Section: RTÉ News (Ireland)
New footage shows missiles hitting Ukraine plane
New video footage has emerged showing two Iranian missiles tearing through the night sky and hitting a Ukrainian passenger plane, sending the aircraft down in flames and killing all 176 passengers and crew on board. …read more Source:: RTÉ...
Iran says Ukraine aircraft shot down due to human error
A Ukrainian aircraft which crashed earlier this week in Iran had flown close to a sensitive military site belonging to the elite Revolutionary Guards, and was shot down unintentionally due to human error, the Iranian military has said. …read more Source:: RTÉ...
Ukraine says missile theory not ruled out
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that the possibility a missile downed a Ukrainian passenger airplane over Iran this week killing all on board had not been ruled out but it had not been confirmed yet. …read more Source:: RTÉ...
Ukraine jet crashes in Iran, at least 170 dead
A Ukrainian airliner carrying at least 170 passengers crashed soon after taking off from Tehran’s Imam Khomeini airport, and all aboard were killed, Iran’s state television anda Ukrainian official said. …read more Source:: RTÉ...
Ukraine rivals begin prisoner exchange
Ukrainian authorities and Russia-backed separatists in the war-torn east of the country began a prisoner exchange today in a frontline operation that has stirred controversy. …read more Source:: RTÉ...
US moved to freeze Ukraine aid 90 minutes after call
A US budget official told the Pentagon to “hold off” on military aid to Kiev 90 minutes after a controversial phone call between President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky, according to an internal email. …read more Source:: RTÉ...
Ukraine summit pledges ceasefire, withdrawal of forces
Host President Emmanuel Macron said a new summit would be held in four months to take stock of progress on ending the conflict. …read more Source:: RTÉ...
Putin set for landmark Paris talks on Ukraine conflict
Russia and Ukraine are to hold their first face-to-face talks in a bid to end five and a half years of conflict in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:: RTÉ...
Ukraine hits out at Apple over change to Crimean map
Ukraine has said technology company Apple did not “give a damn” about its pain, after the US firm began referring to the Russian-annexed Crimean peninsula as part of Russia in its Maps and Weather apps for Russian users. …read more Source:: RTÉ...
Trump conduct ‘beyond anything Nixon did’ – Schiff
Chair of the House impeachment panel has alleged that President Donald Trump, by withholding military aid from Ukraine to demand dirt on a potential 2020 election rival, went beyond anything done by disgraced predecessor Richard Nixon. …read more Source:: RTÉ...
