Section: The United Kingdom
Special Report: Ukraine struggles to control maverick battalions
KIEV (Reuters) – From a basement billiard club in central Kiev, Dmytro Korchynsky commands a volunteer battalion helping Ukraine’s government fight rebels in the east. A burly man with a long, Cossack-style moustache, Korchynsky has several hundred armed men at his disposal. The exact number, he said, is “classified.”...
Ukraine ‘blacklists’ actor Depardieu
Ukraine bans French actor Gerard Depardieu from entering the country for five years, apparently for supporting Russia’s annexation of Crimea, Ukrainian media say. …read more Source:...
Gazprom production set for post-Soviet low
State-controlled group buffeted by recession, declining demand in Europe and Ukraine dispute …read more Source: Financial...
Ukrainian military pilot held by Russia has alibi: lawyers
KIEV (Reuters) – Lawyers for a Ukrainian military pilot held in Russia on charges of murdering two Russian journalists in east Ukraine said on Tuesday they could prove she was already captive when they died in shelling, but doubted a court would heed their arguments. …read more Source:...
Russia-Ukraine row over ancient prince
Russia-Ukraine tug-of-war over St Vladimir …read more Source:...
OSCE mission to Ukraine seeks safe access to conflict area in east
KIEV (Reuters) – The OSCE’s special mission to Ukraine on Tuesday made a fresh appeal to all sides in the military conflict in Ukraine’s east to guarantee safe conditions for its monitors after one of its officers was wounded during an exchange of fire. …read more Source:...
Eyewitness: Kiev
Photographs from the Eyewitness series … …read more Source: The...
Russian frigate’s missile misfires and spins wildly out of control at Navy Day celebration in Crimea
Vladimir Putin has just approved a new version of Russia’s maritime doctrine calling for a strong Russian presence in the Atlantic Ocean – but the former KGB man’s latest military display won’t leave NATO quaking in its boots just yet. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine tops list of countries with the worst relations with neighbours
As the bloody conflict in Ukraine which has claimed the lives of 6,000 continues to rage, the nation has topped a list of countries with the worst relations with their neighbours. …read more Source: The...
Ukrainian gay couple pepper-sprayed while holding hands in Kiev – but that’s not the main message in latest social experiment video
A man sits on his partner’s lap, holding a bunch of flowers as the gay couple chat on a bench on Khreshchatyk Street, the main street in Kiev, Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
