Volodymyr Zelenskiy

A Ukrainian airplane carrying 176 people crashed on Jan. 8 shortly after take-off from Tehran's main airport, killing all onboard, state TV reported.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says there was "no blackmail" in a phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump that helped spark an impeachment inquiry.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called the Ukraine inquiry a "silly gotcha game" on Saturday.
"This is what's wrong when the world doesn't focus on the things that are right, the things that matter, the things that impact real people's lives and instead you get caught up in some silly gotcha game."

Ukrainians are voting in an early parliamentary election in which the new party of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is set to take the largest share of votes.

Ukrainian TV star Volodymyr Zelenskiy was sworn in as the country's new president on May 20, promised to stop the war in the country's east against Russian-backed separatists and immediately disbanded parliament, which he has branded as a group only interested in self-enrichment.

Ukrainian comedy actor Volodymyr Zelenskiy won the presidential election with a crushing lead before the current head of state Petro Poroshenko. This indicates the first predictions of a exit poll announced after the end of the vote.