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Kremlin: No Russian troops in Ukraine’s Donbass, but there are Russian ‘citizens’ – RIA
There are no Russian troops in the Moscow-leaning Donbass region of eastern Ukraine, and there have never been, but there are Russian citizens who stand by local residents, RIA news agency quoted the Kremlin as saying on Saturday. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine’s parliament speaker frontrunner to replace PM Yatseniuk
Ukraine’s parliamentary speaker emerged on Thursday as the frontrunner to replace the unpopular Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk, signalling a breakthrough in a political crisis that has lasted months. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine coalition mulls replacing PM Yatseniuk with parliament speaker
Parties from Ukraine’s ruling coalition on Thursday discussed replacing Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk with Parliamentary Speaker Volodymyr Groysman, a possible breakthrough in a months-long political crisis. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine PM cannot resign until new coalition agreements reached – lawmaker
The resignation of Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk is out of the question until a range of new coalition agreements is reached, Viktoria Siumar, a lawmaker in his People’s Front party said on Thursday. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine PM’s party says will discuss Groysman PM nomination
The People’s Front party of Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said on Thursday it was prepared to discuss nominating Parliamentary Speaker Volodymyr Groysman for the post of prime minister. …read more Source: Channel...
Giant arch to block Chernobyl radiation for next 100 years
In the middle of a vast exclusion zone in northern Ukraine, the world’s largest land-based moving structure has been built to prevent deadly radiation spewing from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site for the next 100 years. …read more Source: Channel...
Germany hopes for humanitarian solution for jailed Ukrainian pilot
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Wednesday he hoped a humanitarian solution could be found for Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko who was on Tuesday sentenced to 22 years in jail by a Russian court. …read more Source: Channel...
Murdered journalist buried in Ukraine 16 years after beheading
An investigative journalist whose murder 16 years ago helped precipitate Ukraine’s Orange Revolution was buried in Kiev on Tuesday after a delay due to his mother’s unwillingness to accept his decapitated body was her son. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine’s finance minister launches bid to lead technocrat government
Ukrainian Finance Minister Natalia Yaresko threw her hat into the ring on Tuesday to head a technocrat government of people uncompromised by “a political past” after weeks of speculation over whether she would try to replace Arseny Yatseniuk. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine’s finance minister launches bid to lead technocrat government
Ukrainian Finance Minister Natalia Yaresko threw her hat into the ring on Tuesday to head a technocrat government of people uncompromised by “a political past” after weeks of speculation over whether she would try to replace Arseny Yatseniuk. …read more Source: Channel...
