Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Russian missile and drone attacks injure at least 19, including children, in Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine | A Russian barrage of missiles and drones targeting Ukraine’s capital and the surrounding region injured at least 19 people overnight and into Thursday morning, authorities said. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukrainian forces carried out overnight strikes against targets in Russia, including an oil refinery in Yaroslavl and a military airfield in the […]
House approves sweeping Russia sanctions bill, sending it to Trump
WASHINGTON | The House on Wednesday passed a broad package of sanctions targeting Russian officials and key pillars of its economy as lawmakers look to deprive President Vladimir Putin of the financial resources needed to wage the war against Ukraine. The bill is named after the late Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, who spent […]
House approves sweeping Russia sanctions bill, sending it to Trump
WASHINGTON | The House on Wednesday passed a broad package of sanctions targeting Russian officials and key pillars of its economy as lawmakers look to deprive President Vladimir Putin of the financial resources needed to wage the war against Ukraine. The bill is named after the late Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, who spent […]
Trump calls on Ukraine to halt strikes on Russian diesel fuel, saying attacks causing a shortage
KYIV, Ukraine | U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to halt strikes on Russian oil refineries and other infrastructure used to produce and distribute diesel, saying the attacks are causing a global shortage. He spoke after diesel prices in the U.S. hit a record on Friday, soaring past $6 […]
Russian attacks kill at least 3 in Ukraine as US talks on the war are expected
KYIV, Ukraine | Russian attacks overnight killed at least three people in Ukraine, local officials said Friday, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he was expecting U.S. envoys in Kyiv in the coming days as part of renewed diplomatic efforts to end the war. The air war between Russia and Ukraine has intensified as the conflict […]
Ukraine’s president coos over a puppy, starting a new volley in his war of visuals against Russia
KYIV, Ukraine | Wait. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine’s war chief, holding a puppy? Yes, and it’s no accident. In a collision of dog lovers, sports and ongoing war with Russia, the Ukrainian president was seen on video Tuesday as never before — cuddling and cooing over a floppy, 3-month-old American pit bull terrier, handed to […]
Zelenskyy’s direct plea helped unlock Russia sanctions in the Senate. What’s next is uncertain
WASHINGTON | Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived at the U.S. Capitol hours after Lindsey Graham’s funeral to an unusually attentive audience. Half the Senate gathered for the closed-door meeting. Senators set their mobile phones down and focused their attention. Along with representatives from the House, they listened as Zelenskyy fielded questions about his country’s strategy […]
Russian drones kill 15 people at a shopping mall in a central Ukrainian city, officials say
KYIV, Ukraine | Russian drones struck a shopping center in the city of Kryvyi Rih in central Ukraine on Friday, killing at least 15 people and wounding scores more, authorities said. The shopping mall strikes, plus two other separate Russian attacks in the Mykolaiv and Kharkiv regions, left a total of 21 people dead across […]
Zelenskyy fires a top aide amid a graft probe as Ukraine’s ex-defense minister demands elections
KYIV, Ukraine | Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy fired one of his most senior officials Wednesday as corruption investigators named a deputy head of the presidential office among the suspects in a money-laundering case. The stunning developments came a day after Ukraine’s recently fired defense minister demanded national elections, despite Russia’s more than 4-year-old invasion. Zelenskyy […]
Trump told Ukraine it had no cards. Then Kyiv took the war to Russia
The meeting in the Oval Office between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was a diplomatic car crash. “Your country is in big trouble. You’re not winning,” Trump said, dressing down Zelenskyy in front of the world’s media. “You don’t have the cards.” The blowup in February 2025, three years into the […]