SAMYA KULLAB

Kyiv, Ukraine

Samya Kullab is an Associated Press Ukraine correspondent.

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President Zelensky, right, is greeted by President Trump at the White House, February 28, 2025. — AP/Ben Curtis

America, Ukraine Ink Minerals Deal That Kyiv Hopes Will Bolster Its Long-Term Security Against Russia

Pact signals Washington’s commitment to a ‘peace process centered on a free, sovereign, and prosperous Ukraine,’ Bessent says.

By SAMYA KULLAB

|May 1, 2025|

Foreign

A Ukrainian armored military vehicle travels past a burned car near the Russian-Ukrainian border, Sumy region, Ukraine, August 14, 2024. — AP/Evgeniy Maloletka

Ukraine’s Gamble on an Incursion Into Russian Territory Changes the Battlefield, Even as Questions Linger Over Strategic Aims

Will Ukraine dig in and keep the conquered territory, advance further into Russian territory, or pull back?

By SAMYA KULLAB

|Aug 15, 2024|

Foreign

Russian evacuees queue to receive humanitarian aid at a distribution center at Kursk, August 12, 2024. — AP

Kyiv’s Top Commander: Ukraine Holds Almost 390 Square Miles of Russia’s Kursk Region After Incursion That Embarrassed Moscow

‘Russia brought war to others. Now it is coming home,’ President Zelensky says, as Russian forces scramble to respond to the surprise Ukrainian attack.

By SAMYA KULLAB

|Aug 13, 2024|

Foreign