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Kremlin calls U.S. statement on eastern Ukraine inappropriate
MOSCOW – Moscow regards a U.S. statement linking the lifting of sanctions on Russia to its withdrawal from eastern Ukraine as inappropriate and incorrect, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday. “We have repeatedly said Russia is not… …read more Source:...
Trump, Ukraine’s Poroshenko discuss how to resolve conflict in eastern Ukraine
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump met on Tuesday with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in talks that the White House said was about ways to resolve peacefully the conflict in eastern Ukraine. A White House statement said the two leaders,… …read more Source:...
Ukraine leader says Trump voiced strong support for Kiev during talks
KIEV – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said he had received strong assurances of U.S. support for his country from Donald Trump during a meeting in the White House on Tuesday. Trump has called in the past for improved U.S. ties with… …read more Source:...
Ukraine leader says Trump voiced strong support for Kiev during talks
June 21, 2017 12:20 AMKIEV (REUTERS) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said he had received strong assurances of US support for his country from Donald Trump during a meeting in the White House on Tuesday (June 20). …read more Source: The Straits...
U.S. sanctions 38 individuals, entities over Russian actions in Ukraine
WASHINGTON – The United States on Tuesday added 38 individuals and organization to its list of those sanctioned over Russian activities in Ukraine, the U.S. Treasury said in a statement. Those newly put under sanctions included 19 people and 19… …read more Source:...
US Vice President Mike Pence to host Ukraine’s Poroshenko, Trump unclear
June 20, 2017 3:52 AMWASHINGTON (AFP) – US Vice President Mike Pence will meet Petro Poroshenko in Washington on Tuesday (June 20), the White House said, but there was no word on whether the Ukrainian president will be hosted by his opposite number Donald Trump. …read more Source: The Straits...
Ukrainian MP launches hunger strike over Lviv trash row
KIEV – A Ukrainian opposition lawmaker began a hunger strike on Monday, accusing central government of inaction in allowing trash to pile up in the picturesque western city of Lviv, the power-base of his Samopomich (Self-Reliance) party. Party… …read more Source:...
Kiev hosts largely incident-free gay pride march
34 min 51 sec agoKIEV – Ukrainian politicians and foreign diplomats joined thousands marching for gay …read more Source:...
Russian diplomats expelled from Moldova recruited fighters: sources
[CHISINAU, Moldova] Moldovan intelligence believes five Russian diplomats expelled from Moldova last month were spies who were recruiting fighters for the Moscow-backed insurgency in neighbouring Ukraine, a government source and two diplomatic sources told Reuters. …read more Source: The Business...
Exclusive: Russian diplomats expelled from Moldova recruited fighters: sources
CHISINAU – Moldovan intelligence believes five Russian diplomats expelled from Moldova last month were spies who were recruiting fighters for the Moscow-backed insurgency in neighboring Ukraine, a government source and two diplomatic sources told Reuters. … …read more Source:...
