Volodymyr Zelenskyy

President Zelenskyy visits Spain to sign a security agreement, discuss military aid and training for Ukraine, and coordinate steps for future summits.

The EU is considering how to move from the upcoming Peace Summit in Switzerland to a possible meeting in Saudi Arabia in the fall with Russia's participation.

Gitanas Nausėda was re-elected for a second term as President of Lithuania, and Volodymyr Zelenskyy congratulated him on his victory.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy plans a working visit to Spain next week to meet with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and King Felipe VI in Madrid.

The United States will take part in the Peace Summit in Switzerland, which begins on June 15 and aims to unite global opinion on how to stop the Russian-Ukrainian war, but it remains unclear at what level the United States will be represented.

Scholz is opposed to allowing Ukraine to use German weapons to hit targets in Russia.

In the Kharkiv region, 11,117 people were evacuated from Chuhuiv, Kharkiv and Bohodukhiv districts due to ongoing Russian attacks and shelling in the region.

Russia is preparing for an offensive and is amassing troops 90 kilometers northwest of Kharkiv near the Ukrainian border, President Zelenskiy says.

Zelensky called on Biden and Xi to support the Peace Summit with their personal leadership and participation, calling for global efforts to achieve real peace, not a pause between blows.

President Zelenskyy imposed sanctions on about 70 Russian legal entities, more than 20 media outlets, such as NTV, Pervyi Kanal, Izvestia and Moskovsky Komsomolets newspapers, and some Ukrainian companies in response to Russia's actions.

Soldiers of the 110th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine shot down another Russian Su-25 fighter jet in Donetsk region.

Four civilians are killed in a Russian attack on a construction hypermarket in Kharkiv, Ukraine.

Before Russia's invasion, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy asked the US and EU to impose preventive sanctions on Russia, Putin, and the energy sector, but they refused, resulting in heavy human costs for Ukraine.

If Ukraine had more adequate, modern air defense and aviation systems, the Russian air force would have already collapsed, just like its Black Sea Fleet, and Russian terror would have become impossible.

A Russian attack on a construction hypermarket in Kharkiv resulted in 35 injuries. According to reports, more than 200 people were inside the building. At least 15 people are currently unaccounted for.

a Russian strike on a shopping center in Kharkiv resulted in the deaths and injuries of civilians. Zelenskyy condemned the occupiers' attack as another manifestation of Putin's Russian madness and despicable terrorism.

Russia's recent provocations on the EU and NATO borders in Estonia, Finland and Lithuania, such as the dismantling of Estonian border buoys, are part of its typical hybrid tactics of intimidation and bullying, and NATO must act decisively to protect these countries from Russian threats.

More than 200 people may have been inside a construction hypermarket in Kharkiv when Russia struck, causing a massive fire and casualties. Zelenskiy called for increased support for air defense to prevent such attacks.

President Zelenskyy criticized China for trying to balance between Ukraine and Russia instead of protecting Ukraine's territorial integrity as one of the guarantors of the Budapest Memorandum.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned that no Asian country can have a strategic alliance with Putin's Russia, as Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan are 100% under threat of attack and such an alliance would limit their independence.

President Zelensky warned that the Baltic states of Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia are under threat of potential attack or provocation by Russia, citing recent incidents such as Russia's removal of border buoys in Estonia as a test of NATO's response.

The advance of the Russian occupiers to Kharkiv two weeks ago brought the ratio of Ukrainian to Russian military losses to 1:8, which shows Putin's disregard for human life, President Zelensky said.

President Zelenskyy thanked the employees of the State Service for Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine for their professionalism and dedication to ensuring reliable communications and cybersecurity in the context of the ongoing war.

President Zelenskyy met with the Marshal of the Polish Senate to discuss inter-parliamentary relations, the situation in Kharkiv, strengthening Ukraine's air defense, preparations for the Peace Summit, and Ukraine's negotiations with the EU.

President Zelenskyy expressed gratitude to the United States for a new $275 million military aid package that includes long-range missiles, artillery ammunition, anti-tank weapons, and other critical support to defend against increased Russian attacks.

The Ukrainian military has established combat control over the border areas of the Kharkiv region, which had been invaded by Russian occupiers.

President Zelenskyy discussed bilateral relations, international cooperation and Ukraine's need for a just peace with President Ouattara of Côte d'Ivoire, inviting him to the Peace Summit and congratulating him on the upcoming Africa Day.

After his meeting with Belarusian dictator Alyaksandr Lukashenka, Putin made a number of statements to journalists. Some of them were devoted to "peace talks" with Ukraine.

The military service of convicts who exercise the right to sign a contract with the AFU will have virtually no peculiarities, except that they will serve in specialized units.

As part of the reform of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, its staff is to be reduced by 60%, and the dismissed personnel will be used to staff operational and tactical command and control bodies, as well as combat military units.