Section: BBC (The United Kingdom)
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcasting statutory corporation. The BBC is headquartered at Broadcasting House in London The BBC is the world’s oldest national broadcasting organisation and the largest broadcaster in the world by number of employees, with about 23,000 staff.
The BBC is a corporation, independent from direct government intervention, with its activities being overseen by the BBC Trust ( formed on 1 January 2007). Trustees are appointed by the British monarch on advice of government ministers.
BBC has an office in Kyiv since 1993.
Ukraine hit by military setbacks
Ukraine suffers a series of military setbacks, as hundreds of troops are taken prisoner and its forces withdraw from a key airport. …read more Source:...
Russia urges Ukraine ceasefire talks
An “immediate ceasefire” in Ukraine must be the priority for key negotiations taking place on Monday, Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov says. …read more Source:...
Foreign fighters in east Ukraine
The Europeans who pitch up in Ukraine to join the fight …read more Source:...
Putin ‘urges talks on east Ukraine’
President Putin calls for talks on “statehood” for eastern Ukraine and says it is “impossible to predict” the end of the crisis, Russian media report. …read more Source:...
Ukraine and Russia in troop exchange
Ten captured Russian paratroopers and 63 Ukrainian soldiers have been exchanged following negotiations, Russian media report. …read more Source:...
‘Praying for death’ in Ukraine
Activist relives humiliation and horror at hands of Ukraine rebels …read more Source:...
EU sets Russia sanctions ultimatum
The EU gives Russia one week to reduce its military involvement in Ukraine or face new sanctions, as Ukraine’s leader talks of the “point of no return”. …read more Source:...
Ukraine near ‘point of no return’
Ukraine’s president says his country is “close to a point of no return – full scale-war”, as the EU discusses more sanctions against Russia. …read more Source:...
VIDEO: ‘Ukraine close to point of no return’
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said that “we are very close to the point of no return, which is full scale war” with Russia. …read more Source:...
EU mulls fresh response to Russia
EU leaders are to meet in Brussels to consider how to respond to Russia following accusations that its troops are fighting inside Ukraine. …read more Source:...
