Volodymyr Zelensky

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Donald Trump's re-election as US President could have a devastating effect on Ukraine's ability to defend itself (Picture: Scott Olson)

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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer (left) meeting President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, for a bilateral meeting at a hotel in Washington DC, US, ahead of the Nato summit.

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Rescuers clear the rubble of the destroyed Ohmatdyt Children's Hospital following a missile attack in Kyiv

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Rod Stewart displayed an image of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky on a big screen during his show.

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Flags are laid to remember fallen soldiers in Kyiv's Independence Square. Picture: Olga Kuzina

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Oleg Dmitriev of Sunflower Scotland, drove from Edinburgh to eastern Ukraine to donate exercise machinery to a new rehabilitation centre from military veterans.

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Firefighters work on a building partially destroyed after a Russian bombardment in Chernihiv, Ukraine. Picture: AP Photo/Francisco Seco

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Ukrainian honour guards stand as a symbolic illumination called "Ray of Memory" is seen over the graves of Ukrainian soldiers, who died in the war with Russia, at Lychakiv Cemetery in Lviv (Photo by YURIY DYACHYSHYN/AFP via Getty Images)

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Russia's president Vladimir Putin gives an interview to US talk show host Tucker Carlson at the Kremlin in Moscow. Picture: Gavriil Grigorov/AFP via Getty Images

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Broadcaster Tucker Carlson, who left Fox News last year, interviewed Vladimir Putin. Picture: Getty Images

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Men dressed in traditional hutsuls suits sing Kolyadky songs during Christmas celebrations in Kryvorivnia village, Ukraine. Ukraine celebrated Christmas on 25 December for the first time this year in a snub to Russia.

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Russian president Vladimir Putin holding his year-end press conference at Gostiny Dvor exhibition hall in central Moscow. Picture: Alexander Kazakov/AFP via Getty Images

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A man stands next to destroyed houses following a Russian shelling in Kyiv on Monday (Picture: Roman Pilipey/AFP via Getty Images)

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Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky (left) and foreign secretary David Cameron talking ahead of their meeting in Kyiv. Picture: AFP via Getty Images

David Cameron flies to Kyiv for his first overseas visit as foreign secretary

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Scottish Ballet is among arts organisations which could be hurt by government cuts to funding (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

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Robert Fico, lead candidate of the Smer political party, arrives to the press conference the day after Slovak parliamentary elections in which Smer finished in first place with over 23% of votes. Smer ran on a pro-Russian, anti-European Union platform, including advocating an immediate halt to Slovak military aid to Ukraine. Smer will, however, need coalition partners to build a government.

Slovakia’s swing to pro-Russia government a further blow for Ukraine

Black smoke billows over the city of Lviv, in western Ukraine, far from the frontlines, after Russian drone strikes earlier this month (Picture: Yuriy Dyachyshyn/AFP via Getty Images)

Ukraine war: mixed signals among Kyiv’s allies hint at growing conflict fatigue

Volodymyr Zelensky speaks to the U.N. Security Council (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov has been dismissed and will be replaced by Rustem Umerov.

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A Ukrainian soldier fires towards Russian positions at the frontline near the town of Bakhmut, Donetsk region (Picture: Anatolii Stephanov/AFP via Getty Images)

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Investigators examine an area next to a damaged building in the "Moscow City" business district after a reported drone attack in Moscow, early on Tuesday.

Warning of more drone attacks as building targeted twice in three days

Russian President Vladimir Putin attending the Navy Day parade in Saint Petersburg at the weekend.

Warning of 'careful balancing act' as Zelensky says war is ‘returning to Russia’

Ukraine's ambassador to the UK, Vadym Prystaiko, speaks during a prayer service at Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral in London. Picture: Henry Nicholls/AFP via Getty Images

Ukraine's ambassador to UK sacked after Zelensky 'sarcasm' row

Defence secretary Ben Wallace during a press conference at Canada House, London. Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Ben Wallace confirms plans to resign from Cabinet

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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks at the Nato summit in Vilnius, Lithuania. Picture: Paul Ellis - Pool/Getty Images

Sunak rebukes Wallace over claims Ukraine and Zelensky must show 'gratitude'

Ukrainian marines fire a mortar towards Russian positions in the village of Storozhevem, Donetsk region (Picture: Genya Savilov/AFP via Getty Images)

Nato must admit Ukraine as soon as Putin's war is over

US president Joe Biden (left) walks next to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky (right) as he arrives for a visit in Kyiv on February. Picture: Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP via Getty Images

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Members of Wagner group sit atop of a tank in a street in the city of Rostov-on-Don. Picture: AFP via Getty Images

Putin faces major leadership challenge as Wagner forces advance on Moscow

Emergency workers inspect a damaged multi-storey apartment building caused by the latest rocket Russian attack in Kryvyi Rih in Ukraine. Picture: AP Photo/Andriy Dubchak

Deadly Russian missile strikes kill 11 as bomb shelter locked

A local resident sails on a paddle board during an evacuation from a flooded area in Kherson, Ukraine, following damages sustained at Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant dam.

Landmines float in floodwaters as Ukraine and Russia trade accusations

This screen grab from a video posted on Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky's Twitter account shows an aerial view of the dam of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Station after it was partially destroyed. Picture: Twitter/@ZelenskyyUa Twitter acc/AFP via Getty Images

War against Ukraine: Dam explosion a ‘bomb of mass environmental destruction’

Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a press conference at the European Political Community (EPC) Summit near Chisinau, Moldova. The semiannual summit was created last year after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, with the aim of bringing together a broader set of European leaders beyond the 27 members of the European Union.

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A damaged residential building in Dnipropetrovsk region, which was targeted by Russian forces earlier this week.

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(Left to right) European Council president Charles Michel, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, France's president Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, US president Joe Biden and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen are given a tour of the Itsukushima Shrine. Picture: Jacques Witt/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

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Duncan Laurence performs "You'll Never Walk Alone" on stage during The Eurovision Song Contest. Groups of singers from Ukraine joined in via video link, while all entrants in the competition also joined him on stage.

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France entrant La Zarra during the dress rehearsal for the Eurovision Song Contest final at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool. Picture: Aaron Chown/PA Wire

Sunak 'disappointed' Zelensky blocked from address at Eurovision final

Donald Trump is sending the 'wrong message' about US support for Ukraine, according to his own former defence secretary, Mark Esper (Picture: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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Ben Wallace making a statement on Ukraine, to the House of Commons in London on May 11, 2023.

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A woman carries her child past residential buildings in Uman, Ukraine, after they were damaged by Russian missile strikes (Picture: Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images)

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A car hit by the remains of a Russian drone shot down over the Ukrainian capital Kyiv is loaded onto a truck (Picture: Sergei Chuzavkov/AFP via Getty Images)

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