-up

(Reuters) -Ukrainian troops are still fending off Russian and North Korean forces in Russia's Kursk region but face a potential new attack on Ukraine's northeast Sumy region, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday. Military analysts say Russia is close to ejecting Ukrainian forces from their months-old foothold in the western Russian region, prompting U.S. President Donald...

Zelenskiy voices solidarity with Moldova’s Sandu after her election win

KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy congratulated Moldova's Maia Sandu on her presidential election victory and reaffirmed Kyiv's commitment to jointly work on a common goal towards European Union membership. Sandu, the pro-Western incumbent who has accelerated Moldova's push to leave Moscow's orbit, claimed victory in Sunday's closely-fought runoff, defeating Alexandr Stoianoglo, who was backed...

Trump vows to end Ukraine war as he meets with Zelenskiy

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Friday he would work with both Ukraine and Russia to end their war, as he stood next to Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy before their meeting in New York. (Reporting by Helen Coster, Steve Holland, Doina Chiacu)

Kremlin says Zelenskiy is making “fatal mistake” by trying to force it to make peace

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Wednesday that a plan by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to force it to make peace was a "fatal mistake" that would have consequences for Kyiv. Zelenskiy told the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday that the war between Russia and Ukraine could not be calmed by talks alone and that...

Zelenskiy says the West should permit long-range attacks, supply more weapons

(Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday Ukraine's Western allies should not only allow their weapons to be used for strikes deep inside Russia, but also supply Kyiv with more of the arms themselves. Ukraine has long urged partners to allow it to fire Western weapons at targets far into enemy territory, and those calls...

Ukraine’s parliament taunts Elon Musk after meme mocking Zelenskiy

KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's parliament and its speaker taunted billionaire Elon Musk on Monday after he posted a meme on his social media platform mocking President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's pleas for wartime assistance from the West. Musk owns SpaceX, which provides Starlink satellite communication services that are vital for Ukraine's defence effort, but his statements have sometimes...