Section: The United Kingdom
Commitment anxiety
THE romance between Ukraine and the European Union is full of unmet expectations. Ukraine wants commitment from the EU; the EU wants proof that Ukraine has really changed. When EU officials visited Kiev on April 27th for a joint summit, they snubbed Ukraine’s requests for a peacekeeping force in the Donbas, for additional military aid and...
Great patriotic war, again
ON MAY 9th 150 Russian military aircraft will streak across the Moscow sky, 16,000 troops will march through Red Square and three intercontinental ballistic missiles will be put on display, all in celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany. Vladimir Putin, the national leader with a fast-developing...
David Miliband’s aid organisation forced out of Ukraine after being accused of spying
A group of Western aid workers for an organisation headed by former Foreign Secretary David Miliband have been thrown out of pro-Moscow eastern Ukraine on suspicion of ‘espionage’. …read more Source: Daily...
Staff from David Miliband group thrown out of Ukraine by Moscow-backed rebels for ‘SPYING’
STAFF at a global aid organisation headed by David Miliband have been forced out of eastern Ukraine after being accused of SPYING by pro-Russian rebels. …read more Source:...
IMF says to visit Kiev May 12 to review bailout program
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund is set to go to Ukraine on May 12 to review Kiev’s progress with conditions of its $17.5 billion bailout program, an IMF spokesman said on Thursday. …read more Source:...
100-metre sinkhole ‘swallows seven houses’ in Ukraine
Residents of a village in Ukraine are demanding the government help them after a 100-metre-wide, 60-metre-deep sinkhole opened up, reportedly swallowing seven houses. Salt mines built in western Ukraine 220 years ago slowly began to collect water after they were closed, dissolving underground rock formations beneath some village. And after an...
Ukrainian rebels expel foreign aid group IRC
DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Representatives of a New York-based aid group were expelled from separatist-held territories in eastern Ukraine on Thursday after rebels closed down their operational base, accusing them of spying. …read more Source:...
One Ukrainian serviceman killed in separatist attacks: Kiev military
KIEV (Reuters) – One Ukrainian serviceman has been killed in fresh separatist attacks on government forces in eastern Ukraine despite a ceasefire, Interfax news agency quoted the Ukrainian military as saying. …read more Source:...
Ukraine rebels shut down aid agency
Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine close down the office of the International Rescue Committee, accusing the aid agency of spying. …read more Source:...
Gigantic 100-metre sinkhole leaves Ukrainian villagers terrified after reports it has swallowed up homes and looks likely to get even BIGGER
Seven properties have already reportedly vanished into the huge crater in the village of Solotvino in the Zakarpatska Oblast region of western Ukraine. …read more Source: Daily...
