Section: Daily Mail (The United Kingdom)
Ukraine looks West with strong showing for pro-Europe parties in snap elections
Leading the poll was a group backing President Petro Poroshenko, which won 23 per cent of the votes cast, ahead of the party of Prime Minister Arseny Yastseniuk on 21.3 per cent. …read more Source: Daily...
Little girl escapes falling glass from Donetsk stadium during shelling
CCTV reveals how the girl escaped a vast glass facade which fell to the ground after the Donbass Stadium was shelled – despite a ceasefire between separatists and the Ukrainian government. …read more Source: Daily...
Rebel soldier in Ukraine doesn’t flinch when enemy shell lands just yards away
Show of remarkable fearlessness and calm came during a TV interview about the war with government forces and the struggle to control Donetsk airport. …read more Source: Daily...
Tycoons worth £22billion at Tory fundraising ball: Secret table plan reveals how guests were placed next to ministers whose portfolios were linked to financial interests
A doorsetp lender, property magnates and a Ukrainian-born energy tycoon were among guests worth £22billion who attended the Tories’ biggest fundraising event, the Black And White Ball. …read more Source: Daily...
Vladimir Putin hobnobs with Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone and uses Russian Grand Prix to announce troop pull-back from Ukraine – as scale of damage done by rebel forces emerges
Vladimir Putin used today’s Russian Grand Prix to launch a pro-Western charm offensive ahead of fresh talks on EU and U.S. sanctions against Russia later this week. …read more Source: Daily...
Ukraine’s Donetsk airport in tatters as UN says at least 331 have been killed since ceasefire
The main terminal building and the air traffic control tower at Donetsk airport lying in ruins as battles between pro-Russian separatists and government forces continue. …read more Source: Daily...
Trenches dug in eastern Ukraine as pro-Russian separatists bombard Donetsk
Pro-Russian separatists used tanks, artillery systems and rocket launches in their fight to capture the airport in the rebel-held Ukrainian city of Donetsk yesterday. …read more Source: Daily...
Mortar strikes hit Ukrainian school playground, killing four people and six others in nearby street
City authorities blamed the shelling on the pro-Russian rebels and the separatists blamed it on Ukrainian forces. There were no children among those killed in the shelling. …read more Source: Daily...
Crimean road sinkhole kills 4 adults and 2 children when their car falls in
Six people – including three-year-old twins – died after their car plunged into a 26ft-wide sinkhole in the middle of a main road near the Crimean capital of Simferopol. …read more Source: Daily...
Explosions and gunfire return to Ukraine on day of heavy fighting
Large clouds of thick black smoke could be seen billowing over Donetsk inn eastern Ukraine as sustained shelling and automatic gunfire rang out throughout the day. …read more Source: Daily...
