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Exclusive: Ukrainian leader says bad peace deal in event of Trump victory would mean end of US as global ‘player’ Donald Trump risks being a “loser president” if he wins November’s election and imposes a bad peace deal on Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said, saying it would mean the end of the US as a global “player”. In an interview with the Guardian in Kyiv, Zelenskiy said he had “no strategy yet” for what to do if Trump returned to the White House, and that the former British prime minister Boris Johnson had approached him on his behalf ..read more

The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has told the Guardian in an exclusive interview that the former prime minister Boris Johnson attempted to build bridges between Kyiv and Donald Trump. Zelenskiy said Johnson spoke to Trump about a delayed US aid package for Kyiv and said Johnson was a 'friend of Ukraine' Zelenskiy: Trump risks being ‘loser president’ if he imposes bad deal on Ukraine ..read more

On Donald Trump, Volodymyr Zelenskiy told the Guardian he did not understand his latest moves, asking: 'Does he want to become a loser president?' In an exclusive interview with the Guardian, the Ukrainian president expressed his concern about what the US under a Trump administration could mean for Russia's war in Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskiy: Russian troops are laughing at and ‘hunting’ Ukrainians Zelenskiy: Trump risks being ‘loser president’ if he imposes bad deal on Ukraine ..read more

Ukrainian president says Beijing is supporting efforts by Moscow to warn leaders off attending Swiss meeting Volodomyr Zelenskiy has accused China of discouraging other countries from attending a peace summit in Switzerland later this month that is aimed at bringing peace to war-ravaged Ukraine. Speaking at Asia’s biggest security conference, the Shangri-La Dialogue, in Singapore, the Ukrainian president sought to rally support among Asia-Pacific nations, urging them to attend the Swiss meeting ..read more

Ukrainians hold 70% of Vovchansk, says army; Zelenskiy in Singapore for security forum. What we know on day 830 A Russian missile strike on residences injured 13 people including eight children in Balakliia town, Kharkiv region, on Saturday, Ukrainian prosecutors said. Prosecutors also announced that recovery operations had concluded at the site of three missile strikes on Friday in the city of Kharkiv, with a death toll of nine, most in a badly damaged apartment building. A military spokesperson, Nazar Voloshin, told national television on Saturday that Ukrainian forces controlled 70% of Vovc ..read more

There is still an expensive war to fight, and if EU and UK politicians insist on using taxpayer funds for it, there will be little left to spend on public services There were hopes that 2024 would be a good year. Economists talked of a soft landing, by which they meant a solid rebound from last year’s high-inflation, high-interest shock. A drop in inflation would spark cuts to the cost of borrowing while trade expanded, unemployment stayed low, and household disposable incomes increased. This cheerful scenario was going to be played out across Europe and allow the EU and UK to pursue many of t ..read more

The comedian’s remarks on a podcast join his cheerleading of genocidal violence and jokes about suffering children in Gaza There are few things certain in life except death, taxes and the knowledge that every single goddamn day you can look at the news and find a rich man complaining about how feminism and wokeness have ruined the world ..read more

From the veteran Modfather to a teenage pigeon fancier: the best original photographs from the Observer commissioned in May 2024 ..read more

Ukraine’s National Grid operator Ukrenergo said the attack damaged energy facilities in five regions In an exclusive interview with the Guardian published on Friday, the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy revealed the tactics and traits that help him face the daily frustrations of leading a country at war for more than two years. Read the wide-ranging interview here ..read more