Tag: Ukraine

17 die in fire at Ukraine home for elderly

Seventeen people died when an unlicenced home for elderly people outside the Ukrainian capital Kiev caught fire in the early hours of Sunday, a...

Kidnapped Ukrainian woman recovered after three years

A 31 year old Katrina, a Ukrainian national, was recovered from Mithi city and reunited with her family after three years in captivity. According to...

Embattled Ukraine PM Yatsenyuk resigns

The tough-talking prime minister’s decision comes barely two months after he survived a no-confidence vote in his government.

Ukraine truimph to go level at the top of World Cup...

Winter Olympic champions Olena Pidhrushna and Valj Semerenko helped Ukraine to biathlon 4.6km relay World Cup victory in Ruhpolding, Germany on Sunday. With compatriots Iryna...

Ukraine lawmaker manhandles PM Yatseniuk in rowdy parliament scenes

Fighting broke out among members of Ukraine’s ruling coalition on Friday after a member of President Petro Poroshenko’s bloc physically picked up Prime Minister...

Ukraine bans Russia’s airlines from crossing its airspace

Ukraine on Wednesday banned all Russian airlines from crossing its airspace in the latest escalation between the two neighbours 19 months into the separatist...

Russia vetoes UN tribunal to investigate MH17 crash in Ukraine

Russia has blocked a UN Security Council resolution that would have created an international tribunal to prosecute those responsible for bringing down Malaysia Airlines...

Russia stages war’s victory parade, draws rebuke from Ukraine

Thousands of troops marched across Moscow's Red Square on Saturday and tanks rumbled through streets to mark the 70th anniversary of victory over Nazi...

Russia supplying weapons, troops to Ukraine separatists: report

NATO believes that Russia has supplied more troops and weapons to pro-Russian separatists in east Ukraine, a German newspaper reported on Sunday. "We have noticed...

Kerry says considering extra sanctions on Russia over Ukraine

Secretary of State John Kerry said on Saturday the United States and its allies were not prepared to play games with Russia and are...

Rebels fighting for more territory ahead of Ukraine ceasefire

Fighting intensified in eastern Ukraine on Saturday as separatist rebels tried to seize more territory before a ceasefire takes effect at midnight, the Ukrainian...

Ukraine peace roadmap agreed, but Europe sceptical

A new peace roadmap aimed at ending the 10-month war between Ukraine and pro-Moscow rebels was agreed in Belarus Thursday, but Germany's Chancellor Angela...

EU draft would extend Russia sanctions over Ukraine escalation

The EU has prepared a draft statement for the foreign ministers of its 28 members to agree to extend sanctions against Russia by six...

Obama vows to ratchet up pressure on Moscow over Ukraine

US President Barack Obama blamed Russia on Sunday for the fighting that has flared anew between government troops and separatists in eastern Ukraine, and...

Merkel speaks with Putin, Poroshenko on Ukraine

German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke Saturday with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine’s Petro Poroshenko on the situation in Ukraine, the German government spokesman...

Ukraine takes historic step toward NATO

Ukraine took a historic step toward NATO on Tuesday in a parliamentary vote that stoked Russia’s anger ahead of talks on ending the ex-Soviet...

Mother of German MH17 victim takes Ukraine to human rights court

The mother of a victim of downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 has begun legal proceedings against Ukraine at the European Court of Human Rights,...