Section: RTÉ News (Ireland)
Ukrainian plane with seven on board crashes
A Ukrainian cargo plane with seven people on board has crashed in Algeria’s far south, an Algerian transport ministry official said. …read more Source: RTÉ...
Russia demands for MH17 data to be published
Russia is demanding to know why international investigators have yet to publish the black box data from a Malaysian airliner that crashed in eastern Ukraine in July. …read more Source: RTÉ...
Russia responsible for violence in Ukraine – Obama
US President Barack Obama has accused Russia of being responsible for the violence in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: RTÉ...
Russian troops ‘intervening directly’ in Ukraine
Russia is now “directly involved” in fighting in the war-torn east of Ukraine, the US ambassador in Kiev has said. …read more Source: RTÉ...
Ukraine PM says Russia plans to block gas to EU
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk has said Kiev knew of plans by Russia to halt gas flows this winter to Europe. …read more Source: RTÉ...
Russian and Ukrainian presidents to meet in Minsk
The Russian and Ukrainian presidents are to hold a summit meeting in Minsk, the capital of Belarus. …read more Source: RTÉ...
Ukraine forces clash with armoured Russian convoy
A battle has erupted between border guards and a convoy of “dozens” of armoured vehicles and tanks that entered its territory from Russia near the Azov Sea, security officials from Kiev have said. …read more Source: RTÉ...
Russian aid convoy to East Ukraine returns
The first lorries from Moscow’s controversial aid convoy to rebel-held parts of Ukraine began returning to Russia. …read more Source: RTÉ...
Aid convoy enters Ukraine on Russian orders
Russia ordered a convoy of aid trucks across the border into eastern Ukraine without Kiev’s permission, which Ukraine said amounted to a “direct invasion”. …read more Source: RTÉ...
Minsk talks step to defusing Ukraine crisis
A meeting between the leaders of Russia, Ukraine and the European Union in Minsk next week is a step towards defusing the conflict in Ukraine, the speaker of the Russian parliament was quoted as saying today. …read more Source: RTÉ...
