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Ukrainian presidential candidates trade insults in final debate
KIEV (Reuters) – The two men vying to be Ukraine’s next president traded insults and accusations in a final raucous debate on Friday in front of thousands of supporters ahead of a decisive run-off vote this weekend. …read more Source: The...
What we learned – and didn’t learn – from the Mueller report
Mueller spent two years compiling his report. (Reuters pic)WASHINGTON: Most of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s 448-page report became public Thursday when Attorney General William Barr released a version to Congress and the public. The document sheds new light on Mueller’s exhaustive investigation into whether Donald Trump or his...
Putin ally to Ukraine's probable new leader – Do deal and get territory back
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s new president could regain control over the separatist-controlled east of his country within months and get cheap gas and major investment from Russia if he does a deal with Moscow, the Kremlin’s closest ally in Ukraine said. …read more Source: The...
Ukrainian leader's re-election drive to win the army vote stutters
NOVOLUHANSKE, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko thought he could rely for his re-election in part on the votes of soldiers who have spent years fighting pro-Russian separatists. But a visit to the frontline found low morale and little enthusiasm for him. …read more Source: The...
Hungry for change, Ukrainians set to elect comedian as next president
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainians fed up with entrenched corruption and hungry for change are likely to elect Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a comedian with no previous political experience, as their next president in a run-off vote on Sunday. …read more Source: The...
Mutual friends and borrowed cars – how Ukraine's would-be leader is linked to tycoon
KIEV (Reuters) – Volodymyr Zelenskiy, front runner to be the next Ukrainian president, has connections to one of the country’s wealthiest tycoons that are undermining his image as an insurgent who will sweep aside the powerful moneyed elite. …read more Source: The...
Comedian Zelenskiy would win second round of Ukraine vote, poll shows
KIEV (Reuters) – The presidential candidate and comic actor Volodymyr Zelenskiy is likely to win Ukraine’s presidential election, according to an opinion poll published on Tuesday. …read more Source: The...
Poroshenko 2.0 – Ukraine leader reboots campaign ahead of presidential run-off
PARIS/KIEV (Reuters) – Flanked by rock musicians wearing yellow overalls and black t-shirts with skulls on them, Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko pumped his fist, danced to the music and waved to supporters outside a soccer stadium in Kiev on Sunday. …read more Source: The...
London police fire shots as vehicle rams Ukraine ambassador’s car
Police were forced to open fire on a vehicle after it rammed the parked car of Ukraine’s ambassador in London. (Reuters pic)LONDON: British police fired shots after a vehicle rammed the parked car of Ukraine’s ambassador in London on Saturday, the Ukrainian embassy said. No one was injured, it said. The ambassador’s official...
London police fire shots as vehicle rams Ukraine ambassador's car – embassy
LONDON (Reuters) – British police fired shots after a vehicle rammed the parked car of Ukraine’s ambassador in London on Saturday, the Ukrainian embassy said. No one was injured, it said. …read more Source: The...
