Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Volodymyr Zelensky chose his venue carefully. Speaking at a summit of Nordic and Baltic leaders gathered in Kyiv on 23 August 2026 to coordinate security and energy policy, Zelensky delivered his most direct public rebuttal yet of allegations that Ukraine orchestrated the destruction of the Nord

Russia hit Ukraine with about 1,900 drones, nearly 1,600 guided bombs and 144 missiles in a single week, Volodymyr Zelensky says, damaging more than 1,500 sites across 16 regions as Kyiv presses allies for faster Patriot deliveries.

Volodymyr Zelensky's estimate of North Korea's planned military contribution to Russia keeps rising. When Ukraine's president first raised the prospect of an expanded deployment, he put the incoming figure at 30,000 additional troops.

Ukraine fired more than 400 fixed-wing attack drones at the Moscow region on 20 July 2026. Zelenskyy confirmed that an oil depot in Noginsk and logistics facilities near Domodedovo airport, roughly 400 kilometres inside Russian territory, were among the confirmed hits.