Ukraine
Three former Ukrainian presidents, Leonid Kravchuk, Leonid Kuchma, and Viktor Yuschenko, have called for the current government to break the Kharkiv Pact on permitting the deployment of the Black Sea
Mar. 3, 2014
Editor’s Note: The EuroMaidan Revolution entered its 102 day on March 2 with Russia in control of Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula after an invasion that began on Feb. 28. In the meantime, Viktor Yanukovyc
Mar. 2, 2014
The Sevastopol City Council on Saturday issued a statement saying it refused to recognize Ukraine’s new leadership, that it would not take orders from it, and that “all legal methods of peaceful settl
Mar. 2, 2014
Russia’s invason of Crimea poses a new challenge to Ukraine’s Tatars, an indigenous ethnic minority on the peninsula that returned to the nation in the 1980s after their deportation in the early 1940s
Mar. 2, 2014
ARMYANSK, Ukraine — On a road leading to the Crimean peninsula, a journalist woke up with a start. He was being stared at, through the window of the car he and his colleague from a TV station hired to
Mar. 2, 2014
On the pretext of saving Russian lives, President Vladimir Putin invaded Crimea with soldiers and then ratified possibly wider use of military force in Ukraine with a unanimous vote of his rubber-stam
Mar. 2, 2014
Ukraine’s Interim President, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Oleksandr Turchynov has appointed rear admiral Denis Berezovsky commander-in-chief of the Naval Forces of Ukraine.
Mar. 1, 2014
Oleksandr Turchynov, Ukraine’s acting head of state, today accused Russia of “provoking a conflict” by backing the seizure of the Crimean parliament building and other government offices on the penins
Feb. 28, 2014
Editor’s Note: Ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych gave a live news conference from exile in Rostov-na-Don, Russia. The following is an unofficial translation from the Kyiv Post.
Feb. 28, 2014
Acting President of Ukraine, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Oleksandr Turchynov has signed a decree appointing Mykhailo Kutsyn to the post of chief of general staff – commander-in-chief of the Armed F
Feb. 28, 2014
Two Crimean airports were taken over by Russian military troops, Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said on Facebook this morning. He said the situation in the autonomous republic has now escalated to “a
Feb. 28, 2014
The newly appointed prime minister of Ukraine’s Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Sergey Aksyonov, has said that Viktor Yanukovych remains the legitimately elected president of Ukraine, expressing hope f
Feb. 28, 2014
Head of Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration Dmytro
Kolesnikov has resigned, the press service of the administration
reported.
Feb. 27, 2014
The Ukrainian national flag has been brought down over the Sevastopol City Council.
Feb. 27, 2014
At an extraordinary plenary session on Thursday, the Supreme Council of
Crimea passed a motion of no confidence in the Council of Ministers of
Crimea and terminated its powers, a spokesperson for the
Feb. 27, 2014
Two issues will be considered at an extraordinary session of the Crimean
Supreme Council: a Crimean referendum and government reports, Crimean
Parliament Chairman Volodymyr Konstantynov said.
Feb. 27, 2014