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30 years on, Ukrainians remember victims of Chernobyl disaster
Ukraine held memorial services on Tuesday (Wednesday NZ Time) to mark the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster which permanently poisoned swathes of eastern Europe and highlighted the shortcomings of the secretive Soviet system. …read more Source:...
Chernobyl disaster: This is how scientists are keeping the radiation contained
Engineers at Chernobyl, Ukraine, are close to installing a new state-of-the-art protective shelter over the remains of reactor no. 4, the site of the worst nuclear power plant accident in history. …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s embattled prime minister Arseny Yatseniuk resigns
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk tendered his resignation in a televised broadcast on Sunday and signalled support for parliamentary speaker and presidential ally Volodymyr Groysman to take over his post. …read more Source:...
Russia sentences Ukraine’s ‘Joan of Arc’ to 22 years in prison
A Russian court has sentenced a Ukrainian helicopter navigator to 22 years in prison in a contentious murder trial that has drawn sharp condemnation from the West. …read more Source:...
Pianist’s wife charged with killing daughters in Texas
The estranged wife of a celebrated Ukrainian pianist Vadym Kholodenko has been charged with killing the couple’s two daughters at their home in suburban Fort Worth. …read more Source:...
Acclaimed pianist’s wife charged with murder of two young daughters
The estranged wife of celebrated Ukrainian pianist Vadym Kholodenko has been charged with killing the couple’s two daughters at their Texas home. …read more Source:...
Cargo plane crashes into Bay of Bengal, three Ukrainians killed
A cargo plane crashed into Bay of Bengal, off the coast of Bangladesh, on Wednesday (Thursday NZ Time), killing three crew including the pilot and leaving one survivor, a police official said. …read more Source:...
US whiz kid turned out to be a 23-year-old Ukrainian man
Honour student Asher Potts was well into his senior year in a Pennsylvania high school when police got a tip that the earnest teenager who had greatly impressed community leaders for nearly four years was not the person he claimed to be. …read more Source:...
Scuffles erupt at Ukraine’s parliament, PM dragged from post
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EU said to be set to extend Russian sanctions for six months
European Union countries will probably extend Ukraine-related economic sanctions against Russia for another six months at the end of January despite improved co-operation in Syria, three European diplomats said. …read more Source:...
