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On 18 June 2015, Yanukovych was officially deprived of the title of President of Ukraine. [2] The sixth and current president is Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who defeated Poroshenko in the 2019 presidential election and was inaugurated on 20 May 2019.
Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych [b] (born 9 July 1950) is a Ukrainian (until 2014) and Russian politician who served as the fourth president of Ukraine from 2010 to 2014. [4] He also served as the prime minister of Ukraine several times between 2002 and 2007 and was a member of the Verkhovna Rada (parliament) from 2006 to 2010.
[8] Later that day, he posted another video of a short speech addressing the ongoing Russian assault on Kyiv, urging Kyiv residents to fight back "any way you can." [9] On 24 February, Zelensky had teleconferenced with European Union leaders. [10] On 26 February, he posted a short speech warning against disinformation that he had fled Kyiv. [11]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, right, awards a serviceman at the site of the heaviest battles with the Russian invaders in Bakhmut, Ukraine, Dec. 20. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office ...
WASHINGTON — “It’s too much for me,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told members of Congress at the beginning of a powerful, often emotional address Wednesday evening in which he ...
On 5 July 1991, the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR passed a law establishing the post of the "President of the Ukrainian SSR". The title was changed to "President of Ukraine" upon the proclamation of independence on 24 August 1991, simultaneously making then-Speaker of the parliament Leonid Kravchuk acting president.
Biden also said he was authorizing $5.5 billion in presidential draw-down authority in order to fully use the funds Congress appropriated to send U.S. military equipment to Ukraine and replenish U ...
Met with President Klaus Iohannis, Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu, Senate President Nicolae Ciucă, and Acting President of the Chamber of Deputies President Alfred Simonis. [86] Zelenskyy was initially scheduled to address the Parliament , but it was cancelled after some lawmakers expressed Russian support over the war.