Ukraine
COPENHAGEN – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ranko Krivokapic today called on separatists in the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts of eastern Ukraine to cancel planned referendums on self-rule schedul
May. 10, 2014
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group of armed Kremlin-backed rebels in possession of a 100,000 ballots already marked
with a ‘yes’ vote for the May 11 referendum in Donetsk Oblast were captured and the ballots seized during
the U
May. 10, 2014
Mariupol police have confirmed that chief of Mariupol State Traffic Inspectorate Viktor Sayenko and employee of the patrol service battalion in Mariupol, died.
May. 10, 2014
The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchy has confirmed that a priest was killed in the Donetsk region but could not elaborate on the circumstances.
May. 10, 2014
Editor’s Note: Ukraine celebrates Victory Day on May 9. The Ukrainian government warned that it expects violence backed by Russia to continue to destabilize the situation in Ukraine ahead of the May 2
May. 9, 2014
Editor’s Note: The investigation into the fights and fires that killed 46 people in Odessa on May 2 is still ongoing. There are conflicting claims. Here are the stories of two women who say they were
May. 8, 2014
At a press conference on May 8, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Andriy Parubiy told journalists that Ukraine’s anti-terrorist operation will continue in the country’s eastern r
May. 8, 2014
ODESA, Ukraine – In the bloodiest day in Ukraine since government snipers claimed more than 50 lives during the EuroMaidan Revolution on Feb. 20, 46 people were killed in Odesa on May 2. The violence
May. 7, 2014
DONETSK, Ukraine – Ukrainian military forces have gained ground in the flashpoint cities of Kramatorsk and Sloviansk in Donetsk Oblast over the past week, but government authorities in general have la
May. 7, 2014
In the absence of effective military forces or law enforcement, Ukrainians are taking the defense of the nation in their own hands through loosely organized militias.
May. 7, 2014
14 servicemen, including employees of the Ukrainian Security Service, died and 66 were injured since the special operation in eastern regions of Ukraine began, the Ukrainian Security Service press off
May. 7, 2014
The building of the city council in Mariupol (Donetsk region) was released by Mariupol national guard forces early on Wednesday, May 7, Channel 5 has reported.
May. 7, 2014
The expulsion of members of the Ukrainian Communist Party parliamentary faction from the Verkhovna Rada session hall on May 6 indicates that parliamentary democracy in Ukraine has been eliminated, Co
May. 6, 2014
Editor’s Note: Below are live updates of Ukraine’s counterterrorism operation in eastern Ukraine, mainly in Donetsk Oblast in the cities of Sloviansk and Kramatorsk where Kremlin-backed militants are
May. 6, 2014
More than 30 “terrorists” have already been killed during an anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov has said on his Facebook page.
May. 6, 2014
Forty-eight percent of Ukrainian citizens have a negative attitude
towards Stepan Bandera (a leader of the Ukrainian nationalist movement,
1909-59) and 31% have a positive attitude, according to a po
May. 5, 2014