Ukraine News One
Russians protest Putin: pro-democracy demonstrators march through Saint Petersburg
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- Russians protest Putin: pro-democracy demonstrators march through Saint Petersburg
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- 10 years ago
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- Thousands of people marched through the streets of Saint Petersburg during a pro-democracy demonstration, as tensions between Russia and Ukraine continued to deepen. Participants waved Russian and Ukrainian flags and chanted slogans against Vladimir Putin and his government's aggression toward Ukraine.
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- EU Promises Ukraine Financial Assistance: Brussels to offer Kyiv economic aid alongside IMF
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- 10 years ago
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- European Council President Herman Van Rompuy says the EU is ready to provide economic aid to Ukraine in cooperation with the International Monetary Fund.
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- Russian Economy Enters Recession: IMF says Kremlin intervention in Ukraine scaring investors away
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- 10 years ago
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- The International Monetary Fund is predicting a stormy economic future for Russia in the coming months. The country is expecting severely reduced growth and capital flight as the threat of sanctions scares off investors and puts pressure on the Russian economy.
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- Russian anti-war march: thousands protest in Saint Petersburg over Kremlin aggression in Ukraine
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- 10 years ago
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- Thousands of residents took to the streets of Russia's second city Saint Petersburg, marching to show support for democracy in Russia and Ukraine.
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- International Lifeline for Ukrainian Economy: IMF approves USD 17 billion aid programme for Ukraine
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- 10 years ago
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- The International Monetary Fund has approved a USD 17 billion two-year aid programme for Ukraine to help prop up the country's faltering economy. As part of the agreement, Kyiv will implement sweeping austerity measures and other reforms.
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- UN Security Council members debate Ukraine crisis: Russia blamed for escalating separatist unrest
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- 10 years ago
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- The United Nations Security Council has met to debate the deteriorating situation in Ukraine and reiterate its demands for Russia to reign in armed separatists who continue to fuel unrest in key cities in the country's eastern regions.
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- Giant Shark Video: Sighting of huge Great White Shark forces beach closures in Australia
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- A large Great White Shark forced the closure of several beaches in the west Australian city of Perth. The five-metre shark was sighted off the Floreat Groyne at City Beach in the morning hours, local media said, quoting Surf Life Saving Western Australia.
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- Ukraine High Alert: Army drills in Kyiv as country responds to threat of Russian military invasion
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Snap security drills were held overnight in Ukrainian capital Kyiv involving around a hundred soldiers with assault rifles and machine guns who rode on armoured personnel carriers. The exercise came as acting President Oleksandr Turchynov announced that the Ukrainian armed forces had been put on full alert in response to continued Russian aggression.
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- Ukraine Chief Prosecutor: Yanukovych led mafia-style syndicate which stole $100 billion from Ukraine
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Ukraine's chief prosecutor has accused the country's former president Viktor Yanukovich of heading a mafia-style syndicate whose crimes cost the former Soviet republic up to USD 100 billion and said some of the stolen money was now being used to fund Russian-backed separatists.
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- World's Biggest Democracy Votes: India's 815 million voters continue to cast ballots
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- 10 years ago
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- Voting in the world's most populous democracy is continuing as about 815 million Indians cast ballots in a general election.
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- Ukrainian Army Trains in Kyiv: Military patrols in Ukrainian capital amid Russian invasion threat
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- 10 years ago
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- Around a hundred soldiers with assault rifles and machine guns arrived in Kiev on Armoured Personnel Carriers before sunrise to hold a snap security drill.
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- EU Pledges Ukraine Support: Van Rompuy vows to provide Kyiv with economic backing
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- 10 years ago
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- The EU is prepared to provide economic aid to Ukraine in cooperation with the International Monetary Fund, the European Council President Herman Van Rompuy said on Wednesday. Speaking in the Czech Republic, he praised the Ukrainian government for taking steps towards fulfilling agreements made in Geneva earlier this month, in an international effort to de-escalate the crisis in Ukraine
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- Russian Unrest in East Ukraine: Kremlin-backed insurgents cement control of Donetsk region
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- 10 years ago
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- Pro-Russian separatists in the eastern-Ukrainian city of Luhansk occupy official buildings a day after seizing them with little resistance from local authorities.
