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 analysis: Russia may prefer an extended ‘frozen conflict’ but freezing conditions loom for all
When talks on Ukraine were convened in Minsk last September, they seemed to have come out of nowhere and the ceasefire agreement they produced was greeted with widespread scepticism. …read more Source: The...
Ukrainians go underground: Families living in cellars in Donetsk feel they have been abandoned by the government in Kiev
Ilona already knows the sound a bomb makes. The three-year-old is keen to impress she can tell the difference between a mortar and the thud of the trap door, which periodically slams shut above her head. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine’s ‘Martin Bell’ saddened by fellow MPs
As Ukraine continues to muddle through conflict and reform, the country’s new parliament began work this week. …read more Source: The...
Video: ‘Chernobyl Disaster City’ captured for first time in incredible drone footage
Incredible drone footage has been released that shows the abandoned remains of Ukrainian city Pripyat, a city that was completely evacuated in the aftermath of the Chernobyl Disaster. …read more Source: The...
France suspends delivery of €1bn warships to Russia ‘until further notice’ over Ukraine crisis
France has suspended the delivery of a warship to Russia after months of speculation about what would be the biggest arms sale by a Nato country to the Kremlin. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine crisis: Russia accuses West of regime-change plot
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov yesterday accused the US and the EU of trying to use sanctions imposed over the Ukraine crisis to seek “regime change”. …read more Source: The...
Protesters heckle Ukrainian President
The Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko was shouted down by angry relatives of 100 protesters killed in Kiev’s “Euromaidan” revolution at a ceremony yesterday paying tribute to the victims. …read more Source: The...
MH17: Shocking footage shows how close aeroplane crash was to Ukrainian village
Shocking footage has been released that appears to show the devastating moment the Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 crashed just outside a Ukrainian village. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine crisis: Artillery fire in Donetsk after warning about fresh rebel offensives
Fresh volleys of artillery fire were heard across many parts of the separatist stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine on Sunday, a Ukrainian government statement said, after Kiev warned again of rebel preparations for a fresh offensive. …read more Source: The...
MH17: Recovery workers begin clearing debris from Ukraine crash site
Recovery workers in rebel-controlled eastern Ukraine began clearing the wreckage and debris from the crash site of the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 on Sunday, four months after the plane was brought down. …read more Source: The...