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Friday briefing: How Gaza, Lebanon and Iran have found themselves caught in an escalation without end

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has [called for face-to-face negotiations](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/04/zelenskyy-calls-for-face-to-face-negotiations-letter-putin-ukraine-russia-trump) in a public

Ukraine to keep targeting Russian energy after hitting sea terminal

Volodymyr Zelenskyy. United States President Donald Trump, whose government mediated several rounds of peace talks

Russian missiles and drones bombard Ukraine in hourslong attack

Volodymyr Zelenskyy's 48-hour trip this week to Germany, Norway and Italy in an urgent

Can Hungary wean itself off Russian energy, as its new leader has promised?

Volodymyr Zelenskyy said oil will flow again through the conduit by the end of April

Ukraine’s long-range strikes prompt new Russian threat against Europe

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, articulating how routine its ability to reach deep inside Russia had become. His deputy

Young Bulgarians hold out for change in eighth election in five years

Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Sofia’s presidential palace. “You would say ‘Putin, please grab Bulgarian territory

‘A defeat for Putin’: Ukrainians hope Magyar’s victory will mark new era with Hungary

Volodymyr Zelenskyy was deliberately delaying repairs, causing a fuel shortage in Hungary, in order to damage

Ukraine police shoot dead gunman who killed six in Kyiv, took hostages

Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a post on X. ![Special Forces Police Unit evacuate the hostage

Investigators examine whether Ukraine terrorist attack was directed by Russia

Volodymyr Zelenskyy](https://www.theguardian.com/world/volodymyr-zelenskiy), speaking in his nightly video address, said police and the security

A mass shooting in Ukraine's capital leaves 6 dead before police shot and killed the gunman

Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he was born in Russia, as authorities worked to piece together a motive

EU eyes Ukraine loan, Israeli settler sanctions, after Hungarian election

Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an interview broadcast on the same day that the pipeline would

EU set to sign off €90bn loan for Ukraine and fresh Russia sanctions – Europe live

Volodymyr Zelenskyy](https://www.theguardian.com/world/volodymyr-zelenskiy) is expected to join the EU leaders in Cyprus in person

EU agrees to unblock €90bn loan for Ukraine after Hungary lifts veto

Volodymyr Zelenskyy](https://www.theguardian.com/world/volodymyr-zelenskiy), welcomed the news as “the right signal under the current

Ukraine says Druzhba pipeline running Russian oil to Europe can resume work

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said a pipeline carrying Russian oil to Europe is ready to resume

Russia strikes Ukraine’s Odesa port, kills railway worker in Zaporizhia

Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin. “We asked the Turks about it, we asked

Ukraine restarts Russian oil to Europe, unblocking 90-billion-euro EU loan

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who has said the pipeline was damaged by Russian attacks in late January

Turkiye making efforts to revive Russia-Ukraine talks, says Erdogan

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has long sought to try to hasten a resolution of the more than

EU formally approves €90bn Ukraine loan and 20th sanctions package against Russia

Volodymyr Zelenskyy](https://www.theguardian.com/world/volodymyr-zelenskiy). Ursula von der Leyen wrote on social media: “We are on our way to Cyprus

EU formally approves 90bn euro Ukraine loan and new sanctions on Russia

Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomed the EU’s approval of the loan. “Today is an important day for our defence

Russian oil exports slump as Ukraine hammers ports and refineries

Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a video address on Sunday, April 19. Russia’s oil transhipments