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Danylyuk to be Ukraine finance minister in possible government: lawmaker
Under a possible government headed by Volodymyr Groysman, the post of Ukrainian finance minister would be given to Oleksandr Danylyuk, an official in the president’s administration, lawmaker Mustafa Nayyem said in a Twitter post Tuesday …read more Source: The Daily...
Hunger-striking Ukraine pilot risks developing fatal bloodclot: lawyer
Medical tests on a jailed Ukrainian pilot on hunger strike show her blood is thickening, putting her at risk of developing a blood clot which could kill her, her lawyers said Monday …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine looks to new pro-EU government after PM quits
Ukraine prepared Monday to usher in a stable new pro-Western government following the resignation of Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk over public anger with his seeming inability to fight government graft …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine PM Yatseniuk tenders resignation
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk tendered his resignation Sunday in a televised broadcast …read more Source: The Daily...
EU slams Ukraine violence after monitors attacked
The European Union Sunday criticized the “unprecedented level of violence” in eastern Ukraine after international monitors came under fire despite a truce between government forces and pro-Russian separatists …read more Source: The Daily...
10,000 turn out to mark east Ukraine rebellion anniversary
Around 10,000 people paraded through the center of Donetsk, the rebel “capital” in eastern Ukraine, to mark the second anniversary of the proclamation of the “Donetsk People’s Republic” …read more Source: The Daily...
Eastern Ukraine sees increase in fighting, 2 deaths reported
Ukraine has reported a sharp increase in attacks by Russia-backed separatists around the government-held town of Avdiivka in eastern Ukraine, resulting in at least one civilian death …read more Source: The Daily...
Russia says preparing prisoner handover to Kiev
Russia’s justice ministry on Friday said it was taking preliminary steps to hand over to Kiev four Ukrainian prisoners including film-maker Oleg Sentsov. …read more Source: The Daily...
Attackers torch office of Ukraine judge in Russian troops’ trial
Unknown assailants Friday threw Molotov cocktails and set alight the Kiev office of a Ukrainian judge overseeing the trial of two alleged Russian soldiers captured in the separate east …read more Source: The Daily...
Russia-NATO Council may meet within weeks: agencies cite deputy foreign minister
A meeting of the Russia-NATO Council may take place within weeks for the first time since the Ukraine crisis erupted in 2014, Alexey Meshkov, a deputy Russian foreign minister, was cited as saying Friday by Russian news agencies …read more Source: The Daily...
