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: PM Arseny Yatseniuk resigns over his country’s precarious energy situation
Ukraine’s prime minister Arseny Yatseniuk has tendered his resignation, berating parliament for failing to pass legislation to take control over an increasingly precarious energy situation and to increase army financing. …read more Source: The...
Malaysia Airlines MH17 crash: EU prepares tough sanctions package targeting Russian economy
Tougher sanctions designed to target key sectors of the Russian economy for the first time over the Ukraine crisis are set to be imposed on Moscow by Britain and other European Union countries. …read more Source: The...
MH17 crash: Nato sees evidence ‘weapons are still moving from Russia to Ukraine’
Nato is still seeing evidence of weapons being moved from Russia into Ukraine after the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was downed last week, a Nato military officer has said. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine crisis: Now the city of Slovyansk has been recaptured, will Donetsk be next?
In Lenin Square, a series of blue and yellow banners flew from flagpoles. From a large speaker, the volume turned up higher than was entirely necessarily, were being broadcast the day’s business in the national parliament in Kiev. …read more Source: The...
MH17: Ukraine fighter jets shot down close to crash site
Ukraine has accused rebels of shooting down two fighter jets on Wednesday close to where the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crashed, killing all 298 passengers on board. …read more Source: The...
MH17 crash: What are the ‘black boxes’ and what could they reveal?
Britain’s Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has been tasked with retrieving crucial data from the black boxes of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 for “international analysis” to determine the circumstances surrounding the plane crash in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
MH17 crash: Social media blackout tribute continues as first bodies are to be flown to Netherlands from Ukraine
Thousands of social media users have been replacing their profile pictures for black squares to pay tribute to the victims of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Malaysia Airlines MH17 crash: Russia ‘created the conditions’ that led to the disaster in Ukraine, US claims
Senior US intelligence officials said today that Russia was responsible for “creating the conditions” that led to the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 – but they offered no evidence of direct Russian government involvement. …read more Source: The...
Malaysia Airlines MH17 crash: US claims Russia ‘created the conditions’ that led to the disaster in Ukraine
Senior US intelligence officials said today that Russia was responsible for “creating the conditions” that led to the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 – but they offered no evidence of direct Russian government involvement. …read more Source: The...
Malaysia Airlines MH17 crash: EU’s new sanctions on Russia fall short of UK demands
European foreign ministers agreed limited new targets for sanctions against Russian companies and individuals linked to the conflict in Ukraine today – but fell well short of demands by Britain and America to take decisive action against President Putin’s regime. …read more Source: The...