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- Putin denies Russian soldiers in East Ukraine: Kremlin accused of using troops to stir up separatism
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- 10 years ago
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- Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that there are no Russian military servicemen or security forces in Ukraine. The claim comes following new sanctions on the Kremlin from the US, which target individuals and companies believed to be part of Putin's inner circle.
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- Ukrainian Police 'Helpless': Acting President says police demoralised by Kremlin-backed insurgency
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- 10 years ago
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- Ukraine's acting President Oleksandr Turchynov has said that six more of the country's eastern regions are under threat from pro-Russian separatists during the upcoming May holidays after the recent spate of building seizures in the cities of Luhansk and Donetsk.
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- Pro-Moscow separatists seize Luhansk: Kyiv losing control in Donbass regional capital
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Hundreds of pro-Moscow separatists stormed government buildings in Luhansk, and fired on police holed up in a regional headquarters, a major escalation of their revolt despite new Western sanctions on Russia. After taking control of the building separatist mounted Russian flags over the building, while police did nothing to intervene. At least 20 rebel gunmen opened fire with automatic weapons and threw stun grenades at the headquarters of the region's police, trying to force those inside to surrender their weapons. The Pro-Russia rebels also seized the prosecutor's office and the television center.
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- A World Cup Trophy for Every Brazilian: Brazil fan transforms home into trophy replica factory
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Brazilian football fan Jabas Carlini has turned his home into a mini trophy factory for the beautiful game. Mixing the plaster necessary to replicate football's ultimate prize, his home has become something of a shrine to one of Brazil's biggest passion football.
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- Merkel Warns Russia: German Chancellor tells Moscow to stop interfering in Ukraine
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- 10 years ago
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- German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said Russia has no right to interfere in decisions being made in Ukraine, hours after the US and EU announced further sanctions aimed at targeting close allies of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Merkel is meeting US President Barack Obama this week to discuss further possible measures against Putin
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- Lawlessness in East Ukraine: Pro-Russian mobs go unchallenged as demoralised police struggle
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Ukraine's authorities are under fire as they continue to struggle to exercise control across vast swaves of the country's eastern regions. As pro-Russian militia activity continues to spread unchallenged, the beleaguered pro-EU government in Kyiv is battling to deal with a police force, largely demoralised, unpaid and often plagued by split allegiances between Moscow and the West.
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- Crisis in East Ukraine: Pro-Kremlin separatists claim attack by Ukrainian army
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Pro-Russian separatists say they rebuffed an early-morning attack by Ukrainian soldiers to dismantle a roadblock at the entrance to the eastern-Ukrainian city of Slovyansk, but elsewhere in the city, the morning passed peacefully.
