Volodimir Zelenski

Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said that Berlin wanted to show with the latest package of arms “that Germany is serious in its support” for Ukraine

In a written statement, the Vatican said the two men spoke about Ukraine’s ‘humanitarian and political situation provoked by the war going on’

Li Hui, who will next week travel to five European countries, will be the highest-ranking Chinese official to visit Ukraine since the Russian invasion began

Moscow acknowledges having withdrawn its troops on one flank in Bakhmut while rumors abound on social media of Kyiv’s forces advancing and even preparing to cross the border

The Ukranian leader had been expected to use a video address on Saturday to urge the world continue its support for Ukraine’s fight to repel Russian invasion

Military officials have dismissed speculation that the fighting and forward movement in and around Bakhmut signaled that a much anticipated counteroffensive is underway

Gitanas Nauseda would like to see the Allies send fighter jets and long-range missiles as soon as possible: ‘All the lost time means more broken lives and more destroyed infrastructure’

A Ukrainian counteroffensive against Russia’s invasion has been expected as winter turned to spring, and Zelenskyy said in an interview that “we can go forward and be successful”

The Atlantic Alliance is expected to approve the new strategy, a response to the new geopolitical reality after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, at its Vilnius summit in July

Russia has canceled the annual reception for World War II veterans and the citizens’ march amid heightened tension in the Kremlin after an alleged drone attack

Diplomats and analysts believe Moscow will capitalize on the incident to inflame anti-Western rhetoric. Deputy chairman of the Security Council of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, has called for the ‘elimination of Zelenskiy and his clique’

It is the first known time the country has been able to intercept one of Moscow’s most modern missiles and the first time Ukraine is known to have used the Patriot defense systems

President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed confidence that Vladimir Putin will be convicted of war crimes, while the Kremlin alleged the U.S. was behind what it called an assassination attempt against Putin

A cloud of questions hangs over Russia’s claim that two Ukrainian drones flew into the very heart of Moscow under the cover of darkness, reaching the Kremlin before they were shot down at the last minute

There were no immediate details and no independent verification of the reported attack on the Kremlin, which Russia authorities said occurred overnight but presented no evidence

The EU, NATO and the U.S. have a skeptical view of Xi’s call to Zelensky. The next steps in the conflict will serve as the basis for defining a strategy to bring an end to the war waged by Russia

U.S. support for Ukraine will be tested anew when Congress is again expected to help fund the war to defeat Russia

At least three children were among the fatalities as Moscow hit targets beyond the front lines for the first time in weeks ahead of an anticipated Ukrainian counteroffensive

Xi Jinping’s contact with Zelenskyy this week was followed by skeptical questions about whether Beijing is more focused on ending an invasion it refuses to criticize, or serving its own interests

The president of Brazil assures EL PAÍS from Madrid that the agreement between Russia and Ukraine is possible. “That’s why I try to do my part,” he argues

The call, which officials said lasted nearly an hour, is a significant development in efforts to resolve the conflict

Ukrainian authorities are starting to face up to the scale of the problem the country has, as hundreds of thousands of soldiers head into combat without the mental-health support they need

The commander of the Kharkiv region defends the need to bomb military targets on Russian soil to protect Ukraine and Europe

The Kremlin has given various justifications for going to war, but repeated Thursday that preventing Ukraine from joining NATO was a key goal behind its invasion

The European Commission has proposed ‘extraordinary’ restrictions on some products exported by Kyiv that would allow only for transit through Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Romania

Ukrainian officials have previously said the arrival of Patriot systems, which Washington agreed to send last October, would be a major boost and a milestone in the war against Moscow’s invasion