In response to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s proposal to conscript 500,000 men in Ukraine’s fight against Russia, Governor Vitaliy Kim of the Mykolaiv region has advocated for mobilizing the entire population of 40 million, comparing the situation to WWII. Kim argued in a TV interview that Zelenskyy’s proposal falls short, asserting that Ukraine should aim to attract at least two... 

The Netherlands is about to start preparing the first delivery of US-made F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Friday following a phone call with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky. The EU nation is one of Kiev’s backers that pledged to provide it with the warplanes over the next few years, alongside Denmark, Norway, and Belgium. Zelensky claimed in August that the... 

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has celebrated a significant victory for Ukraine as European Union leaders defy Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s threats and open accession talks with Kyiv. This decision, announced by European Council President Charles Michel, signals hope for Ukraine’s future and strengthens ties with the European continent. Zelensky, speaking from Germany,... 

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin made an unannounced visit to Kyiv on Monday to reassure the ally that U.S. aid will keep throwing despite growing opposition in the Republican-controlled Congress and new challenges posed by Israel’s war on Hamas. President Joe Biden has requested $61 billion in emergency aid to the country, but it might not come up for a month, and is experiencing blowback from... 

The minister has been surrounded by suspicions of corruption since the beginning of the year and, among other things, bought winter jackets of poor quality worth of $20 million. Jackets that couldn’t stand the cold. “Oleksiy Reznikov has gone through more than 550 days of full-scale war. I think the Ministry of Defense needs new approaches and other forms of interaction with both the military... 

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Ukraine is ready to launch a sensational counteroffensive to take back areas of Russian occupied territory. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Zelenskyy insisted: ‘We strongly believe that we will succeed’. ‘I don’t know how long it will take,’ he continued. ‘To be honest, it can go a variety of ways, completely... 

The recent developments in the conflict between Ukrainian and Russian forces near Bakhmut have revealed significant setbacks for Putin’s troops, with Ukrainian counter-attacks gaining momentum. Yevgeny Prigozhin, the chief of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, candidly admitted to the challenges faced by Russian forces, particularly on the flanks around Bakhmut. His remarks included mockery... 

President Volodymyr Zelensky believes that the behavior of Hungary and its relations with Russia do not correspond to the status of a NATO ally. He said this in an interview with Finnish, Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian journalists. “How to resolve the dispute with Budapest? The question is only Budapest’s desire. It seems to me that there is a political entanglement of the political elites... 

Ukraine will become a NATO member in the ‘long term’, the head of the western military alliance said today, amid Vladimir Putin’s on-going invasion of the country. But Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg stressed that the immediate issue at hand is Ukraine remaining an independent nation from Russia. ‘NATO allies have agreed that Ukraine will become a member of our alliance,... 

President Joe Biden arrived in Kyiv on Monday morning on a surprise days before the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and declared that Vladimir Putin had failed in his ‘war of conquest.’ His visit was shrouded in secrecy. He arrived after the hourslong train journey from Poland with a stripped down press pool of just one reporter and a photographer. Air raid sirens... 

The US State department has issued an emergency alert through the US embassy in Kyiv on Tuesday warning that any remaining Americans must leave Ukraine immediately. The alert says that Russia plans to step up attacks on civilian infrastructure across the war-ravaged country. “The Department of State has information that Russia is stepping up efforts to launch strikes against Ukraine’s civilian... 

From left, Romanian President Klaus Iohannis, Prime Minister of Italy Mario Draghi, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, France’s President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attend a press conference in Kyiv, Thursday, June 16, 2022. Polish opposition politicians have criticized the Polish government for not being present in Kyiv with European leaders from Germany, France, Italy,...