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- US Sanctions Hit Putin Allies: Seven officials targeted as pro-Russian separatist seizures continue
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- The US has announced more sanctions against seven Russian government officials and 17 companies, all close allies of President Vladimir Putin. Visa bans and asset freezes were some of the measures announced in response to Russia's military intervention into Ukraine
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- Finding Stolen Ukrainian Assets: International forum vows to hunt down property stolen by Yanukovych
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- An international meeting aimed at helping Ukraine's government recover assets stolen by former President Viktor Yanukovych is being held in London. The two day talks, jointly organized by Britain and the US, are being used to discuss how to trace and retrieve stolen assets across international borders
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- Luhansk Separatist Takeover: Armed pro-Russian militants seize state buildings unopposed
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Hundreds of pro-Russian separatists have seized the regional government headquarters in Luhansk, unopposed by more than one hundred members of Ukraine's newly formed National Guard. The storming of the government building demonstrated the lack of control of central government over swathes of eastern Ukraine
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- Donetsk Ukrainian Unity Rally Ambushed: Pro-Kremlin militants attack peaceful protesters
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Dozens of masked armed men dressed in military fatigues and wielding baseball bats attacked a 2,000-strong peaceful Ukrainian unity rally in Donetsk on Monday, injuring several people. The masked group threw firecrackers and stun grenades into the rally crowd, which included women and children
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- Slovyansk Hostage Negotiations: Russia urged to influence separatists to release OSCE observers
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Germany has urged Russia to step-up efforts to help secure the release of seven abducted European military observers from the eastern Ukrainian city of Slovyansk. German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen said that her country would not be bullied and that the observers' detention will not jeopardize their involvement in further mission
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- Yanukovych accused of stealing $32 billion and using funds to back pro-Kremlin separatists
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- The former president of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych exported at least USD 32 billion to Russia when he fled to the country after being ousted from power following the murder of more than 100 people protesting against his rule. Acting Prosecutor General Oleg Makhnitskiy has said despite all country's cooperating with Ukraine, Russia refuses to acknowledge the charges and expatriate Yanukovych who is wanted for mass-murder, unlawful appropriation of state property and carrying out illegal financial transactions. Makhnitskiy went on to say the money stolen by Yanukovych and his circle is being used to finance separatism in Ukraine, paying daily fee's to the armed and masked militia taking control of many key buildings in the country's east.
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- East Ukraine Assassination Attempt: Kharkiv mayor Kernes flown to Israel for treatment
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- The mayor of the east Ukraine city of Kharkiv, who was wounded critically after being shot in the back by an unknown assailant, has been flown to Israel for treatment. Israeli doctors decided after examining his wounds that mayor Hennadiy Kernes could be transported and he was flown out early on April 29. He is now being treated at Elisha, a private hospital in the northern coastal city of Haifa.
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- Patrolling NATO Skies: Polish fighter jets deploy to Lithuania as Russia threatens Ukraine
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- The first Polish fighter-jets have landed at the Lithuanian Air Force Aviation Base in Šiauliai on 29 April. The first jets landed in Šiauliai, northern Lithuania, at 1 p.m. local time, while the other two should arrive at about 4 p.m., the Defence Ministry's Public Relations Department said. The Polish aviators who will guard the Baltic skies until the end of August will take over the defense functions from US airmen who just finished their four-month mission. The official changeover ceremony is scheduled for 30 April. Tensions in the region have increased following the Russian annexation of Ukraine's Crimea and capture of government buildings throughout eastern Ukraine.
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- Luhansk Separatist Escalation: Pro-Russian mob storms buildings and disarms national guard
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- 10 years ago
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- Some 150 Ukrainian National Guard troops turned in their weapons and allowed a crowd of several thousand pro-Russian protesters to take control of the Luhansk Regional Administration building on 29 April. Pro-Russian protesters in the city weeks ago captured the city's regional branch of the Ukrainian State Security Service. Kremlin-backed protesters also control the headquarters of the Donetsk Regional Administration building, as well as more than a dozen other government buildings in Donbas in eastern Ukraine.
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- English Premier League Title Race: Mourinho praises Chelsea's winning defensive display in Liverpool
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho says his team produced a 'fantastic performance' in their away-win 2-0 victory over Liverpool.
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- Luhansk Headquarters Seized: Pro-Russia mob captures Ukrainian regional adminstration building
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Thousands of pro-Russian protesters on 29 April stormed the Luhansk Regional Administration, taking full control of the building, one of more than a dozen government seized in eastern Ukraine over the past several months. Cordons of police stood aside, and no violence was reported.
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- Putin opponent dismisses sanctions: Khodorkovsky says economic sanctions won't be effective
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- 10 years ago
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- As the US and EU continue to mull over further economic sanctions against Russia, former oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky has warned any retaliatory actions could have a limited affect in the short term.
