Section: The Guardian (The United Kingdom)
Russia border guards rammed our tugboat, says Ukrainian navy
Moscow says ships illegally entered its waters, off Crimea, deliberately provoking conflictUkraine’s navy has said Russia’s border guards rammed one of its tugboats in the Black Sea off Moscow-annexed Crimea in an “openly aggressive action”.Ukraine said the incident took place as three of its ships, including two small warships, were...
Ukraine bank offers 21% interest rate for doing 10,000 steps a day
Ukraine’s Monobank offers best rates to clients who do 10,000 steps a dayAs any saver knows, interest rates can go up as well as down. But they normally do so in conjunction with the economic cycle, and not with the physical activity of the account holder.Now, a Ukrainian bank is offering better rates of interest to customers who prove they...
Trans rights activists attacked with pepper spray during Ukraine march
Kiev demonstration was interrupted by far-right protesters who threw smoke bombs into the crowdTwo activists have been attacked with pepper spray in Kiev during a transgender rights march that was interrupted by dozens of far-right protesters.About 30 people were taking part in the demonstration in the Ukraine capital, holding rainbow flags and...
Serhii Plokhy: ‘Chernobyl exposed Soviet secrecy’
‘I remember the horror,’ says Baillie Gifford non-fiction prize-winner, who lived through the 1986 nuclear disasterSerhii Plokhy, who on Wednesday won the Baillie Gifford non-fiction prize for Chernobyl: History of a Tragedy, always intended to write about the world’s worst nuclear disaster, not least because he lived through it. “I...
Ukraine activist Kateryna Handzyuk dies from acid attack
Campaigner’s death sparks protests and EU concern about violence against civil societyA Ukrainian anti-corruption activist has died from wounds caused by an acid attack, sparking local protests and concern from European officials over growing violence against civil society.Kateryna Handzyuk’s investigations into police graft and...
Vitali Klitschko: ‘It’s much easier to be heavyweight champion than to be mayor’
The Kiev mayor was one of the most dominant fighters of his era, and he says sport gave him skills he uses every day in his new careerBefore he became one of boxing’s most dominant heavyweight champions and even longer before he entered the decidedly more treacherous arena of Ukrainian politics, a teenage Vitali Klitschko led tourists...
Liverpool to refund cup final tickets for fans with cancelled flights
Club will reimburse 650 people who cannot make Champions League match in KievLiverpool have offered full refunds on tickets for the upcoming Champions League final in Ukraine to 650 fans whose flights have been cancelled, but ticket-holders called the travel problems an “absolute joke”. Two flights to Kiev were cancelled by the tour operator...
MH17: Australia and Netherlands accuse Russia of complicity
Foreign minister says Australia will seek financial compensation from MoscowRussia is facing international calls to accept responsibility for the downing of flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014, which caused the deaths of all 298 people on board. Australia and the Netherlands accused Moscow of complicity in the incident on Friday, while...
Liverpool fans brave transport misery for ‘chance of a lifetime’ final
Businesses capitalising on Liverpool’s Champions League match with Real Madrid in Ukrainian capital KievWhen Anna and Ronnie Ellis each parted with £450 for a seat on an “executive” coach from Liverpool to Kiev, they were expecting a few little luxuries for the 30-hour journey to the Champions League football final. Plug sockets, a...
Champions League: 1,000 Liverpool fans told Kiev flights cancelled
Liverpool FC and mayors trying to find solution, after three Ukraine flights cancelledAbout 1,000 Liverpool fans who were planning to travel to Ukraine for Saturday’s Champions League final have been left stranded after three fans’ flights to the country were cancelled.The specialist tour operator Worldchoice Sports cut the flights...
