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Russians Will Be Needing Visas To Enter Ukraine From July 1

Zelensky Reveals Plans To Slam Visa Policy On Russians In Ukraine

June 18, 2022 5:34 pm

Volodymyr Zelensky who is the Ukrainian President has made an announcement on Friday that Kyiv would be putting plans in motion to introduce visas for Russians from July 1, four months after Moscow’s invaded his country.

“Ukraine will be introducing a visa regime for citizens of the Russian Federation,” Zelensky said on his Telegram account. He said the requirement would take effect on “July 1, 2022”, according to a government decision that he expected “today.”

These fresh sanctions or policies will be tantamount to ending a visa-free travel routine for Russians that began when Ukraine became independent from the Soviet …

Ukrainian Forces Regain Control Over Some Places In Kyiv

April 3, 2022 4:14 am

Odesa, Ukraine‘s strategically important port hub on the Black Sea coast, has been rocked by a series of explosions in the early hours of Sunday morning.

The Odesa city council said a missile attack has targeted an infrastructure structure. It reported smoke billowing into the sky and reporters in the area reported seeing smoke billowing into the sky.

In his latest address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russian forces want to take control of the east and south of the country.

He also stated that Ukrainian …

Putin, Zelensky Meet In Paris Push To End Ukraine War

December 9, 2019 5:00 pm

Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Monday met Ukranian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky for the first time ever at a Paris summit aimed at agreeing measures to help end five years of conflict in the east of Ukraine.

No comprehensive peace deal is expected from the meeting — mediated by French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel — but diplomats hope the summit will help to bolster trust between the two men.

The four-way talks at the Elysee Palace are expected to be followed by a hotly-awaited bilateral between wily ex-KGB agent Putin — in power for two decades — …

Ukraine’s Zelensky defends parliament dissolution in court

June 11, 2019 10:07 am

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday defended his position at the Constitutional Court, which is set to rule on the legality of his decision to dissolve parliament and call for early elections.Zelensky was elected on a wave of popular support amid disillusionment with predecessor Petro Poroshenko. But the former comedian and political novice has struggled to work with lawmakers largely hostile to him.

He announced his intention to dissolve parliament in his inaugural speech on May 21 and signed a decree to this effect shortly afterwards.

As some political analysts called the move unconstitutional, several MPs appealed to the Constitutional

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Ukraine Presidency: Comedian Zelensky wins in landslide

April 21, 2019 4:30 pm

A comedian with no political experience won a landslide victory in Ukraine’s presidential election on Sunday, exit polls showed, dealing a stunning rebuke to the country’s political establishment.

Volodymyr Zelensky, whose only previous political role was playing the president in a TV show, trounced incumbent Petro Poroshenko by taking 73 percent of the vote, according to exit polls conducted by several think tanks.

It was an extraordinary outcome to a campaign that started as a joke but struck a chord with voters frustrated by poverty, corruption and a five-year war in eastern Ukraine that has claimed some 13,000 lives.

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