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.
The official website is The Independent
Ukraine’s forces held up by red tape
“Of course we want to listen to the radio and hear the news from Kiev,” said Bardan, a Ukrainian infantryman based in a devastated neighbourhood on the northern fringes of Donetsk. “Out here, though, we just tend to pick up stations from Russia and Novorossiya Rock FM.” …read more Source: The...
Inside rebel-held Ukraine, where a small pocket of nationalists hope of a life without Russian interference
Five miles inside rebel-held Ukraine, 40 worshippers are attending mass. At this distance from the front, the rumble of war is barely audible but the scars of recent conflict are all too visible. Stray timber planks hang, partly dislodged, from the chapel and the ground outside it as well as the nearby blocks of flats are pitted with the holes...
The number of Russian troops killed or injured fighting in Ukraine seems to have been accidentally published
Whilst Russia continues to deny that its troops are fighting in the ongoing Ukrainian conflict, a respected news site in Russia seemingly inadvertently published secret figures that detail deaths and causalities of forces on the ground. …read more Source: The...
Russia jails Ukrainian film-maker Oleg Sentsov for 20 years on terror charges
A Russian court has sentenced a Ukrainian film-maker to 20 years in jail for conspiring to commit terror attacks in what critics are calling a politically motivated show trial. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine crisis: Both sides accused of concealing weapons from inspectors and discreetly shifting them to the front line in violation of ceasefire
The international watchdog monitoring the conflict in eastern Ukraine is increasingly powerless to act in the face of escalating hostilities as its officials become the targets of death threats, violent attacks and a systematic campaign of intimidation, its deputy chief has revealed. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine crisis: Soldiers accuse commanders of lying as both warring sides make repeated claims of victories and broken ceasefires
Rebels and government soldiers in Ukraine have both accused their respective commanders of lying about one of the most significant battles to erupt on the front line in months. …read more Source: The...
Damascus, Kiev and Tripoli top the list of the 10 cities rapidly becoming the worst to live in the world
Damascus, Kiev and Tripoli have topped the list of the 10 cities across the world rapidly becoming the worst to live in, according to The Economist Intelligence Unit’s annual Global Liveability Ranking. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine fears ‘big war’ as Russia sends in more troops
Military authorities in Ukraine believe the number of Russian troops within and close to its borders has risen to more than 50,000, raising fears of a substantial escalation in the conflict raging in Ukraine’s eastern regions. …read more Source: The...
Can Britain turn Ukraine’s inefficient, corrupt military into a fighting force?
“I had to join up and fight, what would I reply otherwise when my little boy asks me in the future: ‘Daddy, what did you do when our country was invaded by the Russians?’ Sometimes your life takes you on an unexpected path.” …read more Source: The...
MH17 crash: Investigators find possible parts of BUK missile used to shoot plane down
Possible parts of a BUK missile launcher that may have been used to shoot down Malaysia Airlines flight 17 have been found in Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
