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Ukraine denies selling missile technology to North Korea
KIEV – Ukraine said on Monday it had never supplied defense technology to North Korea, responding to a New York Times article which quoted experts saying North Korea may have purchased rocket engines from a Ukrainian factory. “Ukraine has never… …read more Source:...
Two Pussy Riot members detained over protest in Siberian city
August 08, 2017 12:49 AMMOSCOW (AFP) – Russian police on Monday (Aug 7) detained for several hours two members of Pussy Riot after they staged a protest in support of a jailed Ukrainian filmmaker in a Siberian city. …read more Source: The Straits...
Germany’s FDP urges new approach to Russia’s annexation of Crimea
51 min 40 sec agoBERLIN – Germany may have to accept Russia’s 2014 annexation of the Crimea regio …read more Source:...
German techno band faces charges for Crimea concert: Ukraine envoy
37 min 10 sec agoBERLIN – German techno band Scooter faces significant legal consequences for performi …read more Source:...
Nato says Russia ties most ‘difficult’ since Cold War
August 04, 2017 9:58 AMWASHINGTON (AFP) – Nato Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday (Aug 3) that ties between the alliance and Moscow were at their most difficult phase since the Cold War, blaming Russia for its role in the Ukraine conflict. …read more Source: The Straits...
Hero pilot honoured with medal for courage after ‘blind’ landing
August 03, 2017 5:00 AMISTANBUL • A Ukrainian pilot has been hailed a hero and awarded the country’s national medal for courage after he safely landed a passenger plane following a freak hailstorm over Turkey which smashed its windscreen. …read more Source: The Straits...
Ex-Ukraine leader’s trial won’t heal nation
August 03, 2017 5:00 AMWhen Ukraine’s authorities first decided that Viktor Yanukovych, the country’s deposed president, should stand trial for allegedly ordering the shooting of dozens of demonstrators against his regime, they envisaged the kind of trial to cleanse a nation’s dark past, similar to those that took place in other...
Trump calls Russia sanctions legislation ‘significantly flawed’
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Wednesday called the Russia sanctions legislation he signed into law “significantly flawed” and urged Congress to not use the measure to hinder U.S. efforts to resolve the Ukraine conflict with its European allies. … …read more Source:...
Hero pilot lands passenger plane ‘blind’ in Turkey after hailstorm shatters windscreen
August 02, 2017 12:14 PMA Ukrainian pilot has been hailed a hero and awarded the country’s national medal of courage, after he safely landed a passenger plane when a freak hailstorm over Turkey smashed up his windscreen. …read more Source: The Straits...
Pilot saves 127 passengers in 'blind' landing after hailstones shatter plane windscreen
A Ukrainian captain from AtlasGlobal, a Turkish airline, has been hailed as a hero for making a safe landing after an unexpected hail storm wrecked the aircraft’s windscreen last Friday (July 28). With low visibility, Captain Alexander Akopov was forced to execute a ‘blind’ landing. …read more Source:...
