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
MH17: Malaysia Airlines plane was shot down by ‘large number of high-energy objects’
MH17 was shot down: that is the blunt conclusion of the Dutch Safety Board investigation into the loss of the Malaysia Airlines jet that crashed on 17 July over eastern Ukraine with the loss of all 298 passengers and crew. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine crisis: Poroshenko sends defiant message to pro-Russian separatists, but he reigns over a divided empire
Petro Poroshenko was in Mariupol on Monday declaring its people were the leaders in fighting separatist aggression; at the same time a rally was taking place in Donetsk celebrating victory against “fascist” aggression. …read more Source: The...
2,000 Nato troops send message to Russia as tensions mount
Thousands of Nato troops wrapped up a week of military exercises in eastern Europe today, with the European Union also expected to send a strong signal to Russia and adopt a new sanctions package despite a tentative ceasefire in Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Russian airspace may be closed in response to Western sanctions
Russia has suggested that it may ban Western airlines from flying over its territory, in what it has called an “asymmetrical” response to new EU sanctions over the crisis in Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine crisis: Stories from a broken truce – ‘I saw my wife die in front of me. I couldn’t do anything to save her’
Aleksandr was expecting the ceasefire to be broken; the only surprise when he set off for the frontline was that it came earlier than expected. There were explosions all around as he stepped out of his armoured car in a checkpoint under attack, flying shrapnel cutting into him within minutes. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine crisis: Woman killed as shelling near Donetsk challenges ceasefire
A woman has been killed and three soldiers wounded as reports emerge of fresh shelling in eastern Ukraine just two days after the government and Russian-backed rebels agreed to a ceasefire. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine crisis: One dead as shelling near Donetsk challenges ceasefire
A civilian has been killed and a solider wounded as reports emerge of fresh shelling in eastern Ukraine just two days after the government and Russian-backed rebels agreed to a ceasefire. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine crisis: Shelling near Donetsk challenges ceasefire
Fresh shelling has been reported in eastern Ukraine less than two days after the government and Russian-backed rebels agreed to a ceasefire. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine crisis: Nato shores up defences against a Putin steeped in ‘Soviet nostalgia’
The war games were unprecedented, taking place close to Ukraine’s border and involving thousands of troops, tanks and fighter jets. Russia had flexed its military muscles and triggered outrage across the world. …read more Source: The...
Ukrainian Church leader likens Putin to Cain and says he is under the influence of Satan
The head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Kiev Patriarchate has implied that Russian President Vladimir Putin is governed by Satan and is a modern-day incarnation of Cain who has doomed himself to “eternal damnation in hell”. …read more Source: The...
