Section: The Independent (The United Kingdom)
The Independent is a UK national daily newspaper. It was founded in 1986. Its
headquater is in London, UK. The owner of The Independent is Russian
businessman Alexander Lebedev. News about Ukraine are usually Additional
reporting by Associated Press, Reuters.
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Ukraine crisis: Vladimir Putin ‘told Kiev he may accept peacekeeping force in eastern region’
Russia’s President, Vladimir Putin, has said he may agree to the deployment of international peacekeepers in eastern Ukraine, the Foreign Minister in Kiev, Pavlo Klimkin, has told The Independent. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine crisis: Crimean Tatars’ border blockade of their ‘occupied’ peninsula could strangle the economy and invite forceful response from Russia
“You’ve got to make up your mind”, Mustafa Dzhemilev said. “You’re either at war, or you’re trading with the enemy.” The leader of the Crimean Tatars, 71, was dwarfed by the lorries lined up behind him at the Chaplynka border crossing. …read more Source: The...
Global separatist groups meet up in Moscow – but no one criticises Russia
There were the Hawaiians, the Irish, the Puerto Ricans, the Catalans and the Ukrainians. Comrades all. But the Scottish, potential stars of the world’s first separatist conference, were a no-show. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko: We’re inching towards peace with Russia
Fifteen months into Ukraine’s bitter conflict, some have begun to hope that the region’s first effective ceasefire just might turn into a longer peace. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko: We’re inching towards peace
Fifteen months into Ukraine’s bitter conflict, some have begun to hope that the region’s first effective ceasefire just might turn into a longer peace. …read more Source: The...
Elton John urges Ukraine to ‘wake up’ over gay rights
Ukraine’s revolution kindled hopes of a brave and free society. But some old hatreds die hard, gay pride marches came under attack this Summer and sexual minorities continue to live under the shadow of prejudice and discrimination. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine crisis: Embattled President Petro Poroshenko blames Russia for West’s woes but has no answers to his country’s problems
The West’s failure to counter Vladimir Putin’s “neo-imperial aggression” has led to the “little green men” who are now landing by their hundreds in Syria, Ukraine’s embattled President Petro Poroshenko has claimed. …read more Source: The...
Polio in Ukraine: Two children paralysed as first cases of virus in Europe since 2010 recorded
In the first outbreak of polio in Europe for half a decade, two children in Ukraine have been paralysed by the highly contagious disease. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine crisis: Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk says nationalist protesters are worse than separatists after violence that left one dead
The all-too-familiar sight of masked men, Molotov cocktails, wooden sticks and explosives returned to the streets of Kiev, as violence between police and the mostly nationalist protesters broke out after a contentious vote in the Ukrainian national parliament. More than 100 people were injured, and one national guardsmen died as a result of a...
Ukraine crisis: Prime Minister says nationalist protesters are worse than the separatists following violence that left one dead
The all-too-familiar sight of masked men, Molotov cocktails, wooden sticks and explosives returned to the streets of Kiev, as violence between police and the mostly nationalist protesters broke out after a contentious vote in the Ukrainian national parliament. More than 100 people were injured, and one national guardsmen died as a result of a...
