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
Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 crash: Parents of three Australian children killed call for an to ‘this pointless war’
The parents of three Australian children who were killed when Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine have released a statement in which they describe their “ongoing hell” and call for an end to the “pointless war”. …read more Source: The...
Putin in Italy to get EU sanctions lifted, but no progress on Ukraine
It has been a busy few days for Russian President Vladimir Putin, who spent the tail end of the week in Europe both to bolster the Kremlin’s influence in Belgrade and attempt rapprochement with the EU in Milan. …read more Source: The...
Sex and drugs and radiation: Dare-devil ‘stalkers’ illegally enter Chernobyl’s Dead Zone
A teenager in green and black paramilitary gear is speaking Russian in a hushed, low voice. An overgrown graveyard is barely visible off to the right of him. Traditional Ukrainian cloths hang on a few crosses. A white stork passes overhead. “This should be the cemetery,” he says. He puts away his GPS. He holds his hand-held Geiger...
Investors abandon Russia as Putin risks economy for Crimea
Deep into the worst conflict between Russia and the West since the Cold War, investors are fleeing, food prices are soaring and there are rumbles from Russia’s Westernised business elite that the nation needs to avoid repeating the economic mismanagement that broke apart the Soviet Union. …read more Source: The...
Postcard from… Makiyivka
On the first day of school outside the east Ukrainian rebel stronghold of Donetsk, 11th-grade teacher Yelena Sepik tells her class to get out of their seats to clap and sing along to the Soviet military music playing over the speakers. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine crisis: Meet the women who have taken up arms on both sides of the conflict
Before fighting broke out in eastern Ukraine, Irina was a croupier in a casino who never dreamt of taking up arms. …read more Source: The...
Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17: Man found with oxygen mask leads to further questions over crash
A man found wearing an oxygen mask on Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 poses questions as to how much passengers knew about their fate when the plane was shot down over eastern Ukraine, say Dutch officials. …read more Source: The...
Is Latvia next on Putin’s hit list?
Historical parallels are not hard to find at Latvia’s Museum of Occupation as the country prepares for elections overshadowed by the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine crisis: Rebel forces continue offensive for government-held airport in Donetsk
Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine were today continuing an offensive to take the government-held airport in Donetsk, it has been reported. …read more Source: The...
Ukrainian politician and former Yanukovych ally Nestor Shufrych beaten up by activists
An opposition parliamentarian in Ukraine with ties to ousted President Viktor Yanukovych was beaten up by a group of activists as he tried to rally support for an election campaign. …read more Source: The...
