Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis emphasized Greece's support for Ukraine in a joint press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after a bilateral meeting on Monday in Athens.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Tuesday evening he believed Ukraine would not recognise the so-called Kosovo as, by doing so, it would lose all political credibility and "all trump cards it has in its hands" in a day.

Vucic said this in response to a reporter's question about recent comments that Ukraine will recognise the so-called Kosovo.

NATO leaders prepared to provide Ukraine with more military assistance for fighting Russia but only vague assurances of future membership as the alliance's summit draws to a close on July 12. 

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was received by Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomaios in Istanbul, Turkey, on Saturday morning.

Zelenskyy participated in a memorial prayer for the victims of the war in Ukraine in the Cathedral of St George in the district of Phanar.

President Joe Biden on Friday defended what he said was a "difficult decision" to provide cluster munitions to Ukraine, a move the administration said was key to the fight and buttressed by Ukraine's promise to use the controversial bombs carefully.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan expressed support early on July 8 for Ukraine joining NATO, saying the war-torn country deserves to join the alliance.

According to a post on that social network, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was visiting the Kherson region, which was hit by a flood wave after the Kakhovka dam was blown up yesterday, June 8.
A video of his visits to that region, from which thousands of people were evacuated, was also published.

Russian forces Thursday shelled a southern Ukrainian city inundated by flooding in a catastrophic dam collapse, Ukrainian officials said, forcing a suspension of some rescue efforts hours after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy went to the area to assess the damage.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen hailed Ukraine as "the beating heart of today's European values" in a deeply symbolic visit to Kyiv on Tuesday as Russia marked its World War Two Victory Day.

A massive fire erupted at an oil reservoir in Crimea after it was hit by a drone, a Russia-appointed official there reported Saturday.

Mikhail Razvozhayev, the Moscow-installed governor of the Black Sea peninsula's port city of Sevastopol, posted videos and photos of the blaze on his Telegram channel.