Section: France 24 (France)
Memorial forest unveiled on third anniversary of MH17 crash
Three years after a missile shot down a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet over Ukraine, killing all 298 passengers on board, families and loved ones attended the unveiling of a “living memorial” in honour of their loved ones. …read more Source: France...
Ukraine to start NATO talks: Russia angry, the West uncertain
Ukraine will start talks on joining NATO, President Petro Poroshenko announced on Monday, a move likely to strain already tense relations between the West and Ukraine’s neighbour Russia. …read more Source: France...
Ukraine seeks path into NATO in light of Russian threats
Ukraine will begin discussions with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization on an action plan to get it into the U.S.-led alliance, its leader said on Monday, while the country would work on reforms to meet membership standards by 2020. …read more Source: France...
‘Historic’ cyber attack hits Ukraine government and businesses
A massive cyber attack caused disruption across Europe on Tuesday, but hackers appeared to target Ukrainian government offices, infrastructure and key businesses in particular. …read more Source: France...
France’s Macron refuses to recognise Crimea ‘annexation’
President Emmanuel Macron said Monday France refuses to recognise Russia’s “annexation” of the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea. …read more Source: France...
Three years after annexation, Russia is spending billions on bridge to Crimea
It’s been three years since Vladimir Putin signed off on Russia’s annexation of Crimea – a unilateral act which landed Moscow with a wave of sanctions from Europe and the United States. Last year, Russia started building a bridge across the Kerch Strait which separates the peninsula of Crimea from the Russian mainland....
Video: Crimean dissidents silenced by Moscow
Three years after the annexation of the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea, Russia has deployed all the tools at its disposal, in the police and the justice system, to silence dissenting voices. Whether it’s the Tatars (an ethnic minority opposed to the annexation), journalists who express a critical point of view, or pro-Ukrainian activists,...
Exiled former Russian lawmaker shot dead in Kiev
A former Russian lawmaker and key witness in a treason case against Ukraine’s ousted leader Viktor Yanukovich was shot dead in broad daylight outside a hotel in central Kiev on Thursday, police said. …read more Source: France...
Russia’s Lavrov announces new Ukraine ceasefire
Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine agreed on Saturday to use their influence to implement a ceasefire and the withdrawal of heavy weapons from Monday in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: France...
Surge in Ukraine violence could end peace deal, lead to ‘humanitarian disaster’
Clashes between Ukrainian forces and Moscow-backed rebels left seven more people dead in Ukraine on Friday, in escalating violence that European monitors say could lead to a humanitarian disaster. …read more Source: France...
