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: EU to finalise toughest sanctions sanctions yet on Russian banks and energy firms
New sanctions on Russian banks and energy companies are due to be finalised tomorrow by the European Union in an effort to increase pressure on Moscow over its involvement in Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
MH17 crash: International experts cancel visit to disaster site amid safety concerns
International experts planning to visit the MH17 crash site in eastern Ukraine have been forced to abandon their plans today, according to OSCE officials. …read more Source: The...
Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash: Russia says it will end terror pact with EU
Moscow warned yesterday that security ties with the European Union could be cut following the fresh round of international sanctions announced last week, while in Ukraine the last bodies removed from the MH17 crash site have been flown back to the Netherlands. …read more Source: The...
MH17 crash: Parents of victim Fatima Dyczynski arrive at Ukraine site to search for their daughter
The parents of a victim of the MH17 crash have arrived at the scene of the disaster to look for their daughter. …read more Source: The...
Eight hundred dead Palestinians. But Israel has impunity
Impunity is the word that comes to mind. Eight hundred dead Palestinians. Eight hundred. That’s infinitely more than twice the total dead of flight MH17 over Ukraine. And if you refer only to the “innocent” dead – ie no Hamas fighters, young sympathisers or corrupt Hamas officials, with whom the Israelis will, in due...
Israel-Gaza conflict: ‘Eight hundred dead Palestinians. But Israel has impunity’
Impunity is the word that comes to mind. Eight hundred dead Palestinians. Eight hundred. That’s infinitely more than twice the total dead of flight MH17 over Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine crisis: President Poroshenko says resignation of Prime Minister will not affect military operation to defeat pro-Russian rebels
Ukraine is facing further uncertainty after the parliament announced it was yet to receive a resignation letter from the country’s Prime Minister and was therefore unable to vote on whether or not to accept it. …read more Source: The...
US says new evidence shows Russia ‘firing artillery into Ukraine’
US officials claim to have evidence that Russia has been firing artillery from within its own territory across the border into Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
MH17 crash victim Cameron Dalziel ‘had credit cards stolen’
One of the British victims of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 has had his belongings stolen from the crash site in eastern Ukraine, his brother-in-law has said. …read more Source: The...
Dominic Raab: If Western politicians’ vested interests protect Putin, take punishment out of their hands
How do you solve a problem like Vladimir Putin? This week, the piercing grief of families of the victims of downed Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 added pressure on Western leaders, as they scrambled to figure out how to respond to evidence the Kremlin supported the Ukrainian separatists suspected of the atrocity. …read more Source: The...
