Section: The New Age (South Africa)
Ukraine’s missile test plans near Crimea heat up row with Russia
Moscow protested against Ukraine’s plans to carry out missile tests near Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014 following the toppling of a pro-Russian Ukrainian president, raising the temperature in the dispute between the two countries. Russian aviation agency Rosaviatsia said late on Friday it has received a notification from Ukraine on...
Poroshenko appeals to Trump for support in phone call
Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko asked Donald Trump for support against “Russian aggression” during a congratulatory telephone conversation with the US president-elect on Tuesday. Trump’s shock election victory has been met with trepidation in Kiev because of the outspoken reality TV star’s praise of Russian President Vladimir...
Poroshenko ‘sure’ Trump supports Ukraine against Russia
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Monday said he has “no doubt” that president-elect Donald Trump will refuse to recognise Russia’s annexation of Crimea, and will cooperate with his country. “Not one state in the world, except it seems to me North Korea and Venezuela, recognises Crimea,” Poroshenko told a joint news conference with...
Dnipro hit by six-point deduction for failing to clear debts
Dnipro FC have been hit by a six-point deduction in the Ukrainian Premier league for failing to clear their debts with former coach Juande Ramos and his assistants, officials said on Wednesday. The penalty means Dnipro dropped one place to 11th in the league standings, and now have only four points. “FFU (Football Federation of …read more...
Samsung enlists Ukrainians to beat Hungary labour crunch
Samsung Electronics has recruited Ukrainian workers to keep its Hungarian factory running smoothly, it said on Thursday, in a sign of the unconventional efforts local companies are making to beat a deepening labour crunch. Years of emigration to western Europe have created labour shortages in countries on the European Union’s eastern flank...
Soldier killed in east Ukraine despite truce with rebels: military
A soldier has been killed in conflict-torn eastern Ukraine in the first such casualty among government forces in a month, Kiev said Wednesday. …read more Source: The New...
Putin asks IMF to help Ukraine pay off $3 billion debt to Russia
President Vladimir Putin called Tuesday on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to lend an additional $3 billion to Ukraine to help the ex-Soviet cou …read more Source: The New...
MH17 shot down by BUK missile from war-torn Ukraine
Air crash investigators concluded Tuesday that Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down by a Russian-made BUK missile fired from war-torn eastern U …read more Source: The New...
MH17 inquiry to unveil final report into doomed flight
Dutch-led air crash investigators Tuesday release their final report into the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over war-torn Ukraine, in a mov …read more Source: The New...
Ukraine bans flights by all Russian airlines from Oct 25
Kiev said Monday it was banning all Russian airlines from flying into Ukraine from October 25 in a tit-for-tat response to Moscow’s decision to imp …read more Source: The New...
