Tag: Volodymyr Zelensky

Russian Military Trying to Seize Chernobyl Nuclear Waste Site: Zelensky

Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday claimed Russian military forces in Belarus are attempting to seize the Chernobyl nuclear waste site amid an invasion across the country. Zelensky said the move is a “declaration of war across Europe,” according to a Twitter post he made. “Russian occupation forces are trying to seize the [Chernobyl site] … Our…


Zelensky Issues Statement After Putin Orders Russian Troops to Enter Eastern Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky issued a statement to the nation after Russian leader Vladimir Putin ordered Russian military troops into eastern Ukraine. Putin on Monday announced that Russia recognizes the independence of Luhansk and Donetsk regions in eastern Ukraine, which are being held by Russian-backed separatist groups. Soon after that, Putin signed a decree issued…


Zelensky Issues Statement After Putin Says Russian Troops Can Enter Eastern Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky issued a statement to the nation after Russian leader Vladimir Putin ordered Russian military troops into eastern Ukraine. Putin on Monday announced that Russia recognizes the independence of Luhansk and Donetsk regions in eastern Ukraine, which are being held by Russian-backed separatist groups. Soon after that, Putin signed a decree issued…


Sanctions Will Follow ‘First Russian Toecap’ in Ukraine, UK’s Johnson Warns

The UK and its Western allies are ready to launch sanctions against Russia “the moment the first Russian toecap crosses further into Ukrainian territory,” British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said. Speaking at a joint press conference in Kyiv on Feb. 1 with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Johnson said the UK and allies “will always stand…


Biden Reassures Allies During Calls With Ukraine’s Zelensky and the Bucharest 9

President Joe Biden, on a call Thursday with President Volodymyr Zelensky, said no decisions or discussions would be made “about Ukraine without Ukraine.” The two leaders took part in a 90-minute phone call Dec. 9 two days after Biden held a video call with Russian President Vladimir Putin in which Biden told Putin the United…


Ukraine Enacts Sanctions Against Dozens of Russian Special Service Employees

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has imposed restrictive measures on dozens of employees of the Russian special services, according to a decree published on Nov. 18 on the presidential website. “[I hereby decree] to activate the Aug. 20, 2021 decision of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council [NSDC] on applying personal special economic and other restrictive…


Ukraine’s Zelensky: Biden Has Handed Russia ‘Bullets’ by Waiving Nord Stream 2 Sanctions

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on June 4 said that he is “disappointed” by U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to lift sanctions on Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline, saying that the leader of the democratic world has essentially provided Russia with “bullets” in doing so. “We [Ukraine] were very surprised,” Zelensky told Axios of the Biden administration’s…