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
Ukraine crisis: Russia ‘building up troops on border’, claim US officials
Russia is sending more troops to its border with Ukraine, where it has built up its largest force since October last year, US officials have said. …read more Source: The...
Russia warns of escalation of conflict after US paratroopers arrive in Ukraine
US Army paratroopers have landed in Ukraine to help the national guard units train in exercises over the next six months. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine crisis: Vladimir Putin’s blithe take on the conflict is dangerous
Vladimir Putin’s annual phone-in with the Russian public offered scant prospect either of a solution to the Ukraine crisis or of a more general thaw in relations with the West, currently at levels reminiscent of the frostiest periods of the Cold War. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine crisis: Life in a bitterly contested village that has changed sides repeatedly throughout the conflict
Irina Strezhak begs the international monitors who have arrived near her bombed-out home in the besieged Ukrainian village of Shyrokyne for sleeping pills. …read more Source: The...
Russia wants to ban internet memes that mock Vladimir Putin
The Russian government has banned memes that “do not represent the personality” of the celebrities they mock. Which of course has nothing to do with Vladimir Putin. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine crisis: After the bullets and shells, it is red tape causing a million refugees to suffer
Lyudmila Shabanova says she has been forgotten by her own government. When she and her husband fled the “living hell” of Ukraine’s battle with Russian-backed separatist rebels in the town of Avdiivka, she cursed the rebels and blamed Putin for the destruction of her city. …read more Source: The...
Russian fighter admits killing 15 Ukrainian prisoners of war as Amnesty International urges investigation into ‘war crimes’
A pro-Russian separatist commander has admitted killing 15 Ukrainian prisoners of war, as human rights activists urge an investigation into alleged war crimes by pro-Russian fighters. …read more Source: The...
Russia offers to loan Greece funds for infrastructure and transport works
Russia would be willing to supply loans to Greece for major infrastructure and transport works, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said, as the Greek Prime Minister Alex Tsipras said European sanctions on Russia risked a new Cold War. …read more Source: The...
Six Ukrainian soldiers killed in rebel attacks on first anniversary of uprising
As the crisis in Ukraine reaches its first anniversary this weekend, six members of the Ukrainian armed forces have today been killed. …read more Source: The...
Six Ukrainian soldiers killed in rebel uprising on one year anniversary of fighting
As the crisis in Ukraine reaches its first anniversary this weekend, six members of the Ukrainian armed forces have today been killed. …read more Source: The...
