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Tymoshenko: Ukraine a ‘corruption conglomerate’
Mar11

Tymoshenko: Ukraine a ‘corruption conglomerate’

Ukraine’s vehement former prime minister, Yulia Tymoshenko, says the leaders who came to power following 2014’s bloody upheavals are stifling the country by tolerating corruption …read more Source: The Daily...

Ukraine asks German doctors to examine pilot jailed in Russia
Mar11

Ukraine asks German doctors to examine pilot jailed in Russia

Ukraine said Friday it had asked German doctors to check on the health of Nadiya Savchenko, who has agreed to drink water but is still not eating in protest at her Russian trial …read more Source: The Daily...

Lavrov Slams ’Hypocritical’ US over Embassy Raids in Ukraine
Mar11

Lavrov Slams ’Hypocritical’ US over Embassy Raids in Ukraine

Lavrov Slams ‘Hypocritical’ US over Embassy Raids in Ukraine …read more Source:...

Ukraine finance minister says IMF aid delay is worrying
Mar10

Ukraine finance minister says IMF aid delay is worrying

Ukrainian Finance Minister Natalia Yaresko said Thursday that the ongoing delay in securing a new tranche of financial aid from the International Monetary Fund was hitting confidence in the economy …read more Source: The Daily...

Russia’s Lavrov, Ukraine’s Klimkin hold phone call on pilot case
Mar09

Russia’s Lavrov, Ukraine’s Klimkin hold phone call on pilot case

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Ukrainian counterpart Pavlo Klimkin discussed the case of hunger-striking Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko in a phone call on Wednesday, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. …read more Source: The Daily...

Russia’s mission in western Ukraine pelted with smoke bombs
Mar09

Russia’s mission in western Ukraine pelted with smoke bombs

A group of Ukrainians with scarves covering their faces Wednesday threw smoke bombs and fireworks at the Russian mission in the western city of Lviv, while a local lawmaker tore down the Russian flag …read more Source: The Daily...

Kiev Demands Moscow ’Immediately’ Free Ukraine Pilot
Mar09

Kiev Demands Moscow ’Immediately’ Free Ukraine Pilot

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Wednesday demanded that Moscow immediately free Nadiya Savchenko, a hunger-striking military helicopter pilot on trial in Russia. …read more Source: Al-Manar...

Ukraine pilot Savchenko defies judge in final statement
Mar09

Ukraine pilot Savchenko defies judge in final statement

NNA – A Ukrainian pilot on trial in Russia over the killing of two journalists has addressed the court and says she will continue a hunger strike she has been on for five days. A translator read out …read more Source: National News...

Calls grow for Russia to release Ukrainian pilot
Mar08

Calls grow for Russia to release Ukrainian pilot

Ukraine Tuesday prepared to send a team of doctors to check the health of a hunger-striking helicopter pilot who is on trial in Russia as global calls grew for her release …read more Source: The Daily...

Ukraine urges US, EU to press Russia over jailed pilot
Mar07

Ukraine urges US, EU to press Russia over jailed pilot

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko called on Washington and Brussels Monday to step up pressure on Moscow to secure the release of a hunger-striking Ukrainian pilot from a Russian jail …read more Source: The Daily...