Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy News
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy stated that in the Russian strike, a residential building in Smila was struck and a child was injured. Moreover, he informed that while repelling the attack, a Ukrainian F-16 pilot, Maksym Ustymenko, died.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US President Donald Trump held a significant meeting on the sidelines of the NATO Summit in The Hague, discussing critical defense issues and military cooperation. Their conversation focused on strengthening Ukraine's air defense systems amid continued Russian missile and drone strikes.
Check out the top points detailed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of the drone attack carried out by Russia.
Hours after Russia launched its biggest air strike on Ukraine, US President Donald Trump expressed his concerns over Russia's actions, stating that Russian President Vladimir Putin is 'destroying his country' and making it more 'fragile' with the ongoing war.
The ministry said 307 Russian servicemen have "returned from Kyiv-controlled territory," while the equivalent number of Ukrainian prisoners was freed as well.
Zelenskyy further emphasised that Ukraine has repeatedly proposed ceasefires and called for sanctions steps from the United States, Europe, and its allies.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio was also present at the meeting when US Vice President JD Vance met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Rome on Sunday.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy emphasised the importance of a full, lasting, and reliable ceasefire as the first step towards peace between Ukraine and Russia.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a meeting with the Secretary General of NATO, Mark Rutte and French President Emmanuel Macron.
Zelenskyy emphasised the role of sanctions in weakening Russia's war efforts, lauding the US's recent introduction of "highly effective" sanctions targeting Russia's banking sector.
The eastern town, which is located in the Luhansk region, has long been regarded as a key target for Ukrainian forces.
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UK stands ready to continue providing weapons to Ukraine and organizing military training for its use, said Johnson.
Other key topics of the conversation were financial and economic support for Kyiv and the blockade of Ukrainian ports.
Russian officials had announced a humanitarian corridor from the Azot plant a day earlier, but said they would take civilians to areas controlled by Russian, not Ukrainian, forces.
The Ukrainian governor of Luhansk, Serhiy Haidai said that “heavy fighting in Sievierodonetsk continues today as well.”
Sievierodonetsk has become the epicenter of the battle for control over Ukraine`s eastern Donbas region.
Parts of the city have been pulverized in some of the bloodiest fighting since the Kremlin unleashed its invasion on Feb. 24.
Weeks of fighting for Sievierodonetsk, a small city in Luhansk that has become the focus of Russia`s advance in eastern Ukraine.
In neighboring Donetsk province, Russian media reported that a huge cloud of smoke could be seen after an explosion in the city of Avdiivka.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called for Ukraine to be incorporated as a part of the West.
The war in the east, where Russia is focusing its attentions, is now primarily an artillery battle in which Kyiv is severely outgunned.
Russia has concentrated its invasion force around Sievierodonetsk.
Sievierodonetsk and its twin city Lysychansk on the opposite bank of the Siverskyi Donets river are the last Ukrainian-controlled parts of Luhansk province.
"They (the Russians) are dying like flies ... fierce fighting continues inside Sievierodonetsk," Luhansk governor Serhiy Gaidai said.
The trips that were publicly revealed on Sunday were rare outings by Zelenskiy outside the capital Kyiv.
Ukraine says it is fighting for its very survival against a Russian imperial-style land grab.
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