Khodorkovsky accused Russia of being complicit in violence against protesters in Kiev's Independence Square, who overthrew former President Viktor Yanukovych. He urged people to try and comprehend how the crisis in Ukraine is understood from a Russian perspective.
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- Kremlin Crimean Medal Blunder: February medal date suggests Russia's Crimea invasion was pre-planned
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- 10 years ago
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- Vladimir Putin has long claimed that Russia's annexation of Crimea came about as a reaction to the peninsula's decision to break away from Ukraine following that country's revolution. But photos of a medal commemorating the annexation suggest that the move was planned by Moscow long in advance.
The medal, given to Crimea's self-proclaimed Prime Minister Sergei Aksyonov, marks February 20 as the beginning of the operation to bring Crimea under Russian rule. That date on the medal is before the pro-Russian movement in Crimea began and before Ukraine's pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovyuch left office, suggesting it was made in advance.
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- Russia strengthens North Korea ties: Isolated Kremlin gives fire trucks to reclusive Stalinist ally
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Russia's government has gifted North Korea 50 fire trucks as a good will gesture to the reclusive state. Video footage from Pyongyang's state TV shows a Kremlin delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Trutnev posing for photos at the grandiose ceremony.
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- East Ukrainians living with armed insurgency: many Slovyansk residents tired of separatist standoff
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- 10 years ago
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- Residents of Slovyansk say they are tired of the standoff in eastern Ukraine and hoped the crisis would end peacefully. The city has been the epicentre of activity for armed, masked Russian-backed separatists who have seized buildings and called for separation from Ukraine. The separatists are detaining European military monitors they say they would like to trade for prisoners in Kiev.
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- East Ukraine Separatist Destabilization: Kremlin-backed militant cement hold on Kostyantynivka
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Armed pro-Russian militants seized a city council building and a police station in Kostiantynivka, a city in eastern Ukraine's restive Donetsk region.
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- US Tornado Tragedy: Devastating tornadoes kill at least 16 in Arkansas, Oklahoma and Iowa
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- The south-central United States have been hit by a wave of devastating tornadoes, leaving at least 16 people dead in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Iowa. Entire neighbourhoods have been wiped out, with rescue workers searching through rubble for survivors.
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- Israelis mark Holocaust Remembrance Day: Jewish state comes to standstill to honor victims
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- 10 years ago
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- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Shimon Peres laid a wreath at Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem as the Jewish state marked Holocaust Memorial Day.
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- US Sanctions Target Putin Inner Circle: Kremlin penalized for orchestrating East Ukraine unrest
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- The United States has slapped sanctions against seven more Kremlin officials and 17 Russian companies linked to Russian President Vladimir Putin. The move is the latest attempt to punish Moscow for its intervention in Ukraine, a charge denied by Russian officials. The White House said the seven Russians, who include Igor Sechin, head of Russia's major oil company Rosneft and a close ally of Putin, are now subject to a freeze on any assets they hold in the United States and a ban on US travel. In addition, the United States will deny export license applications for any high-technology items that could contribute to Russian military capabilities. The White House said the US commerce and state departments will revoke any existing export licenses that meet these conditions,
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- Ukraine signs EU gas deal: Slovakia pipeline flow will help Kyiv reduce dependence on Russia
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- 10 years ago
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- Slovakia and Ukraine have signed a deal that will allow the European Union to provide a limited amount of natural gas to Ukraine if Russia decides to cut its supply. While the deal could help soften the blow if Russia cuts its gas supply amid the crisis between the two countries, the agreement is not as far-reaching as leaders in Kyiv had hoped. Under the deal, Slovakia will make technical adjustments to an old unused pipeline to ship around 8-9 billion cubic metres of gas starting in the autumn. Russia's annexation of the Crimean Peninsula and the continuing turmoil in Ukraine's east has set off the most serious east-west crisis since the Cold War and raised the possibility of a gas crisis in Europe.
