Ukraine investigates grenade attack on Kiev TV station
Ukrainian authorities said on Saturday they were investigating an attack on a Kiev television station owned by an opposition election candidate, which caused damage but...
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Seventeen killed in care home fire in Ukraine (Updated)
Seventeen people have been killed after a fire broke out in a residential building housing elderly people in a village near Kiev, Ukraine’s state emergency...
Leptos Estates: New start with the beginning of 2016 in Kiev and Moscow.
The presence of Leptos Estates at the “INTAX FORUM” and “CIS WEALTH CONFERENCE & CITIZENSHIP” which took place these days in Kiev and Moscow respectively...
Guardsman killed in protests as Ukraine MPs back more autonomy for rebel regions (Update 3)
By Richard Balmforth and Natalia Zinets A national guardsman was killed and nearly 90 others protecting Ukraine’s parliament were wounded by grenades hurled from a...
€1.57m spent on upgrading diplomatic missions
The government has spent €1.57m in upgrading a number of diplomatic missions, expenses that are co-funded by the EU’s External Borders Fund. The upgrades to...
Fuel depot blazes in Ukraine, three firemen missing (Updated)
Emergency services struggled to prevent the spread of a deadly fuel depot fire outside Kiev on Tuesday and three firemen were reported missing after the...
Kiev says cannot withdraw heavy weapons as attacks persist
By Pavel Polityuk and Anton Zverev Kiev accused pro-Russian rebels of opening fire with rockets and artillery at villages in southeastern Ukraine on Monday, all...
Nine Ukrainian soldiers killed in ‘tense’ eastern conflict
By Pavel Polityuk and Natalia Zinets Nine Ukrainian servicemen have been killed in fighting Russian-backed separatists in the past 24 hours, the Kiev military said...
Fighting rages near airport as Russia and Ukraine bicker
By Richard Balmforth Pro-Russian separatists renewed attacks on Ukrainian forces at an airport complex in the east on Monday after Kiev launched a mass operation...
Aegean to operate daily Larnaca-Tel Aviv flights
Aegean Airlines said on Thursday it was starting daily flights from Larnaca to Tel Aviv from the end of March and was resuming flights to...
Ukraine seeks to join NATO; defiant Putin compares Kiev to Nazis
By Alexei Anishchuk and Richard Balmforth Ukraine called on Friday for full membership in NATO, its strongest plea yet for Western military help after accusing...
First trucks from aid convoy to Ukraine cross back into Russia
Five white-painted trucks from a Russian aid convoy that entered eastern Ukraine on Friday arrived at a border crossing on their way back into Russia...
Separatists inflict new losses on army in east Ukraine
By Pavel Polityuk Pro-Russian separatists killed at least 10 Ukrainian paratroopers in an overnight ambush in the region of east Ukraine where a Malaysian airliner...
Fighting complicates Ukraine crash probe, U.S., EU prepare Russia sanctions
By Aleksandar Vasovic Fierce fighting in eastern Ukraine where a Malaysian airliner was downed further complicated an investigation on Sunday as Europe and the United...
Ukraine says pro-Russian rebels abandon positions on Donetsk outskirts
Pro-Russian rebels are leaving their positions on the outskirts of the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk and retreating towards its centre, Ukrainian military officials said...
Ukraine accuses pro-Russian rebels of trying to destroy evidence at crash site
Ukraine’s government accused pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine of trying to destroy evidence at the site where a Malaysian airliner crashed and of removing 38...
Russia says Ukraine situation worsening, will submit UN resolution
By staff reporter Russia will submit a draft resolution to the UN Security Council on Monday calling for an immediate end to worsening violence in Ukraine and the...
Ukraine parliament removes Yanukovich, who flees Kiev in ‘coup’
Ukraine’s parliament voted on Saturday to remove President Viktor Yanukovich, who abandoned his Kiev office to protesters and denounced what he described as a coup after a...
Ukraine: Yanukovych’s last throw?
By Gwynne Dyer WHEN a government announces that it is going to launch an “anti-terror operation,” that generally means that it has decided to kill...
Ukraine police charge protesters after nation’s bloodiest day
Ukrainian riot police charged protesters occupying a central Kiev square early on Wednesday after the bloodiest day since the former Soviet republic, caught in a...
