Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy was born to Jewish parents on 25 January 1978 in Kryvyi Rih, then in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. [29] [30] [31] His father, Oleksandr Zelenskyy, is a professor and computer scientist and the head of the Department of Cybernetics and Computing Hardware at the Kryvyi Rih State University of Economics and Technology; his mother, Rymma Zelenska, is a ...
The Mariinskyi Palace, official residence of the president of Ukraine, in July 2018. The president of Ukraine is the head of state of Ukraine, directly elected to a five-year term by voting eligible citizens of Ukraine. The officeholder leads the executive branch of the government and is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which began on 24 February 2022, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has made a number of speeches in multiple formats, including on social media and to foreign legislatures. The speeches have received significant attention, with a number of commentators citing a positive effect on Ukrainian morale ...
Trump denied keeping Zelensky out of the peace process, but said "at some point you need to have elections too", and claimed Zelenskyy's opinion poll ratings were "not great". [218] Ukraine and its European allies made clear they were alarmed by Trump unilaterally opening negotiations with Putin and apparently giving concessions to Russia. [219]
In early March, Ukraine intelligence said that Chechen commandos sent to assassinate Zelenskyy had been "eliminated", with help from FSB agents sympathetic to Ukraine. [ 6 ] In February 2022, Redut PMC was ordered on a covert mission in the Kyiv region to infiltrate and eliminate the political leadership and the Ukrainian Secret Service , by ...
An international peace summit in relation to the Russo-Ukrainian War, formally called the Summit on Peace in Ukraine, [1] was held in Bürgenstock Resort in Switzerland [2] on 15–16 June 2024. [3] The conference followed a series of four earlier international meetings, [ 4 ] and was hosted by the Swiss president Viola Amherd . [ 2 ]
A number of foreign leaders have visited Ukraine during the Russian invasion, meeting with the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and other officials, and visiting areas around the country. This list only includes heads of state and government that visited Ukraine while serving as the head of state or government.
Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg: "Ukraine needs a just and sustainable peace, and I therefore strongly welcome President Zelenskyy's ten-point plan to achieve that goal." [ 10 ] President Zelenskyy noted that the Ukrainian peace formula can become a universal basis for ending other military conflicts on the planet and overcoming ...