Section: The United Kingdom
U.S. slaps more sanctions on Russians over Ukraine: Treasury
The United States, Canada and European Union imposed sweeping sanctions on Friday over Russia’s actions against Ukraine, including its 2018 attack on Ukrainian ships, annexation of Crimea and activities in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Five years on, Crimea annexation divides a family
Five years after Russia seized Crimea from Ukraine, prominent dissident Ilmi Umerov finds himself in Kiev, separated from his wife and family in Crimea whom he fears rejoining because of what he thinks is the threat of prosecution. …read more Source:...
EU targets 8 more Russians over naval incident off Ukraine
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A comedian could be Ukraine’s next president
A MEMORIAL COMPLEX featuring photographs of brave protesters fills Kiev’s Independence Square, or Maidan. Displays reproduce Ukrainians’ Facebook posts from key moments during the movement that overthrew the former president, Viktor Yanukovych, five years ago. “I stopped counting covered bodies,” reads one, recalling the day when...
Ukraine suspends flights of two Boeing 737 models
Ukraine has suspended all flights by Boeing’s 737-8 and 737-9 MAX aircraft following Sunday’s deadly plane crash in Ethiopia, Ukraine’s aviation authority said on Wednesday. …read more Source:...
Comedian Zelenskiy extends Ukraine presidential poll lead
Comic actor Volodymyr Zelenskiy has extended his lead in Ukraine’s presidential election race, according to an opinion poll published on Wednesday. …read more Source:...
Syria, Skripal and MH17: how Bellingcat broke the news – podcast
In 2012, Eliot Higgins began blogging about the news from his front room in Leicester. Seven years later, his investigative website Bellingcat has been responsible for revealing key aspects of some of the world’s biggest stories. And: Jonathan Freedland on the result of Theresa May’s meaningful voteEliot Higgins first became known for...
Ukraine: Child rescued as buggy blown off Odessa pier
A three-year-old was blown into the sea off a pier in Ukraine, prompting a quick rescue. …read more Source:...
Ukraine and the shifting balance of power
The presidential election and Russia’s new gas pipeline could change the landscape …read more Source: Financial...
The Ukraine women singing to drown out explosions
A group of women have formed a choir, which helps them forget their troubles in eastern Ukraine’s conflict zone. …read more Source:...
