Explained: The significance of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s visit to the US
Fp Explainers • 2 years agoUS president Joe Biden is expected to announce $2 billion in new security aid for Kyiv, which will include a Patriot surface-to-air missile battery, during his Ukraine counterpart’s visit to Washington
Ukraine’s president visits front-line city in country’s east
• 2 years agoEarlier this month, Zelenskyy said Russia’s efforts to conquer Bakhmut had turned the eastern Ukrainian city into ruins.
Catch 2022: TIME magazine names Ukraine's Zelenskyy 'Person of the Year'
Fp Staff • 2 years agoLong before Zelenskyy made his way through to political galleries, the Russian-speaking Ukrainian made a name with his comedy troupe, Kvartal 95
Russia-Ukraine conflict: Europe will be on the wrong side of history if it chooses not to mediate
Annukaushik • 3 years agoFor a region that is no stranger to war, Europe should understand that a prolonged conflict will only destabilise it in the coming years
Ukraine crisis: Top Russian diplomat on Western sanctions, friendship with India and fake news
Indra Shekhar Singh • 3 years agoAs the Ukraine crisis heats up, a conversation with Roman Babushkin, deputy chief of mission (DCM) of the Russian Embassy in India
Not so Vogue: Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Olena Zelenska are latest politicos facing backlash for magazine cover
Fp Explainers • 3 years agoMagazines like Vogue have time and again featured political figures such as US vice-president Kamala Harris, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and former US first lady Michelle Obama. And, time and again, the figures have taken flak from commentators and on social media
Ukraine, Russia trade blows in the east as Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits Kharkiv
• 3 years agoThe deteriorating conditions raised fears that Sieverodonetsk could become the next Mariupol, a city on the Sea of Azov that spent nearly three months under Russian siege before the last Ukrainian fighters surrendered
Russia aims to widen east Ukraine battle, claims to have overrun a key rail hub
• 3 years agoHaving failed to capture Kyiv, Ukraine's capital, early in the war, the Russians set out to seize parts of the eastern industrial region Donbas not already controlled by pro-Moscow separatists
Ukraine pledges to do 'everything' to defend Donbas from Russian onslaught
• 3 years agoA Lugansk police official, cited by Russia's state news agency RIA Novosti, said Severodonetsk was 'now surrounded' and Ukrainian troops could no longer leave the city
Ukraine fears repeat of Mariupol horrors in Donbas, officials plead for weapons to stop the onslaught
• 3 years agoHints of Russia's strategy for the Donbas can be found in Mariupol, where Moscow is consolidating its control through measures including state-controlled broadcast programming and overhauled school curricula