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Russia’s Siluanov says Moscow made offer to Ukraine over debt
Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on Monday Moscow hoped to reach a compromise with Ukraine over Kiev’s debt and that Russia had made an offer which it sees as a basis for settling the issue. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukrainian soldier killed in violence in east
A Ukrainian serviceman was killed and eight were wounded in attacks by pro-Russian separatists in the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian military said on Sunday, as both sides reported renewed violence despite a ceasefire deal. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukrainian pilot, seven Afghans killed in civilian helicopter crash in Slovakia – ministry
A Ukrainian civilian helicopter that illegally entered Slovak airspace and crashed on Wednesday killed eight people aboard including a Ukrainian pilot and five men and two women from Afghanistan, the interior ministry said on Saturday. …read more Source: Channel...
Five soldiers killed in east, highest toll in two months – Ukraine military
Five Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in the past 24 hours during fighting in the east of Ukraine, the Ukrainian military said on Saturday, its highest death toll since a fragile ceasefire with pro-Russian separatists began two months ago. …read more Source: Channel...
Cold threatens 700,000 children in eastern Ukraine: UNICEF
Damaged pipelines in war-torn eastern Ukraine are threatening to cut off water, heating and electrical supplies at a time when temperatures are plunging, putting some 700,000 children at risk, UNICEF warned Friday. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukrainian civilian helicopter crashes in Slovakia, six people dead
A Ukrainian civilian helicopter has crashed in eastern Slovakia, killing six people, a Slovak interior ministry spokesman said on Friday. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine bans workplace discrimination against gays
The controversial bill in the deeply conservative eastern European country had failed on two previous occasions in the past week, but it mustered the required parliamentary majority after six consecutive votes in a raucous morning session. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine, separatists report rise in eastern fighting
Ukraine’s military and pro-Russian separatists accused each other on Wednesday of escalating violence in eastern Ukraine in defiance of a ceasefire deal, as Ukraine reported one of its soldiers killed in a direct attack. …read more Source: Channel...
Germany, France see progress in Ukraine peace talks
Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists have agreed to complete a withdrawal of heavy weaponry from their frontlines in eastern Ukraine, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Friday after a round of peace talks in Berlin. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine snubs free travel to Europe over anti-gay law
The European Union said in 2010 that Ukrainians being allowed free travel depended in part on Kiev adding a clause to its Soviet-era labour code that would ban all forms of discrimination against gays at work. …read more Source: Channel...
