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Trump, Ukraine's Poroshenko discuss how to resolve conflict in eastern Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump met on Tuesday with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in talks that the White House said was about ways to resolve peacefully the conflict in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine leader says Trump voiced strong support for Kiev during talks
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said he had received strong assurances of U.S. support for his country from Donald Trump during a meeting in the White House on Tuesday. …read more Source: The...
U.S. sanctions 38 individuals, entities over Russian actions in Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Tuesday added 38 individuals and organisation to its list of those sanctioned over Russian activities in Ukraine, the U.S. Treasury said in a statement. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine leader Poroshenko will meet Trump on Tuesday
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko will meet U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on Tuesday, Poroshenko’s office said. …read more Source: The...
EU extends Crimea sanctions, same seen for curbs on Russia
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union on Monday extended for another year its trade sanctions on the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, annexed by Russia from Ukraine in 2014, and diplomats said they expected the bloc to do the same for its sanctions on Moscow soon. …read more Source: The...
Kremlin says EU's extended sanctions on Russia are illegitimate
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia takes an extremely negative view of the European Union’s decision to extend sanctions on Moscow over its annexation of Crimea and considers them illegitimate, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told a conference call with reporters on Monday. …read more Source: The...
Kiev hosts largely incident-free gay pride march
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian politicians and foreign diplomats joined thousands marching for gay pride in Kiev on Sunday, carrying banners and waving rainbow and Ukrainian flags in a parade flanked by a thick cordon of helmeted police. …read more Source: The...
Putin: more US sanctions would be harmful, talk of retaliation premature
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin said new sanctions under consideration by the United States would damage relations between the two countries, but it was too early to talk about retaliation, state news agency RIA reported on Saturday. The U.S. Senate voted nearly unanimously earlier this week for legislation to impose new sanctions on...
Trump transition team ordered to save materials on Russia, Ukraine – NYT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s transition team has been ordered to preserve materials related to ongoing investigations into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election, the New York Times reported on Friday, as Trump again assailed the probes. …read more Source: The...
Judge faces new allegations as Ukraine tackles corruption
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine is looking into new allegations against a prominent judge who recently returned from suspension imposed under a government drive to root out corruption. …read more Source: The...
