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‘Batman’ Killed By Ukrainian Security Forces
Alexandr Bednov was a prominent rebel fighter and the leader of a pro-Russian militia, the Batman battalion, in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Sky...
Ukraine reports first military death of 2015
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine on Friday reported its first military death of 2015 in its conflict with pro-Russian separatists, saying a soldier had been killed and five others wounded in attacks by the rebels. …read more Source:...
VIDEO: Flaming torches at nationalist march
An estimated 2,500 turned out for a Ukrainian nationalist march on Thursday to mark the 106th birthday of the World War Two anti-Soviet leader Stepan Bandera. …read more Source:...
Ukraine nationalists march in Kiev
Thousands of Ukrainian nationalists march by torchlight through Kiev to honour World War Two anti-Soviet leader Stepan Bandera. …read more Source:...
Ukraine says rebels keep up attacks into New Year
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian separatists carried out sporadic attacks on government forces as the New Year began, wounding three soldiers, the Kiev military said, as President Petro Poroshenko told the nation to brace for a year that would “not be easy”. …read more Source:...
Face-planting fare dodger picks up a fine, medical bills… AND has to pay the fare
As far as fare-dodging goes, Ukrainian man Zossima Sozonov is the worst on record. CCTV footage from the Klovsk underground station in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev shows him trying to get a free ride, tripping himself up, mashing his face into the hard floor of the station, and cleanly knocking himself out. Transport police were so impressed by...
In 2014, Russia’s Olympian efforts were dwarfed by Ukraine crisis
Vladimir Putin wanted to use Games and G8 to establish Russia on world stage, but starring role became for far grimmer reasonOn New Year’s Eve it will be 15 years since Vladimir Putin first took over the reins of Russia from an ailing Boris Yeltsin as the millennium struck, and 2014 ranks as perhaps the most challenging and dramatic year...
Russia’s Putin praises Crimea’s ‘return home’
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a televised New Year’s address on Wednesday that the “return home” of Ukraine’s Crimea peninsula to Moscow’s control would remain a very important epoch in Russia’s history. …read more Source:...
Ukraine denies radioactive leak on Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian authorities denied on Tuesday a report in pro-Kremlin media that a radioactive leak had taken place at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant, Europe’s largest. …read more Source:...
U.S. to station 150 armored vehicles in Europe
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The United States plans by the end of next year to station around 150 tanks and armored vehicles in Europe for use by U.S. forces training in Europe as part of the U.S. response to the Ukraine crisis, according to a U.S. military commander. …read more Source:...
