US President Donald Trump asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to look into whether ex-Vice President Joe Biden blocked an investigation into his son’s company, according to a summary of the call between the two leaders. The memo was released Wednesday morning. “There’s a lot of talk about Biden’s son, that[…]
Fighting between Ukrainian troops and pro-Russia rebels in eastern Ukraine has escalated, with at least 13 civilians and fighters on both sides killed in the worst outbreak of violence in several weeks. The warring sides were locked in heavy battles for a third day on Tuesday at the government-held town[…]
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia did have personnel in eastern Ukraine who were carrying out certain military tasks but denied Moscow had deployed regular troops there. “We never said there were no people there who were carrying out certain tasks including in the military sphere,” Putin[…]
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine by a Russian-made Buk missile, the Dutch Safety Board concluded on Tuesday in its final report on the July 2014 crash that killed all 298 people on board. The long-awaited findings of the board, which was not empowered to address[…]
U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet in New York next week at a time of high tension in Europe and the Middle East, but the Kremlin and the White House disagreed on Thursday over the top priority for the talks. The White House insisted the[…]
Ukraine’s parliament voted on Monday for constitutional changes to give separatist-minded eastern regions a special status – but divisions in the pro-Western camp and violent street protests suggested the changes would face a rougher ride to become law. At least four police and national guard were badly hurt when a[…]
With a world at war, the number of refugees resulting from the crisis in Ukraine is increasing. Civilians from East Ukraine where the conflict is concentrated are fleeing to other parts of the country as well as neighbouring countries such as Russia and Poland. The Ukrainian crisis has forced over[…]
Russian President Vladimir Putin said in comments released Monday that he took the decision to annex Crimea at a nightlong Kremlin meeting after former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych was ousted in February 2014. “When we parted, I told everybody: We have to start working on bringing Crimea back into Russia,”[…]
More than 30 people have been killed in a coal mine in a separatist stronghold of eastern Ukraine after an explosion at the facility, Ukraine’s parliamentary speaker has said. Volodymyr Groysman’s announcement came after local officials and media reported earlier on Wednesday that dozens of miners were trapped in the[…]
The head of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe says the cease-fire in Ukraine has “very significantly” lowered the level of military exchanges between government and separatist forces, but violations are still taking place. Lamberto Zannier told a group of reporters Monday that there have been a number[…]
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