Volodymyr Zelensky

While Fedorov did not say in his address that he would compete in any election, a recent poll indicated the ex-minister would comfortably beat Zelensky in a runoff vote.

In a separate interview, Zelensky said that if he were sold 10% of the US's Patriot missiles, Ukraine "will destroy all the Russians’ ballistic missiles."

Israel's outgoing envoy to Kyiv believes his tenure should ultimately be judged by what the embassy accomplished amid extraordinary tension during Putin's war on Ukraine.

Ukraine's military has sought to heap pressure on Moscow's war effort in recent months, counterattacking on parts of the 1,200-km front and striking logistics and energy infrastructure.

Khuan Alberto Levya Garsiya, still an active member of the Ukrainian military, said his Russian captors subjected him to every imaginable form of torture during 1,183 days in captivity.

One sailor was killed in the strike last month, which Ukraine later said had been carried out by mistake.

For Kosovars, Ukraine’s suffering was not something distant or abstract. We know what it means to watch civilians flee their homes. That history is one reason Kosovo embraced Ukraine so strongly.

The discussions include an option for Ukraine to build some components for final assembly elsewhere in Europe, the sources added.

The same route that enables Russia to bombard Ukrainian cities with thousands of Shaheds since 2022 is now being used by Zelensky to curb the Kremlin’s war effort

Only one Russian ballistic missile was intercepted overnight on Friday, Zelensky said, “simply because there are no interceptors for the Patriot systems.”