Despite holding a low opinion of the US president and his negotiators, most Ukrainians have favorable views toward Americans more generally.
Vehicles queue outside a petrol station in St. Petersburg on July 2 as fuel shortages caused by the war in Ukraine affect Russia.
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Crimea has been the symbol of the success of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But now the peninsula is becoming isolated as Kyiv intensifies its attacks.
Friiends and allies: the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, receives the Order of the White Eagle from then Polish president, Andrzej Duda, in 2023.
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The war is increasingly becoming a public humiliation for Russia.
Ukraine’s decision to rebury OUN leader Andriy Melnyk with state honours and rename a special forces unit after the wartime Ukrainian Insurgent Army has created a rupture with Poland. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a joint press conference with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in Kyiv on June 3, 2026.
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Two years after Canada’s parliament unwittingly gave a standing ovation to a veteran of a Nazi SS division, Ukraine’s own president is honouring figures from the same dark chapter of wartime nationalism.
Destruction from the skies: an office building in Kyiv burns after a Russian drone and missile attack on June 2.
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Russia has launched its biggest drone and missile strikes of the war to date. But Ukraine has hit back effectively.
This year’s Victory Day parade in Red Square had none of the military hardware that is a regular feature of the annual May 9 event.
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Russia’s annual Victory Day parade is traditionally a show of military might. But things were different this year.
The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, greets Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, in Copenhagen in October 2025.
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The recent capture of a Russian position using ground robots is a milestone for the use of machines in warfare.
Friends in need: EU leaders including Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European commission, and president of the European Council Antonio Costa meet with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky in Cyprus, April 23 2026.
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There’s no easy way to fasttrack Kyiv into the EU.
A Ukrainian serviceman stands on a drone training field in eastern Ukraine in November 2025. Recent Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian energy infrastructure is proving effective.
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The US president has reportedly told Volodymyr Zelensky he musty hold an election by May 2026.
Volodymyr Zelensky with Ukraine’s commander in chief, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, who is likely to stand as a rival in electons to be held in May 2026.
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There are several credible candidates who might emerge to rival the wartime president.
With hundreds of thousands of troops in the field and millions displaced by the conflict, can Ukraine organise a free and fair election?
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