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UPDATE 1-Clashes, jeers and burning tires greet coronavirus evacuees in Ukraine
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Ukraine protesters clash with police over China virus evacuees
February 21, 2020 3:15 AMKHARKIV, UKRAINE (AFP) – Dozens of people clashed with police on Thursday (Feb 20) outside a hospital in central Ukraine over government plans to quarantine evacuees from coronavirus-hit China in the facility. …read more Source:: The Straits...
Fearing infection, residents protest coronavirus evacuees landing in Ukraine
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Coronavirus: Dozens protest in Ukraine over China virus evacuees
February 20, 2020 2:21 AMKIEV (AFP) – Dozens of protesters demonstrated outside a Ukraine hospital on Wednesday (Feb 19), urging the government not to allow evacuees from virus-hit China to be quarantined in the facility, local media reported. …read more Source:: The Straits...
Ex-taekwondo champ freed in Ukraine-Russia swap says she is captive again
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Ex-taekwondo champ freed in Ukraine-Russia swap says she is captive again
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Former US National Security Adviser Bolton warns of possible ‘censorship’ of his White House memoir
February 18, 2020 9:14 AMWASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – Former National Security Adviser John Bolton raised alarm the Trump administration could block his memoir that describes his interaction with the president over Ukraine. …read more Source:: The Straits...
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy wants to turn page on Trump impeachment ‘soap opera’
February 16, 2020 3:44 AMMUNICH, GERMANY (AFP) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Saturday (Feb 15) said he wanted to turn the page on President Donald Trump’s impeachment scandal, which has left its mark on ties between the two nations. …read more Source:: The Straits...
‘New phase’ in talks on Ukraine as Russia changes negotiator: France
February 13, 2020 4:37 PMPARIS (AFP) – Russia’s appointment of a new point man for Ukraine will likely push back a second summit on ending the nearly six-year conflict but could herald a new phase in the talks, a French presidential official said on Wednesday (Feb 13). …read more Source:: The Straits...
Netherlands says it rejected Moscow offer for MH17 prosecution
THE HAGUE – The Netherlands has turned down an offer by Russia to prosecute three men suspected of involvement in the 2014 downing of a passenger jet over eastern Ukraine, the Dutch justice minister said on Wednesday (Feb 12). Ferd Grapperhaus said Moscow sent a letter in October last year in which it asked whether the Dutch would consider...
