Section: GMA News (Philippines)
Putin flies into Crimea amid war games and tension
Vladimir Putin flew into annexed Crimea on Friday a day after staging war games there, and said he hoped Ukraine would see “common sense” when it came to resolving a diplomatic crisis over the peninsula. …read more Source: GMA News...
Trump aide's name surfaces in Ukraine corruption probe – report
Corruption investigators in Ukraine say an illegal, off-the-books payment network earmarked $12.7 million in cash payments for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign chairman Paul Manafort, the New York Times reported Monday. …read more Source: GMA News...
Ukraine accuses Russia of plotting as tensions rise
Ukraine on Friday accused Russia of plotting further unrest as the international community sought to ease tensions after the two sides ramped up security around the disputed Crimean peninsula. …read more Source: GMA News...
Russia announces war games after accusing Ukraine of terrorist plot
Vladimir Putin summoned his security council and the Russian Navy announced war games in the Black Sea, a day after the Russian president accused Ukraine of trying to provoke a conflict over Crimea, which Moscow seized and annexed in 2014. …read more Source: GMA News...
Putin accuses Ukraine of trying to provoke a new conflict over Crimea
Vladimir Putin accused Ukraine on Wednesday of using terrorist tactics to try to provoke a new conflict and destabilize annexed Crimea after Russia said it had thwarted two armed Ukrainian attempts to get saboteurs into the contested peninsula. …read more Source: GMA News...
Ukraine at UN says Putin's Crimea decree 'null and void'
Ukraine’s UN ambassador on Thursday dismissed as “null and void” a decree by Russian President Vladimir Putin incorporating annexed Crimea into his country’s southern region. …read more Source: GMA News...
Ukraine sees ulterior motives after car bomb kills journalist
An award-winning journalist working for the online investigative website Ukrayinska Pravda was killed by a car bomb in central Kiev early on Wednesday morning, in what President Petro Poroshenko said was an attempt to destabilise Ukraine. …read more Source: GMA News...
MH17 families steel for legal fight on second anniversary
The families of the 298 people who died when flight MH17 was downed over Ukraine are steeling themselves for a slew of bitter legal battles, on the eve of the tragedy’s second anniversary. …read more Source: GMA News...
Obama urges NATO to stand firm against Russia despite Brexit
US President Barack Obama urged NATO leaders on Friday to stand firm against a resurgent Russia over its seizure of Crimea from Ukraine and said Britain’s vote to leave the European Union should not weaken the Western defense alliance. …read more Source: GMA News...
Jubilant Ukraine hails ‘unbelievable’ Eurovision victory
Jubilant Ukrainians erupted in celebration Sunday after Jamala won the Eurovision Song Contest with a powerful tribute to her Tatar people’s deportation from Russian-annexed Crimea in 1944. …read more Source: GMA News...
