Section: The Guardian (The United Kingdom)
Russian journalist dead as bus with media and soldiers’ relatives shot at
Anatoly Klyan, 68, cameraman with Channel One, dead after attack near Avdiivka, blamed on Ukrainian troops by KremlinA veteran cameraman working for Russia’s Channel One was killed in eastern Ukraine when a bus carrying journalists and soldiers’ mothers was hit by gunfire, the station said Monday.Anatoly Klyan, 68, who had worked for...
Ukrainians crowdfund to raise cash for ‘people’s drone’ to help outgunned army
With Ukrainian soldiers buying their own uniforms, volunteers are now stepping in to equip the troops facing rebels in the eastIt has been used to raise money for films, rock bands and aspiring performance artists. Now Ukrainians have taken the concept of online crowdfunding to a new and giddy level, raising enough money to buy the...
Ukrainians protest in Kiev against ceasefire in the east of the country – video
Ukrainians gather around the presidential administration building and in Kiev’s Independence Square on Sunday to demonstrate against the president’s extension of a ceasefire in the east of the country. Petro Poroshenko extended the truce by three days after returning from signing a free trade deal in Brussels. Fighting has continued...
Pro-Russian rebels release more OSCE observers
Interfax news agency reports that four more observers who had been held captive for weeks have been set freePro-Russian insurgents have released four European observers who they had held captive for weeks, the Interfax news agency has reported. The four observers from the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) have been freed...
The 20 photographs of the week
Luis Suárez, the violence in Iraq, the Glastonbury festival – the best photography in news, culture and sport from around the world this week … …read more Source: The...
Sergei Lavrov accuses US of fuelling Ukraine crisis
Russia’s foreign minister says chances of settling crisis would have been higher if it only depended on Russia and EuropeRussia’s foreign minister on Saturday accused the United States of encouraging Ukraine to challenge Moscow and heavily weighing in on the European Union.Speaking in televised remarks on Saturday, Sergei Lavrov said...
Ukraine president accuses Russia of doing nothing to end ‘disastrous’ war
Petro Poroshenko says pro-Russia separatists in Donetsk and Luhansk are under control of Vladimir Putin’s KremlinUkraine’s president Petro Poroshenko has accused Russia of “doing nothing” to end the “disastrous” war in the east of his country, and said that he would decide later on Friday whether to extend a...
Ukraine extends ceasefire by 12 hours
Deadline moves to 10pm on Friday in apparent attempt to kickstart negotiations with rebels in east of countryUkraine’s national security council has extended Kiev’s ceasefire in the eastof the country by 12 hours in an apparent attempt to jump-start negotiations.The ceasefire, announced by President Petro Poroshenko one week ago, was...
Ukraine signs a free-trade agreement with Europe in a step towards the west – video
Ukraine’s president Petro Poroshenko signs a free-trade agreement with the EU and fellow former Soviet republics Georgia and Moldova on Friday. The former Ukrainian president’s failure to sign the agreement last year led to his ousting after months of protests in Kiev. The agreement has angered Russia, with one adviser to Vladimir...
Ukrainian rebels release OSCE monitors held for over a month – video
Four monitors from the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe are released on Thursday after being detained by pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine for more than a month. Four international observers remain in custody of the rebels. OSCE observers are in Ukraine to monitor an agreement aimed at de-escalating the crisis in the...
