Section: The United Kingdom
Russia keeps Ukrainian sailors in custody despite swap talks
A court in Moscow ruled on Wednesday to keep 24 Ukrainian sailors captured by Russia off the coast of Crimea in custody for a further three months despite recent talks between Moscow and Kiev on a possible prisoner swap. …read more Source:...
Ukraine says transport organizer of missile that shot down MH-17 plane in jail
Ukraine said on Wednesday a rebel who organized the trailer carrying the missile that shot down a Malaysian airliner in 2014 had been captured two years ago and was now serving a sentence in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s Russian-speaking president gives glimmer of hope to war-torn east
In one of his first acts as Ukrainian president, comedian-turned-politician Volodymyr Zelenskiy held out a symbolic olive branch to people in Ukraine’s mostly Russian-speaking Donbass region, by switching from Ukrainian to Russian. …read more Source:...
Ukraine says driver of missile that shot down plane has been held for two years
Ukraine said on Wednesday that it has been holding the driver of the trailer carrying the missile that shot down a Malaysian airliner in 2014, saying he had captured two years ago and was now serving a sentence in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Russian court extends arrest of a group of Ukrainian sailors
A court in Moscow on Wednesday ordered the first six of 24 Ukrainian sailors seized by Russia off the coast of Crimea last year to be held in pre-trial detention for another three months. …read more Source:...
Ukraine president submits law criminalizing illicit enrichment
Ukraine’s president has submitted a draft law to parliament criminalizing illicit enrichment by officials, a condition for receiving support from the International Monetary Fund, the parliament website showed on Wednesday. …read more Source:...
Why PrivatBank holds the key to Ukraine’s future
The fate of a nationalised bank once owned by oligarch Igor Kolomoisky is set to be a defining issue for the new president …read more Source: Financial...
Ukraine says it has agreed exchange of prisoners with Russia
A senior Ukrainian official said on Tuesday his country and Russia had agreed to exchange prisoners from the conflict in eastern Ukraine over the next month. …read more Source:...
Dutch appeals court postpones verdict on Crimean gold
A Dutch appeals court on Tuesday postponed its verdict on the ownership of a collection of gold artifacts from Crimea that was on loan to a Dutch museum when Russia seized the peninsula from Ukraine in 2014, saying it needed more information. …read more Source:...
Five things you need to know today: Democratic women hit back at Trump’s racist attacks
Plus, Tory candidates declare Irish backstop dead, Khan rejects the Tulip tower and Italian police seize far-right weapons stash. “Don’t take the bait” The four Democratic congresswomen targeted by Donald Trump’s racist attacks have dismissed his remarks as a “disruption and a distraction” and have urged Americans “not to take the...
