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Ukraine's Yaresko says rumours fuelling political crisis
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian Finance Minister Natalia Yaresko on Thursday deflected questions about her chances of becoming prime minister if the government collapsed and said such speculation was fanning the flames of the country’s political crisis. …read more Source: The...
Ukrainian pilot resumes drinking water after prank letter
MOSCOW: A hunger-striking Ukrainian military pilot on trial in Russia resumed drinking water Thursday after receiving a prank letter claiming to be from Ukraine’s president, asking her to end her action, her defence team said. Nadiya Savchenko will continue a week-long hunger strike until the verdict later this month, said her lawyer Mark...
Captured Ukrainian pilot defies Russian judge
MOSCOW: A Ukrainian pilot held in Russia over the death of two Russian journalists during separatist fighting in eastern Ukraine climbed onto a table and flashed an obscene gesture at a judge at the end of her trial on Wednesday. Nadezhda Savchenko (pix), 34, who faces up to 25 years jail if found guilty, has become a hero for many in Ukraine...
European Union extends Russian asset freezes over Ukraine
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union governments extended on Thursday sanctions on Russians and Ukrainians targeted in 2014 over the conflict in eastern Ukraine, keeping asset freezes and travel bans in place until mid-September. …read more Source: The...
Hunger-striking Ukrainian pilot Savchenko starts consuming liquids – lawyer
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Hunger-striking Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko, who faces up to 25 years in a Russian jail, has started consuming liquids, her lawyer Nikolai Polozov said on his Twitter page on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
Russia's Lavrov, Ukraine's Klimkin hold phone call on pilot case
MOSCOW (Reuters) – 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...
Back me or sack me, Ukrainian PM tells lawmakers
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk urged lawmakers on Wednesday to back him, sack him or force snap elections as lawmakers held talks with potential replacements. Yatseniuk has seen his popularity collapse since he took office in 2014, undermined by incessant wrangling over reforms and corruption allegations that have seen key...
Back me or sack me, Ukraine PM tells lawmakers
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk urged lawmakers on Wednesday to back him, sack him or force snap elections as lawmakers held talks with potential replacements. …read more Source: The...
Three Ukrainians die in cargo plane crash in Bangladesh
A cargo plane crashed off the coast of Bangladesh Wednesday killing three Ukrainian crew members and critically injuring one more, officials said. The plane went down in the Bay of Bengal minutes after taking off from the southeastern resort town of Cox’s Bazar, killing three of the four crew on board. A team of Bangladesh navy and…...
Legacy of Chernobyl poisons people’s lives
MOSCOW: Economic crises convulsing Russia, Ukraine and Belarus mean testing in areas contaminated by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster has been cut or restricted, Greenpeace said, and people continue to eat and drink foods with dangerously high radiation levels. According to scientific tests conducted on behalf of the environmental campaigning...
