Jan 24 WATCH: State Department briefing following report that Ukraine officials fired over corruption By Associated Press Zelenskyy was elected in 2019 on an anti-establishment and anti-corruption platform in a country long gripped by graft, and the new allegations come as Western allies are channeling billions of dollars to help Kyiv fight against Moscow. Continue reading
Jan 21 Watch 2:11 News Wrap: President Lula fires Brazil’s top army commander In our news wrap Saturday, Brazil’s president fired Gen. Julio Cesar de Arruda after calling some members of the army complicit in the Jan. 9 capital riot, Ukraine’s president attended the funeral of officials killed in a helicopter crash, the… Continue watching
Jan 21 Zelenskyy pays respects to those killed in helicopter crash near Kyiv, Ukraine By Andrew Meldrum, Associated Press Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held an emotional meeting Saturday morning with the families of those who died in a helicopter crash earlier this week. Continue reading
Jan 20 Russia claims it captured village near Bakhmut By Associated Press Russia is claiming its forces have captured a village in an intense and monthslong push toward the eastern Ukraine city of Bakhmut. Continue reading
Jan 18 At the World Economic Forum, Zelenskyy urges allies to speed up push against Russia By Jamey Keaten, Associated Press Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has told political leaders at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, that supplies of Western weapons must come quicker than Russia's attacks. Continue reading
Jan 17 Death toll from Russian strike increases to 45, including 6 children By Andrew Meldrum, Associated Press Officials say the death toll from a weekend Russian missile strike on an apartment building in southeastern Ukraine has climbed to 45. Continue reading
Jan 10 ‘Almost no life left’ as Russia escalates Bakhmut attack, Zelenskyy says By Andrew Meldrum, Associated Press “Everything is completely destroyed. There is almost no life left,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. Continue reading
Dec 28 Watch 4:08 News Wrap: Zelenskyy tells Ukrainians their resistance to Russia inspires the world In our news wrap Wednesday, Ukraine's President Zelenskyy declared that his country's refusal to give in to Russia has inspired the West and the world, the incoming far-right government in Israel said expanding settlements on the occupied West Bank will… Continue watching
Dec 24 Russian shelling in Ukraine’s Kherson leaves at least 10 dead, 55 wounded By Associated Press Russian shells pummeled the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson on Saturday, killing at least 10 people and injuring 55 in the city that Moscow’s troops were forced to abandon last month. Continue reading
Dec 23 Watch 3:32 News Wrap: House passes $1.7 trillion spending bill avoiding government shutdown In our news wrap Friday, the House of Representatives passed the $1.7 trillion spending bill avoiding a government shutdown, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is back home in Kyiv after a trip to Washington that helped secure a new $1.8 billion… Continue watching