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290 US paratroopers to train Ukraine forces
Hundreds of US paratroopers will train Ukrainian soldiers from April 20 as Kiev battles to contain pro-Russian separatists in the country’s east, Ukrainian interior minister Arsen Avakov says …read more Source: The Daily...
Lavrov: US shows double standards by supporting Yemen’s fleeing president
NNA – The United States has followed double standards by providing support to Yemen’s fleeing president and by denying it to Ukraine’s former president, Viktor Yanukovych, Russian Foreign Minister …read more Source: National News...
Passenger bus hits landmine in East Ukraine, four dead
NNA – Four people were killed and 20 injured when a passenger bus hit a landmine near a government-controlled town in eastern Ukraine, local officials said Thursday. The bus had taken a side road in …read more Source: National News...
Ukraine Police Arrest Officials on Live TV for Corruption Charges
Ukrainian security forces interrupted a televised cabinet meeting Wednesday to detain two high-ranking officials on charges of corruption. …read more Source: Al-Manar...
Ukraine’s president dismisses powerful regional governor
Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko dismisses the billionaire governor of an eastern region Wednesday following a rancorous dispute pitting the tycoon against the government …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine urges G20 for more financial aid
Ukraine needs greater financial aid from the world’s biggest economies to prevent the conflict-wracked country from becoming a failed state, finance minister Natalie Jaresko says …read more Source: The Daily...
Son of ousted Ukraine leader said to have drowned in car accident
NNA – The 33-year-old son of toppled ex-Ukraine president Viktor Yanukovych drowned after his car fell through ice on Russia39;s Lake Baikal, his former party said Monday. The Party of Regions39; …read more Source: National News...
Mother of captured Ukraine pilot lobbies Germany to help free daughter
The mother of captured Ukrainian pilot Nadia Savchenko sought German support in her campaign to pressure Putin into ordering the release of her daughter. …read more Source: The Daily...
Son of Ukraine’s ousted leader drowns: interior minister’s aide
A son of ousted Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovich has drowned after a minivan he was driving plunged through ice on a Siberian lake, an aide to Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov says. …read more Source: The Daily...
Arms should be on the table for Ukraine: NATO general
The West should consider using all its tools to help Ukraine, including sending defensive weapons, NATO’s top military commander said Sunday.Officials in Washington have been discussing whether to send weapons to Ukraine’s military to help them fight pro-Russian separatists who NATO says are armed and supported by Moscow. …read...
