Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will land in Berlin on Sunday, German government sources told Reuters on Saturday. Zelenskiy last visited Germany for the Munich Security ouncil in February last year just before the war broke out. It will be the ninth country he has visited since Russia’s invasion – after …
Read More »Ukraine’s Zelenskiy, in The Hague, says Putin must face justice
Russian President Vladimir Putin must be brought to justice for his war in Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday in The Hague, calling for the creation of a special tribunal dedicated to judging Russia’s invasion. “We are going to set up a separate tribunal to show these people …
Read More »German police announce Zelenskiy visit to Berlin on May 13
German police said on Wednesday Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy would travel to Berlin on May 13, though a security source later told Reuters that the public disclosure of the visit was premature and it was now unclear if it would go ahead. Police and local media had reported that Zelenskiy …
Read More »Zelenskiy flags shake-up after corruption allegations
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that changes would be announced imminently in the government, the regions and in the security forces following allegations of corruption nearly a year into Russia’s invasion. Zelenskiy, elected by a landslide in 2019 on pledges to change the way government operated, did not …
Read More »Russia ready to continue talks with Ukraine: Moscow
Russia’s lead negotiator in peace talks with Ukraine said on Sunday that Moscow is willing to resume negotiations, but Kyiv has to make the first step, state news agency TASS reported. “For our part, we are ready to continue the dialogue. But I will emphasize once again: that the ball …
Read More »Radio Liberty producer killed in Kyiv missile strike during UN chiefs Guterres’ visit
The US-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty said Friday that one of its staff had died in a Russian strike on Kyiv during a visit by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. “Radio Liberty journalist and producer Vera Gyrych died as a result of a Russian missile hitting the house where she lived …
Read More »Putin announces successful ‘Liberation’ Of Ukraine’s Mariupol, leaving Ukrainian defenders holed up
President Vladimir Putin announced victory in the biggest battle of the Ukraine war on Thursday, declaring the port of Mariupol “liberated” after nearly two months of siege, despite hundreds of defenders still holding out inside a giant steelworks. In a televised meeting with his defence minister inside the Kremlin, Putin …
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