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Poroshenko faces hurdles despite big Ukraine vote win
President Petro Poroshenko called the strong showing by moderates in Sunday’s parliamentary election a sign that war-weary Ukrainians favour “those political forces that support the president’s peace plan”. …read more Source: Channel...
U.S. and EU hail pro-West election outcome in Ukraine, Russia guarded
KIEV (Reuters) – Pro-Western parties will dominate Ukraine’s parliament after an election handed President Petro Poroshenko a mandate to end a separatist conflict and to steer the country further away from Russia’s orbit towards mainstream Europe. …read more Source: The...
EU must prepare for Russia's 'hybrid warfare' – Danish foreign minister
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Russia poses no direct military threat to the European Union but its intervention in Ukraine is a type of ‘hybrid warfare’ the bloc should fight using coordinated energy policy and media to counter “massive propaganda”, Denmark’s foreign minister said on Monday. …read more Source:...
Barack Obama Congratulates Ukrainians on ‘Successful’ Elections
US President Barack Obama on Monday hailed “successful” Ukrainian elections that saw pro-Westerners score a big win in parliament, and blasted Russia for preventing voters in the east from casting the… …read more Source:...
Russia to recognise Ukrainian parliamentary poll results
Moscow: Russia is prepared to recognise the outcome of the Ukrainian parliamentary elections, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Monday on the LifeNews television channel.“The way I see it, the elections did take place, although not in the whole territory of Ukraine,&rdq.. …read more Source: India...
Ukraine Leader Wins Pro-West Mandate But Wary of Russia
Pro-Western parties will dominate Ukraine’s parliament after an election handed President Petro Poroshenko a mandate to end a separatist conflict and steer the country further out of Russia’s orbit in… …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s pro-West parties in coalition talks
Expectations were that Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk’s People’s Front and the Petro Poroshenko Bloc would form a government, with Yatsenyuk keeping his premier’s post. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine leader Poroshenko wins pro-West mandate but wary of Russia
October 27, 2014 10:27 PMKIEV (Reuters) – Pro-Western parties will dominate Ukraine’s parliament after an election handed President Petro Poroshenko a mandate to end a separatist conflict and steer the country further out of Russia’s orbit into Europe’s mainstream. …read more Source: The Straits...
Darth Vadar’s presidential ambitions thwarted again in Ukraine
Darth Vader is in trouble in Ukraine – again. A candidate posing as the iconic villain from the Star Wars movies already had his Ukrainian presidential ambitions thwarted by suspicious authorities in May. …read more Source: South China Morning...
Heavy shelling near rebel-held Ukraine city after poll
Heavy shelling erupted Monday near the separatist held city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, ending a relatively calm period during the weekend parliamentary election. Several dozen Grad multiple rockets could be heard firing early in the morning from the area of Putilovsky, a neighbourhood near the city’s ruined airport, AFP...
