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(Bloomberg) -- A Ukrainian presidential aide rebuked the nation’s top military commander for offering a downbeat assessment on the counteroffensive against Russia, hours after President Volodymyr Zelenskiy pushed back on the idea that the conflict was at a stalemate. Ihor Zhovkva said on national television Saturday night that General Valeriy Zaluzhnyi’s assertion that the fight against Russia was deadlocked “eases the work of the aggressor” and had unnerved Kyiv&#x20...

(Bloomberg) -- European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has arrived in Kyiv and is expected to address lawmakers on Saturday as well as meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Her visit comes days before the European Union is expected to release its assessment of the progress of Ukraine’s reforms needed to start accession talks. Most Read from BloombergAmazon’s Jeff Bezos Announces Move to Miami From SeattleSam Bankman-Fried Convicted of Fraud in Stunning FTX CrashIsrael...

(Bloomberg) -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy pushed back on an NBC report that US and European officials have begun pressuring Kyiv toward possible peace negotiations with Moscow. “I do not know who is publishing this and for what,” Zelenskiy said at a press conference with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. Ukraine’s east and southeast, where Kyiv has been waging a months-long counteroffensive, is “not a gridlock,” Zelenskiy added. W...