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“Hungary is on Hungary’s side,” its prime minister, Viktor Orban, said in a statement on Saturday, in response to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s calls for Budapest to quit sitting on the fence in the conflict between Kiev and Moscow. Orban said that, while his country could not “be indifferent” to …

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky gave a video address on Wednesday morning in which he spoke about the peace talks between Ukraine and Russia. “Difficult? Yes, very. Sometimes scandalous, but we are moving forward step by step,” he said, adding that peace talks are conducted almost every day.  Among the other …

Russia has said that Kiev’s idea to put peace deal terms up for a referendum will only hurt the ongoing talks. Moscow launched a military campaign against Ukraine late last month. “We’re convinced that putting [the terms] before the public at this moment can only undermine the negotiations that are …

Calls for the killing of Russian children or the castration of prisoners of war are absolutely unacceptable and ruin Ukraine’s image as a civilized European country, a senior adviser to President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday. Responding to two recent public scandals, Alexey Arestovich called on Ukrainians to respect the …

Following an open letter from EU politicians, Norwegian Nobel Institute’s director Olav Njølstad has stated that the Nobel Peace Prize Committee will not be able to extend its deadline past January 31 to make the nomination of Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky possible. “As of today, the Norwegian Nobel Committee has …

President Volodymyr Zelensky criticized Israel for not doing enough to help Kiev battle Russian forces during an address to the country’s parliament on Sunday. His attempt to evoke the specter of the Holocaust and draw comparisons with the Russian offensive in Ukraine triggered a harsh pushback from Israeli lawmakers. In …

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky revealed the true stance of the US-led NATO alliance on Kiev’s prospects of joining, in an interview with CNN on Sunday. While refusing in private to accept the country, the alliance has maintained a public illusion of a potential accession, he claimed. The ongoing conflict with …

Ukraine will not compromise when it comes to its “territorial integrity,” but is determined to continue negotiations with Russia to bring an end to the war, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said. Asked by CNN’s Fareed Zakaria on Sunday to comment on Moscow’s demands, which include the recognition of Crimea as …

An adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Alexey Arestovich, said on Saturday that former president Petro Poroshenko is partly responsible for the ongoing conflict with Russia. The official pointed the finger at Poroshenko’s decision to write NATO aspirations into the country’s constitution. The clause, outlining Kiev’s pathway to becoming a …

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov discussed Russia’s standoff with the US and other Western nations in an interview with RT on Friday, and outlined the direction in which Moscow is moving. He said the West had encouraged Ukraine to turn into an “anti-Russia,” and now its leader is trying to …