Volodymyr Zelenskyy reflected on the military situation, diplomatic prospects and the human losses suffered by his country since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022 during an exclusive interview with French public broadcaster France 2.

Volodymyr Zelensky has been talking up Russia’s battlefield fatalities and has asked his new Defense Minister to make it a priority.

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Ukraine's sports minister has said FIFA president Gianni Infantino's bid to lift a ban on Russia competing at youth level are "irresponsible" and "infantile."

"Six-hundred seventy-nine Ukrainian girls and boys will never be able to play football — Russia killed them," Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said after FIFA President Gianni Infantino backed lifting the ban on Russian athletes.