Section: The United Kingdom
Biden tells Ukraine’s Poroshenko U.S. to give $335 million in security aid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden told Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Thursday that the United States was moving forward with an additional $335 million in security assistance, the White House said in a statement. …read more Source:...
Dissociative disorder
UKRAINE’S efforts to reach an association agreement with the European Union have led to revolution, poisoned relations with Russia and caused war with Russian-backed separatists. After years of negotiations, Ukrainian and EU leaders at last signed the agreement in Kiev in March 2014, just after the Maidan revolution. But the deal may yet...
Once more around the bloc
TWO years ago a Ukrainian blogger, Mustafa Nayem, published a Facebook post calling people onto Kiev’s Maidan and launched the protest that toppled the government of Viktor Yanukovych. On March 27th Mr Nayem, who is now a deputy in the Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, called people out again—this time to demand the dismissal of the...
The ‘new Ukraine’ is failing us, LGBT activists say
Gay rights advocate tells Coda Story his community is being ignored by the Ukrainian government as homophobic attacks continueZoryan Kis was sitting on a bench in the centre of Kiev with his boyfriend on his lap when a group of teenagers came up to them, asked if they were “patriots” and doused them in pepper spray.Friends rushed to help but...
BLACK OPS: Putin sent private military forces on secret missions into Syria and Ukraine
BLACK OPS: Putin sent private military forces on secret missions into Syria and Ukraine …read more Source:...
UK’s Hammond: Russia ‘going backwards’ on sanctions relief
TBILISI (Reuters) – Russia is moving further away from having Western sanctions lifted over its role in the Ukraine crisis, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond told Reuters on Wednesday. …read more Source:...
Vladimir Putin sent Russian mercenaries to ‘fight in Syria and Ukraine’
Fighters from a private military company called Wagner were used for deniable military operations abroad, finds an investigation by a Russian newspaper …read more Source: The...
Ukraine’s independent MPs boost chances of ending deadlock
KIEV (Reuters) – Several non-aligned Ukrainian lawmakers have agreed to join Ukraine’s biggest faction to help end a political crisis that is stalling Western-backed reforms and vital international financial aid, deputies said on Wednesday. …read more Source:...
Ukraine parliament approves resignation of chief prosecutor
KIEV (Reuters) – The Ukrainian parliament approved on Tuesday the resignation of General Prosecutor Viktor Shokin, an official seen by the Ukraine’s Western backers as an obstacle to tackling corruption. …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s prosecutor general dismissed amid govt turmoil
…read more Source:...
