Kyiv: President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Ukraine would support a U.S. proposal to stop strikes on Russian energy infrastructure, and that he hoped to speak to U.S. President Donald Trump about his phone call on Tuesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The White House said earlier that Putin and Trump agreed during a conversation to a … Read more
Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday that the Kremlin was not ready to end its invasion of Ukraine. Kyiv: President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday that the Kremlin was not ready to end its invasion of Ukraine and that its ultimate aim in talks on halting the conflict was to “weaken” his country. “They are not ready to … Read more
Ottawa: Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney has invited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to the G7 summit in June in the western province of Alberta, a government official told AFP on Monday. Carney, who took office last week, spoke to the Ukrainian leader over the weekend, the official said, adding: “President Zelensky has been invited to … Read more
Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has appointed Major General Andrii Hnatov as the Chief of the general staff of the Ukrainian armed forces to replace Lieutenant General Anatolii Barhylevych. The decrees to dismiss Barhylevych and appoint Hnatov, published on the presidential website, did not specify the reasons for the replacement. Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umerov … Read more
The announcement was made through a presidential decree. Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appointed an official delegation to represent Kyiv in any possible peace talks to end the more than three-year war with Russia, according to a presidential decree published Saturday. Zelensky appointed his presidential chief of staff Andriy Yermak to head the delegation, with … Read more
Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday that Russia’s Vladimir Putin is preparing a rejection of a ceasefire proposal, but is scared to say this directly to U.S. President Donald Trump. Zelenskiy, speaking in his evening address, said Russia is setting conditions on a ceasefire in order to delay it, or make it not … Read more
Charlevoix: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is set to meet his Canadian counterpart at a G7 gathering Thursday, but discussion of American annexation threats has been ruled off-limits at talks expected to be dominated by efforts to agree a ceasefire in Ukraine. Rubio arrived in the town of Charlevoix on the banks of the … Read more
Washington: Ukraine said it would support Washington’s proposal for a 30-day ceasefire with Russia after what Kyiv said were ‘milestone’ talks during which the United States agreed to resume military aid and intelligence sharing with Ukraine. After more than eight hours of negotiations with Ukrainian officials in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of … Read more
Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday backed the United States’s proposal for a 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine, but said Washington needed to persuade Russia to accept it. His comments came after US and Ukrainian officials concluded lengthy talks in Saudi Arabia, in which Washington agreed to resume intelligence sharing with Kyiv and mooted a … Read more
Donald Trump said on Tuesday he hopes Russia will agree to a ceasefire plan. Washington: President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he hopes Russia will agree to a ceasefire plan drawn up by American and Ukrainian officials and that there will be a U.S. meeting with Russia later Tuesday or Wednesday. In remarks to reporters, … Read more
US officials, led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Ukrainian officials, led by Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy – Andriy Yermak have started their talks in Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah. Yermak said on Tuesday that discussions with the US delegation in the Saudi port city of Jeddah had begun … Read more
Kyiv, Ukraine: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is due to arrive in Saudi Arabia on Monday, a day ahead of crucial talks between Ukrainian and US officials on ending the war with Russia. Highly anticipated negotiations on Tuesday on resolving the three-year conflict will see US and Ukrainian officials meet for the first time since Zelensky’s … Read more