bodyType

customContents

entityId

entityUuid

articlePageQuery

filter

article

articleBaseAdvertisingInfoArticle

articleListArticle

articleSeoArticle

hooksArticleAcknowledgementGateOverlayArticle

hooksTrackPageViewArticle

hooksContentInterestArticle

articleLinkingDataContent

hooksAmpRedirectArticle

articleSchemaContent

liveArticle

advertZone

sentiment

contentLock

topics

types

sections

paywallTypes

createdDate

publishedDate

sponsorType

urlAlias

moreOnThisArticles

commentCount

authorLocations

authors

corrections

displaySlideShow

multimediaEmbed

printHeadline

seriesContainer

articleSpeeches

socialHeadline

headline

images

flag

firstTopic

glossary

flattenTypeIds

image

relatedLinks

relatedNewsletters

__typename

sponsor

pdfFiles

seriesReverseOrder

series

disableOffPlatformContent

published

updatedDate

summary

subHeadline

body

keywords

readingTime

customTimezone

liveContents

Reuters

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday that all-out war with neighbouring Russia was a possibility, and that he wanted to have a substantive meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
Asked at the Yalta European Strategy (YES) summit if there could really be all out-war with Russia, which seized the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine in 2014 and backs pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine’s east, Zelensky said: “I think there can be.”
“It’s the worst thing that could happen, but unfortunately there is that possibility,” he added, speaking in Ukrainian.
Kyiv says the conflict in eastern Ukraine has killed 14,000 people since 2014.
US will abandon Ukraine like Afghanistan, Russian official says
Zelensky said relations with the United States had improved, but bemoaned the fact that Ukraine had not received a clear answer to its request to join the Nato military alliance – a move that would be certain to infuriate Moscow.
“We have not received … a direct position on Ukraine’s accession to Nato,” he said. “Ukraine has been ready for a long time.”
He said a refusal to admit Ukraine would weaken Nato while playing into Russia’s hands.
Tensions between Kyiv and Moscow increased earlier this year when fighting in eastern Ukraine intensified and Russia massed more troops near the border.


Moscow accused Ukraine of losing interest in peace talks, while Zelensky pushed in vain for a meeting with Putin in the conflict zone.
“Honestly, I don’t have time to think about him,” Zelensky said on Friday.
“I’m more interested in whether we can really meet substantively, not declaratively as he does with some states,” he added.
“It seems to me that today … they do not see the sense in resolving issues. End the war and resolve conflict issues quickly – they don’t want this.”


Secret nuclear testing claims, military AI race: 7 US-China relations reads

Starmer urges Europe to deepen interdependence amid Trump threats

Western pressure on Russian oil trade brings Indonesia into focus

US forces board another tanker in Indian Ocean after tracking it from Caribbean

Russia

Ukrainian president says war with Russia a possibility

Russian troops take part in a military drill near Ukraine’s border. File photo: AFP

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Photo: AFP

G7 scolds China and Russia over ‘threats, bullying and rights abuses’ in vote of support for Taiwan and Ukraine

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson (centre) and Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab (left) posing for a photograph with other delegates during the G7 foreign ministers meeting in London on Wednesday. Photo: Niklas Halle'n/European Commission via AFP

Can Ukraine deploy US-made weapons against the Russians?

Ukrainian servicemen ride in armoured vehicles with Javelin anti-tank missiles. File photo: AFP

A Ukrainian soldier launches a US anti-tank Javelin missile during military training in 2018. File photo: AP

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visits the war-hit Donbas region, eastern Ukraine. Photo: AP

A Ukrainian soldier observes pro-Russian rebel positions near Donetsk, Ukraine. Photo: AP

News

World

Russia & Central Asia


Volodymyr Zelensky said he wanted to have a substantive meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin
Tensions between Kyiv and Moscow increased earlier this year when Russia massed more troops near Ukraine’s border



Volodymyr Zelensky said he wanted to have a substantive meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.


Ukraine

Vladimir Putin

War and conflict