Section: China
Failed Ukraine peace deal leaving millions displaced, thousands dead, says UN
A 2015 agreement to bring peace to Ukraine’s volatile east remains largely unimplemented and civilians are paying the highest price, with more than 3,300 killed and 3.5 million needing humanitarian aid this year, UN officials said Tuesday. Russia’s annexation of the Crimean Peninsula in early 2014 and support for separatist rebels in...
Ukraine prosecutors charge official over acid attack on activist
Ukrainian prosecutors said on Monday they had charged a high-ranking regional official with organising a deadly acid attack on a prominent anti-corruption activist. Vladyslav Manger, the head of the local council in the southern region of Kherson, is accused of “organising the murder of Kateryna Gandzyuk”, Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Yuriy...
Viktor Yanukovich, former president of Ukraine, found guilty of treason
A Ukrainian court on Thursday found ex-president Viktor Yanukovich guilty of high treason and sentenced him in absentia to 13 years in prison for asking Russia’s Vladimir Putin to send troops to Ukraine. In 2014, Yanukovich was ousted as a result of a bloody uprising after his attempts to quell it failed. He fled the country and asked Putin...
Russia says missile that downed MH17 likely belonged to Ukraine
The missile that downed Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 (MH17) in 2014 over Ukraine “more than probably” belonged to the Ukrainian armed forces, the Russian Defense Ministry said Friday. …read more Source: English China News...
Chinese consortium to build metro line in Kiev
A consortium of two Chinese companies on Wednesday signed a cooperation agreement with the city of Kiev on building a fourth metro line in the Ukrainian capital. …read more Source: English China News...
Ukraine Silk Road forum boosts China-Ukraine co-op, draws roadmap for future
The 2nd Ukraine Silk Road Forum was held here on Thursday, bringing together officials, business leaders and public figures from China, Ukraine and other countries along the Belt and Road, who lauded the role of the forum in boosting China-Ukraine cooperation over the past year and drew a roadmap for the future. …read more Source: English...
Ukrainian lawmaker wounded in vehicle blast in Kiev
One person was killed and three others, including a Ukrainian lawmaker, were wounded in a vehicle blast in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, on late Wednesday, authorities said. …read more Source: China Internet Information...
Chinese company helps write new chapter in Ukraine’s Black Sea port
A huge hydraulic excavator is grabbing a coat of grey muck and loading it on barges, which transfer the waste to the dump site — Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Yuzhny is in the midst of the major dredging operation. …read more Source: English China News...
Ukrainian man survives 3 days at sea on inflatable water toy
A Ukrainian man was rescued after drifting on an inflatable water toy in the Black Sea for three days, local media reported Tuesday. …read more Source: China Internet Information...
Ukraine supports new possible US sanctions against Russia
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Wednesday that Kiev supports the U.S. House of Representatives’ decision to back a draft bill on new sanctions against Russia. …read more Source: China Internet Information...
