Ukraine approves new PM in bid to end reform deadlock
By Pavel Polityuk and Natalia Zinets Ukraine’s parliament approved presidential ally Volodymyr Groysman as prime minister on Thursday in the biggest political shake-up since a...
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Ukraine PM Yatseniuk tenders resignation (Update 1)
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk tendered his resignation in a televised broadcast on Sunday and signalled support for parliamentary speaker and presidential ally Volodymyr Groysman...
Western-backed Ukrainian government survives no confidence vote
Ukraine’s Western-backed government survived a no-confidence vote on Tuesday, staving off the immediate prospect of a snap election in a country fighting a deep recession...
Ukraine defends vote despite unrest, Putin pledges ‘respect’
By Alastair Macdonald and Sabina Zawadzki Ukraine’s interim government promised a clean presidential election on Sunday that would anchor the former Soviet state in the...
Biden warns on Ukraine as Russia dismisses sanctions threat
By Jeff Mason and Darya Korsunskaya US Vice President Joe Biden told Russia on Tuesday that “time is short” for action on defusing the crisis in eastern Ukraine, but Moscow said it could...
Ukraine accuses Russia of orchestrating separatist moves
By Richard Balmforth and Lina Kushch Police detained 70 people occupying a regional administration building in eastern Ukraine overnight, but pro-Moscow protesters held out in a standoff in two other cities in...
NATO to bolster forces in East Europe, sees no Russian pullback
By Adrian Croft NATO studied new steps to bolster its military presence in eastern Europe on Tuesday while saying it saw no sign that Russia was withdrawing tens of thousands...
IMF throws Ukraine financial lifeline, Russia growth slumps
By Natalia Zinets and Elizabeth Piper Ukraine won a $27-billion international financial lifeline on Thursday, rushed through in the wake of Russia’s annexation of Crimea, while Moscow’s economy minister acknowledged that...
Putin signs Crimea Treaty
By Steve Gutterman and Thomas Grove Defying Ukrainian protests and Western sanctions, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a treaty on Tuesday making Crimea part of Russia again but said he did not plan...
Shots fired in air during raid at Crimea naval base
Unidentified armed men fired in the air as they moved into a Ukrainian naval post in Crimea on Monday in the latest confrontation since Russian...
Russia wresting control of Crimea from Ukraine
By Pavel Polityuk and Alissa de Carbonnel RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin wrested control of the Ukrainian Black Sea region of Crimea from Kiev on Saturday,...
Ukraine’s Yanukovich agrees ‘truce’ with opposition, start to negotiations
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich said on Wednesday he had agreed a “truce” with opposition leaders, after street violence in which at least 26 people were...
