Section: France 24 (France)
Ukraine creates church independent from Russia
A historic council of Orthodox bishops in Kiev has created a new Ukrainian church independent from Russia, President Petro Poroshenko announced on Saturday. …read more Source: France...
Ukraine raids Orthodox churches with Russia ties
Ukrainian authorities on Monday raided three Orthodox churches aligned to Russia as political and religious tensions between the two countries grow. …read more Source: France...
Ukraine bars entry to Russian men of combat age
Ukraine on Friday banned Russian men of combat age from entering the country, a move introduced under martial law after Russia fired on and captured three Ukrainian naval ships off Crimea last weekend. …read more Source: France...
FRANCE 24 reports from a Ukrainian port ‘under blockade’
FRANCE 24’s correspondent in Ukraine, Gulliver Cragg, reports from the port of Berdyansk, on the Sea of Azov, which has effectively been under sea blockade from Russia for the last six days …read more Source: France...
A look at key dates in the Ukraine-Russia crisis
With Ukraine and Russia at a standoff, here’s a look at the important dates in the ongoing crisis between the two countries. …read more Source: France...
Kiev asks NATO to send ships to Sea of Azov
Ukraine has asked NATO for naval support in the country’s standoff with Russia, while German Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned that there is no “military solution” to the conflict. …read more Source: France...
Revisited: Five years on, what has Ukraine’s Maidan Revolution achieved?
The “Winter on Fire” of 2013-2014 saw Ukrainians oust a kleptocratic leader in violent protests, in the name of closer ties with the EU and adherence to its values of good governance. What did they achieve? Our reporter Gulliver Cragg, who covered the protests at the time, went to meet some of those whose lives were profoundly...
Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was shot down by Russian forces, investigators confirm
Prosecutors investigating the downing of flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014 said on Thursday they had identified the missile used to shoot down the plane as coming from Russia’s armed forces. …read more Source: France...
Ukraine convicts Frenchman over Euro 2016 attack plot
A Ukrainian court on Monday sentenced a Frenchman to six years in jail after finding him guilty of planning a terror attack in France during the Euro 2016 football championship. …read more Source: France...
Russia’s Putin drives truck to open bridge linking Moscow with annexed Crimea
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday drove a truck across a new bridge linking mainland Russia to Moscow-annexed Crimea, triggering a fierce reaction from Kiev. …read more Source: France...
