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Seeing double? Two Tymoshenkos run to become Ukraine president
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainians casting their vote in this month’s presidential election will need to be sharp-eyed: two candidates with the same name and initials, Y.V. Tymoshenko, will be next to each other on the ballot paper. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine seizes US$51m worth of cocaine in cargo ship
KIEV: Ukraine’s SBU security service on Thursday seized around US$51 million worth of cocaine in a South American cargo ship that docked in the Black Sea port of Odessa.The SBU said it found over 250kg of the drug hidden in “containers with bananas” during an inspection.“A rapid analysis identified the packaged power as cocaine,“ the SBU...
President's re-election pitch resonates in heartland of Ukraine's revolution
LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – At a cemetery in western Ukraine, a tall, grey-haired man lights candles and kisses the gravestone of his 35-year-old brother Taras, whose death, he said, changed his mind about who should win this month’s presidential election. …read more Source: The...
Comedian Zelenskiy keeps Ukraine presidential poll lead
KIEV (Reuters) – Comic actor Volodymyr Zelenskiy has kept his lead in Ukraine’s presidential election race, according to an opinion poll published on Wednesday. …read more Source: The...
Canada to extend military training missions in Ukraine, Iraq
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada will keep a 200-strong military training mission in Ukraine for another three years to help domestic security forces handle continuing tensions with Russia, Ottawa said on Monday. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine measles outbreak kills 11, infects 30,000
KIEV: Eleven people have died and more than 30,000 have been infected this year in a major outbreak of measles in Ukraine, the European country worst hit by the disease, Kiev said Monday.The latest victim was a nine-year-old girl who died from complications Saturday after contracting the highly infectious disease, the health ministry said.Some...
Putin, in Crimea for annexation anniversary, launches power stations
SEVASTOPOL, Crimea (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin inaugurated two new power stations in Crimea on Monday after flying into the Black Sea peninsula to celebrate the fifth anniversary of Russia’s annexation of the region from Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Canada to extend military training mission in Ukraine – source
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada will announce as expected on Monday that is extending a 200-strong military training mission in Ukraine, a source directly familiar with the matter said on Sunday. …read more Source: The...
Russia says it will respond to new EU sanctions
A Russian flag flies with the Spasskaya Tower of the Kremlin in the background in Moscow, Russia. (Reuters pic)MOSCOW: Russia will respond to new European Union sanctions, its foreign ministry said on Saturday, without saying what action it would take. The EU on Friday added eight more Russians to its sanctions list over a stand-off between...
U.S., EU, Canada impose sanctions on Russians over Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States, Canada and European Union on Friday imposed fresh sanctions to punish Russia for its 2018 attack on three Ukrainian ships as well as its annexation of Crimea and its activities in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
