Volodymyr Zelensky

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GOP Senators Make Unannounced Trip to Kyiv

Zelensky welcomes display 'of bipartisan support'

(Newser) - The latest unannounced trip to Ukraine by US politicos was made Saturday by four Republican senators, including Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. President Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed the visit as "a strong signal of bipartisan support for Ukraine," the Washington Post reports. The meeting was announced Saturday by Zelensky's...

Meet Patron, Ukraine's Latest War Hero

President Zelensky awards Jack Russell terrier a medal for his mine-sniffing work

(Newser) - A very special awards ceremony was held over the weekend in Kyiv to honor the nation's newest hero amid the Russian invasion: a 2 1/2-year-old dog named Patron, reports the BBC . A medal was bestowed upon the Jack Russell terrier at a Sunday news conference by none other than...

G7 Nations Agree on More Steps Against Russia

Statement scolds Putin ahead of WWII victory celebration

(Newser) - Leaders of the Group of 7 nations agreed Sunday to another round of punishments for Moscow over the invasion of Ukraine: a ban on Russian oil imports and more sanctions. The decisions were announced after a virtual meeting that included Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, as well as President Biden, USA ...

Lavrov&#39;s Remarks on Zelensky, Hitler Draw Outrage From Israel
Israel: Putin
Apologized
Over Hitler
Comment
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May 5, 2022 1:40 PM CDT

Israel: Putin Apologized Over Hitler Comment

Russia's foreign minister said Hitler had 'Jewish blood'

(Newser) - Update: Israel says Vladimir Putin has apologized for his foreign minister's controversial remarks about Hitler, reports the BBC . Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Putin apologized during a phone call for the comments made by Sergey Lavrov that Hitler had "Jewish blood," like Ukraine's leader. Bennett...

Kyiv Asks Residents to Stop Driving
Kyiv Asks Residents
to Stop Driving
May 1, 2022 11:02 AM CDT

Kyiv Asks Residents to Stop Driving

Zelensky says he's working on solving fuel shortage but it's not easy

(Newser) - Long lines of cars form at gas stations in Ukraine—if they have any fuel to sell. Many flash a zero on their signs next to each fuel type, meaning there's no supply. At most stations with gas, drivers are allowed to only to buy about 2½ gallons at...

Pelosi Makes Unannounced Trip to Meet Zelensky

Congressional delegation travels to Kyiv, Ukraine

(Newser) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made an unannounced trip to Ukraine on Saturday to meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky and demonstrate that he had the support of the US Congress, per the AP . Pelosi is the most senior American lawmaker to visit Ukraine since Russia's war began more than two...

Zelensky's Wife Says She Sees Him Only on TV

The war hasn't changed her husband, Olena Zelenska tells newspaper

(Newser) - Ukraine's first lady, Olena Zelenska, says the war with Russia has not changed her husband but only revealed to the world his determination to prevail and the fact that he is a man you can count on. Zelenska, in an interview published Friday in the Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita, also...

Blinken, Austin: US Diplomats Returning to Ukraine
US Comes Bearing
Aid to Ukraine
Apr 25, 2022 6:22 AM CDT

US Comes Bearing Aid to Ukraine

Hundreds of millions in new military assistance, and the return of US diplomats

(Newser) - Top American officials promised Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky hundreds of millions of dollars in new aid during the highest-level US visit to Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion two months earlier, while Britain said Monday that Moscow has yet to achieve a significant breakthrough in its offensive in...

Austin, Blinken Will Be in Kyiv on Sunday, Zelensky Says

White House and Pentagon don't immediately confirm trip

(Newser) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday that he didn't think it was a "big secret" that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin are on their way to see him, but American officials acted like it was. Zelensky mentioned the visit during a press...

Zelensky Says Major Russian Offensive Has Begun

He says 'battle of the Donbas' is underway in eastern Ukraine

(Newser) - The long-expected major Russian offensive in eastern Ukraine is now underway, with Russian forces trying to push forward along a front around 300 miles long, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday. "We can now say that Russian forces have started the battle of the Donbas, for which they have...

