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.
VIDEO: Inside village shattered by shelling
The Ukrainian army is using the current truce to “rearm and re-group”, says the BBC’s Paul Wood from the village of Peski, near Donetsk airport. …read more Source:...
VIDEO: The volunteer fighters defending Mariupol
The strategically important city of Mariupol is being defended not only by regular Ukrainian army troops but also by fighters who swear allegiance to the Azov Battalion. …read more Source:...
Spaniards ‘joined Ukraine rebels’
Authorities in Spain arrest eight people accused of travelling to eastern Ukraine to fight alongside pro-Russian rebels. …read more Source:...
‘Ukraine’s eastern threat to stay’
Ukraine’s president says a “military threat from the east” will remain even if a truce with rebels holds, a warning seen as a reference to Russia. …read more Source:...
Ukraine ‘starts weapons withdrawal’
Ukraine’s army starts withdrawal of heavy weapons from front line as part of ceasefire, defence ministry says. …read more Source:...
Lull raises hopes of Ukraine truce
The Ukrainian army says it suffered no casualties in 24 hours for the first time in weeks, in a sign that a fragile ceasefire may be taking hold. …read more Source:...
UK to help train Ukrainian army
British military personnel are to be sent to Ukraine in the next few weeks to provide advice and training, says Prime Minister David Cameron. …read more Source:...
VIDEO: Weapons ‘moved from Donetsk’
Heavy guns are being moved away from confrontation lines around the Ukrainian rebel stronghold of Donetsk, the BBC understands. …read more Source:...
VIDEO: Defiant mood as Donetsk marks holiday
Ukraine has delayed the promised withdrawal of heavy weapons, blaming rebels for continued violations of the ceasefire reached in Minsk. …read more Source:...
Putin: War with Ukraine ‘unlikely’
Russia’s Vladimir Putin says war with Ukraine is ‘unlikely’, despite Ukrainian claims that Russia has been backing rebels in the east. …read more Source:...
