Ukraine

Comedian Zelenskiy strengthens Ukraine presidential poll lead

Mar 25, 2019 12:17

Comic actor Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a political novice who plays a fictional president in a popular TV series, has strengthened his lead in Ukraine's presidential election race, according to an opinion poll published on Monday.
Ukraine measles outbreak kills 11, infects 30,000

Mar 18, 2019 13:49

Eleven people have died and more than 30,000 have been infected this year in a major outbreak of measles in Ukraine, the European country worst hit by the disease, Kiev says.
Ukraine: Pigs literally fly at huge anti-corruption protest in Kiev

Mar 17, 2019 06:06

Thousands of people took to the streets in Kiev on Saturday to demand that authorities immediately detain all participants involved in alleged corruption at the defense enterprise Ukroboronprom. Entitled 'Poroshenko's Svinarchuks (pigs) - behind bars!', the rally was organized by the leaders of the National Corps.
UK's chief negotiator: May’s Brexit deal or long delay

Feb 13, 2019 09:25

British lawmakers will face a stark choice between Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal or a long extension to the March 29 deadline for leaving the bloc, May’s chief Brexit negotiator Olly Robbins was overheard saying in a Brussels bar.
UK PM says EU is willing to avoid no-deal Brexit

Feb 08, 2019 02:22

British Prime Minister Theresa May has said after a crucial meeting with top European Union officials that the EU is interested to find a solution to the current political stalemate on UK’s withdrawal from the bloc.
Russia completes fence between Crimea and Ukraine

Dec 29, 2018 09:38

Russian authorities say they have completed construction of a “defensive” fence dividing the Crimean Peninsula, which rejoined Russia in a 2014 referendum from Ukraine.
US provides Ukraine with additional $10 million in military aid

Dec 22, 2018 08:09

The United States says it will provide an additional $10 million in military aid to Ukraine to boost its naval capability, after Russia seized three Ukrainian navy ships off the coast of Crimea last month.
Tensions continue to rise in Russia-Israel relations over Hamas, Ukraine

Dec 19, 2018 04:10

Fresh tensions break out in ties between Moscow and Tel Aviv, which are already entangled in a row over the downing of a Russian aircraft in Syria, this time over the Palestine issue and the Ukraine conflict.
Russia deploys ten fighter jets to Crimea amid rising tensions with Ukraine

Dec 17, 2018 16:40

Russia has deployed a number of fighter jets to the Crimean Peninsula amid rising tensions with Ukraine, following remarks by the country’s foreign minister that Kiev was planning an "armed provocation" in the coming weeks and before the end of the year.
Ukraine Orthodox church breaks with Russia’s

Dec 16, 2018 08:08

The Ukrainian Orthodox church has joined a political struggle by Kiev against Russia, declaring “independence” from the Russian Orthodox Church.