Russia Closes In on Mariupol
Mariupol Teeters as
Russia Pounds Ukraine
the rundown
Apr 16, 2022 5:55 PM CDT

Mariupol Teeters as Russia Pounds Ukraine

Zelensky warns against atrocities after takeover

(Newser) - Russian forces were close to seizing Mariupol on Saturday, with defense officials in Moscow saying the only significant opposition in the city was the 2,500 Ukrainian soldiers surrounded at a huge steel plant. There's no way out for the troops, a Russian defense ministry spokesman said, per the ...

Ukraine Gives Finger to Russia via Stamp

It's serves to 'remind the invaders that they should ... follow their ship'

(Newser) - There's now an obscene gesture featured on Ukrainian postage stamps in honor of a key moment of defiance amid Russia's invasion. Some 1 million of the stamps have been introduced into circulation, according to a Tuesday announcement from Ukrainian postal service Ukrposhta, per the Jerusalem Post . On Instagram,...

Zelensky: Russians 'Gave Us a Maximum of 5' Days

And yet Thursday marked day 50

(Newser) - President Volodymyr Zelensky told Ukrainians on Thursday they should be proud of having survived 50 days under Russian attack when the Russians "gave us a maximum of five." In his late-night video address, Zelensky called it "an achievement of millions of Ukrainians, of everyone who on Feb....

Johnson, Zelensky Meet in Kyiv
Boris Johnson Goes to Kyiv
Apr 9, 2022 3:00 PM CDT

Boris Johnson Goes to Kyiv

Austrian chancellor also visited, as allies promise more aid and support

(Newser) - In what he called "a show of our unwavering support for the people of Ukraine," UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson made an unannounced trip to Kyiv on Saturday to meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky. While there, Johnson announced a new package of financial and military aid to help...

Zelensky Calls for 'Firm Global Response' to Train Station Attack

Kremlin must be held accountable, he says

(Newser) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is calling for a "firm global response" to what he says was another Russian war crime—an attack on a crowded train station in eastern Ukraine that killed at least 52 civilians and injured around 100 more on Friday. Zelensky said an international tribunal should...

Senate Votes to Revive WWII-Era 'Lend-Lease' Plan

Ukraine says it needs 'weapons, weapons, and weapons'

(Newser) - Dmytro Kuleba, Ukraine's foreign minister, said Thursday that three things would be on his agenda when he spoke at NATO headquarters: "Weapons, weapons, and weapons." He said the country desperately needs weapons including war planes, air defense systems, missiles, and armored vehicles to fight the Russian invasion,...

Zelensky Poses Big Question to Security Council

'Are you ready to close the UN?' he asks; if not, world body must move against Russia, he says

(Newser) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told the UN Security Council on Tuesday that the Russian military must be brought to justice immediately for war crimes, accusing the Kremlin's troops of the worst atrocities since World War II. The Ukrainian leader made his plea via video as grisly evidence continued to...

France, Germany Expel Dozens of Russian Diplomats

Zelensky visits scene of atrocities

(Newser) - Moscow faced global revulsion and dozens of Russian diplomats were expelled from European countries Monday after the Russian pullout from the outskirts of Kyiv r evealed streets strewn with the corpses of civilians and other evidence of apparent war crimes . The French foreign ministry announced Monday that France has decided...

'Brutality Against Civilians' Europe Hasn't Seen in Decades

International outrage grows as mass graves found around Kyiv region

(Newser) - President Biden calls it a "war crime," while Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky uses the term "genocide." Both are referring to reports and images emerging from areas around Kyiv after Russian soldiers pulled back. Ukraine authorities say they have so far counted the bodies of more than...

Ukrainian Troops Move Into Kyiv-Area Towns as Russians Leave

Negotiator says draft peace treaty is ready for talks between Zelensky and Putin

(Newser) - Town surrounding Kyiv have been recaptured from Russian troops, a Ukrainian defense official said Saturday. "Irpin, Bucha, Hostomel and the whole Kyiv region were liberated from the invader!" Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Malyar posted on an official Facebook page, NBC News reports. Russia had said it planned to...

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