Volodymyr Zelensky - report

President of Ukraine since 2019

Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy is a Ukrainian politician and former comedian and actor who is the sixth and current president of Ukraine since 2019.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volodymyr_Zelenskyy

2021 2022 2024

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Significant news events for Volodymyr Zelensky

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EU extends suspension of all customs duties, quotas and trade protection measures on Ukrainian exports to the EU for one more year, until June 2024. Cabinet of Ministers approved fast-track for drones – their import no longer requires documents from the expert control service or other authorities.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will ask parliament to dismiss Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov. Reznikov has helped secure billions of dollars of Western military aid for Ukraine but has been dogged by allegations of corruption.
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Netherlands and Denmark announce they will give F-16 warplanes to Ukraine. Training of Ukraine pilots set to begin this month. promise of new fighter jets came the day after an unusually brazen Russian missile strike.
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Russian missiles strike apartments in Zelensky’s home town, killing two and injuring 20. Kremlin officials accused Kyiv of drone strikes in Moscow and Crimea. Ukrainian officials did not say whether Ukraine played a role in those attacks.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky fired his ambassador to the United Kingdom. Vadym Prystaiko had criticised his reaction to recent remarks by British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace. Wallace had suggested Ukraine had not expressed sufficient ‘gratitude’ for Western financial support.
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NATO leaders say Ukraine should be able to join the military alliance at some point in the future. But they stop short of offering Kyiv an immediate invitation. Russia has long opposed Ukraine joining NATO, citing it as a reason for its February 2022 invasion.
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NATO says it's bringing Ukraine "closer" to the alliance, but will not invite the country to join until certain "conditions are met" Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said it was ‘absurd’ and ‘unprecedented’ that no timetable for his country joining. Zelenskiy suggested he had seen a leak of the final text.
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Kremlin calls Zelenskyy's Remark on Alleged Provocation at ZNPP Another Lie. Russian President Vladimir Putin declared on state television that the Ukrainian counteroffensive had "no chance" of succeeding.
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UK, Denmark, Poland, Netherlands and Belgium want to help procure F-16s. US has also endorsed training programmes for Ukrainian pilots. US announced it will send another $300 million worth of military aid to Kyiv.
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Vladimir Putin has congratulated his forces and Wagner mercenaries for the claimed victory. Ukraine on Sunday denied Bakhmut had fallen to Russian troops. President Volodymyr Zelensky suggested it would be a pyrrhic victory.
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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has arrived in Berlin. Visit comes as Berlin announces largest military aid package yet. Package will include 30 Leopard 1 tanks, 15 Gepard anti-aircraft tanks and over 200 reconnaissance drones.
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Germany will provide Ukraine with additional military aid worth more than 2.7 billion euros. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived in Rome for talks with Italian leaders. First visit to the EU and NATO nation since Russia's invasion.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has expressed his disappointment in the decision to award this year's Eurovision Song Contest hosting duties to the UK. The event will be held in Liverpool as a result of the war in Ukraine and the UK's second placed finish last year. The leader said he had a "lot of respect" for the UK and that it is an "amazing country"
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First known contact since Russia's invasion of Ukraine more than a year ago. Zelenskyy has been pleading for a meeting with Xi since last summer. He offered Ukraine as a “bridge to Europe’ for Chinese political and economic influence.
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Poland has been a key ally for Ukraine since Russia’s full-scale invasion last year. Poland has taken in more than a million Ukrainian refugees over the past 13 months. Poland pledged additional Mig-29 fighter jets to Kyiv.
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China called for a cease-fire and peace talks between Ukraine and Russia in a vaguely worded proposal released Friday. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said only the country where a war is being fought should be the initiator of a peace plan. Poland has delivered the first German-made Leopard 2 battle tanks to Ukraine, the Polish news agency PAP reported.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has been invited to address both Houses of Parliament. It is his first visit to the UK since the Russian invasion of his country. He is also due to visit Ukrainian troops currently training in Britain.