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- Ukraine-Slovakia gas deal: EU to supply gas to Ukraine to ease dependence on Russian energy
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Kyiv names Russian commander in East Ukraine: Colonel Igor Vsevolodovich Girkin known as Strelkov
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Ukrainian security officials have identified a separatist in Slovyansk, providing what they said is evidence of direct Russian involvement in the crisis in eastern Ukraine. Kremlin-backed insurgents in recent weeks have captured government buildings in more than 10 cities in Donetsk province. Ukraine's intelligence services on April 28 said the real name of the Russian agent acting under the pseudonym of Igor Strelkov in Slovyansk is Russian intelligence Colonel Igor Vsevolodovich Girkin. Meanwhile, a group of 30 armed men wearing camouflage uniforms and balaclava masks drove up to a police station in Konstyantynivka near Slovyansk. The move marked the first attempt to commandeer a government building in the region in over a week
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- Sniper Shoots Kharkiv Mayor: Kernes in critical condition after East Ukraine assassination attempt
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- 10 years ago
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- Hennadiy Kernes, the mayor of Ukraine's eastern city of Kharkiv, is in serious condition after he was shot in the back while riding his bicycle. A spokeswoman for the local government said Kernes was likely shot by someone hidden in a forested area along the route the mayor takes nearly every day. Kernes, who has led Ukraine's second largest city since 2010, was outspoken in his criticism of the protest movement in Kyiv which ousted former President Viktor Yanokovych earlier this year. Ukraine's new leaders accused him of promoting separatism after he called for independence for eastern regions of the country, although in recent weeks he has advocated for a united Ukraine.
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- US to offer Ukrainians 10-year visas: extension seen as show of support by Washington for Kyiv
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- 10 years ago
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- The US Embassy has started allowing Ukrainians to obtain a 10 year visa. On a statement on its website, it said the extension will affect the lives of tens of thousands of Ukrainians who now have the ability to travel back and forth for a decade without any renewal.
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- Pope Francis leads historic Vatican canonisations: Popes John Paul II and John XXIII become saints
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- 10 years ago
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- It was an unprecedented day in the history of the Catholic Church. Pope Francis declared two of his predecessors, Popes John Paul II and John XXIII as saints during a ceremony at the Vatican.
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- Kharkiv Mayor Shot: Hennadiy Kernes in serious condition following suspected sniper attack
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- 10 years ago
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- Hennadiy Kernes, the mayor of Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest city, is in serious condition after being shot in the back while riding his bicycle.
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- Militants Occupy Konstyantynivka: Kremlin-backed separatists seize police station in East Ukraine
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- 10 years ago
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- Ukraine's Interior Ministry says that a a group of 30 armed men wearing camouflage uniforms and balaclava masks drove up to a police station in the small city of Konstyantynivka. The move marked the first attempt to commandeer a government building in the region in over a week. No one was hurt, the ministry said.
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- Russian fighters in East Ukraine: armed militant displays Russian passport for Vice News reporter
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- 10 years ago
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- Vice News has released a report in which reporter Simon Ostrovsky speaks with a man in eastern Ukraine who came from Russia to help separatists resist rule by Kyiv. In the video, the man, who identifies himself as a Cossack from Kuban, shows his Russian passport and denies allegations that he was the man pictured in a New York Times article last week who worked alongside Russian forces in Georgia in 2008.
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- US President Barack Obama in Manila: new defense pact with Philippines will boost US troop presence
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- 10 years ago
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- U.S. President Barack Obama arrives in the Philippines, as a new defence pact is signed between the two allies, allowing increased presence of U.S. troops in the country.
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- Mikhail Khodorkovsky: Sanctions will not be enough to make Kremlin rethink Ukraine aggression
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- 10 years ago
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- As the US and EU prepare further sanctions against Moscow over the crisis in Ukraine, former business tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky has warned that Russia would not immediately suffer from any coercive measures implemented by the West.