Section: The Star (Malaysia)
Ukraine says driver of missile that shot down plane has been held for two years
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine said on Wednesday that it has been holding the driver of the trailer carrying the missile that shot down a Malaysian airliner in 2014, saying he had captured two years ago and was now serving a sentence in Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Russian court extends arrest of a group of Ukrainian sailors
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A court in Moscow on Wednesday ordered the first six of 24 Ukrainian sailors seized by Russia off the coast of Crimea last year to be held in pre-trial detention for another three months. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine president submits law criminalising illicit enrichment
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s president has submitted a draft law to parliament criminalising illicit enrichment by officials, a condition for receiving support from the International Monetary Fund, the parliament website showed on Wednesday. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine says it has agreed exchange of prisoners with Russia
KIEV (Reuters) – A senior Ukrainian official said on Tuesday his country and Russia had agreed to exchange prisoners from the conflict in eastern Ukraine over the next month. …read more Source: The...
Kremlin ally says prisoner swap could be soon if Ukraine serious
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine and Russia could swap prisoners within a matter of days, including filmmaker Oleg Sentsov whom Moscow jailed on terrorism charges, if Kiev shows the necessary political will, a close Kremlin ally in Ukraine said. …read more Source: The...
Ukrainian fighter found guilty over killing of Italian photographer
MILAN (Reuters) – An Italian court sentenced a Ukrainian man to 24 years in jail on Friday over his role in the 2014 killing of an Italian photographer covering fighting between pro-Russian forces and Ukrainian troops. …read more Source: The...
Open audition: Ukraine's comedian president invites citizens to run in July poll
KIEV (Reuters) – A comedian and entrepreneur, 29-year-old Roman Hryshchuk had only been in politics for a few weeks when he found himself in front of a semicircle of voters in a park in western Kiev, fielding questions from a testy audience. …read more Source: The...
Russia's Putin, Ukraine's Zelenskiy discuss ending conflict in eastern Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy held their first telephone conversation on Thursday and discussed settling the conflict in eastern Ukraine and the return of prisoners, the Kremlin said. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine ex-president Poroshenko summoned for questioning
KIEV (Reuters) – Detectives from Ukraine’s state investigation bureau have summoned former president Petro Poroshenko for questioning, the bureau said on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine president kicks official out of meeting over criminal record
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy had a regional official expelled from a meeting broadcast live on television on Wednesday because of a past criminal record. …read more Source: The...
