Tag: Ukraine

Putin says Russia not isolated over Ukraine, blames West for frosty...

President Vladimir Putin blamed the West for worsening relations with Russia since the Ukraine crisis and said Moscow would not allow itself to become...

Ukraine accuses Russia of sending in tanks, escalating crisis

Ukraine's military accused Russia on Friday of sending a column of 32 tanks and truckloads of troops into the country's east to support pro-Russian...

Pro-Russian rebels name leader in Ukraine as crisis deepens

Organisers of the vote said that Alexander Zakharchenko, a 38-year-old former mining electrician, had easily won election as head of the "Donetsk People's Republic", an entity proclaimed by armed rebels in the days after they seized key buildings in cities of Ukraine's Russian-speaking east last April.

Ukraine leader wins pro-West mandate but wary of Russia

International observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe gave a further lift to the pro-Western Kiev leadership, saying Sunday's election had "largely upheld democratic commitments" despite the conflict in the east.

Russian hackers target NATO, Ukraine and others

BOSTON- Russian hackers exploited a bug in Microsoft Windows and other software to spy on computers used by NATO, the European Union, Ukraine and...

Ukraine backs off from EU-backed Russia gas deal

Ukraine’s top energy officials vows to keep fighting over both the gas price and Moscow’s claim that Kiev owed it billions of dollars in debt

Ukraine PM says Russians ‘want us to freeze’

The prime minister of the Kiev government accused Russia on Thursday of attempting to freeze Ukraine in the coming winter by using natural gas...

Families of German MH17 victims to sue Ukraine

Survivors of German victims of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 downed over Ukraine plan to sue the country and its president for manslaughter by negligence...

Ukraine says ceasefire violations barring buffer zone creation

The Ukrainian military accused separatists and Russian troops on Sunday of continuing to shoot at government forces despite a September 5 ceasefire and said...

Ukraine demands weapons from US, special security status within NATO

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has demanded NATO to give “special security status” to Ukraine. While addressing the joint meeting of US Congress, Poroshenko insisted that...

Ukraine PM says ‘country still in state of war’

KIEV— Ukraine is "still in a state of war" with neighboring Russia despite a cease-fire between Kiev's forces and Moscow-backed rebels in the east,...

Amnesty accuses Ukraine rivals of war crimes

Amnesty International accused rival fighters in the Ukraine conflict of war crimes including indiscriminate shelling, abductions, torture, and killings, in a report compiled ahead...

Fighting resumes in Ukraine as ceasefire undermined

A deal to end fighting between pro-Russia separatists and Ukraine government forces was signed less than two days ago A woman was reportedly killed in...

Ukraine truce takes hold as West lines up Russia sanctions

Ukraine and pro-Kremlin insurgents appeared to be observing a truce on Saturday that could stem five months of bloodshed but still failed to head...

Paris suspends delivery of warship to Russia over Ukraine

Paris agreed in 2011 to build and sell the two advanced helicopter assault ships to Russia for a total of $1.6 billion France suspended Wednesday...

Ukraine marks defiant national day

Pro-Russia rebels parade Ukrainian captives Ukraine marked its independence day on Sunday with a military march past in Kiev intended to send a message of...

Dozens die in Ukraine in street battles, Donetsk shelling

Heavy shelling hit residential neighbourhoods in Ukraine's rebel stronghold of Donetsk and government forces fought street battles in other towns on Wednesday as they...