President Volodymyr Zelensky had a "constructive" phone call with United States President Donald Trump on May 8, discussing the war, continued pressure on Russia, and a potential ceasefire.
The survey, conducted between April 24 and May 4, shows that 56.9% of respondents would not be willing to compromise on either territorial integrity or Ukraine’s pro-Western direction in any potential talks with Moscow.
U.S. Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected the new pope and leader of the Roman Catholic Church on Thursday, taking the name Pope Leo XIV, a senior cardinal announced on May 8 to crowds gathered in St. Peter’s Square, according to Vatican News.
The shooting occurred around 3:22 p.m. local time in Sofiivska Borshchahivka, a residential area in Bucha district, according to the Kyiv regional police.
Lawmakers urged the EU and its member states to step up efforts to hold Moscow accountable through international courts and support for Ukraine’s campaign to bring its children home.
The Kyiv Independent’s Chris York sat down with author, historian, and Russia’s Victory Day celebrations on May 9, which mark the Soviet Union’s role in defeating Nazi Germany in World War II, are one of the country’s biggest public events of the year. President of the Ukrainian Society of Switzerland Andrej Lushnycky who sheds some light on the things Putin would rather you didn’t know about World War II.
Washington’s involvement may also help mitigate political opposition in Europe, while giving the U.S. strategic visibility over future Russian energy flows, sources told Reuters.
President Volodymyr Zelensky, First Lady Olena Zelenska along with Ukrainian military lay flowers and candles to the Holodomor Memorial monument in downtown Kyiv on Nov. 25, 2023. (Volodymyr Zelensky/Telegram)
Russia's large-scale attack on Ukraine overnight on Nov. 25, which coincided with the Holodomor Memorial Day, was "deliberate terror," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
“Over 70 kamikaze (drones were launched) the night dedicated to remembering the victims of the Holodomor genocide. Deliberate terror. At the exact time. Russia’s leadership is proud they can kill,” Zelensky wrote in a Telegram post.
Ukraine’s air defense downed 74 out of 75 drones Russia launched against Ukraine overnight on Nov. 25. Five people were injured in Kyiv as a result of the attack, including an 11-year-old child.
“We are working on strengthening our air defense and downing more (targets). And we continue to work to unite the world against Russian terror. The terrorist state must lose and be brought to justice for what it has done,” said Zelensky.
The Holodomor, which means “murder by starvation” in Ukrainian, is widely considered to be one of Ukraine’s most devastating national tragedies.
A man-made famine brought on by Joseph Stalin’s regime claimed the lives of millions of Ukrainians in just one year between 1932-33.
“And justice is important not in 90 years, but now,” Zelensky said in an address released by his office on Nov. 25.
Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion, more and more countries have come to recognize the Holodomor in Ukraine as genocide. Outside Ukraine, 29 countries, as well as the European Parliament, have recognized it as genocide against the Ukrainian people.
“We will never forget what Ukraine had to go through. And we will definitely put a stop to the new genocide that Russia, inheriting the criminality of totalitarianism, has brought to our land,” Zelensky said in a separate Telegram post later the same day.
Alexander Khrebet is a reporter with the Kyiv Independent. He covers Ukraine’s foreign policy, alleged abuse of power in the country’s military leadership, and reports on the Russian-occupied territories. Alexander is the European Press Prize 2023 winner, the #AllForJan Award 2023 winner and Ukraine's 2022 National Investigative Journalism Award finalist. His was published in the Washington Times and Atlantic Council.
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