Section: Latin America
Ukraine seizes Russian tanker in Black Sea
MOSCOW (AP) — The Ukrainian Security Service said Thursday it had seized a Russian tanker in a Black Sea port, a move that could undermine an anticipated prisoner swap between the two countries. The security service said it detained the Russian tanker in a Ukrainian port on Wednesday. Authorities said the tanker was used in a Russian operation to...
Zelenski’s Party Triumphs in Ukraine Elections, Exit Polls Say
The party headed by Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, the Servant of the People party – named after the sitcom in which he starred before running for, and winning, the presidency last April – took between 42.7 percent and 44.7 percent of the vote in Sunday’s legislative elections, according to exit polls. …read more Source: Latin...
Ukraine President Would Exchange Prisoners with Russia
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday that as a gesture of good will he would free Russian-Ukrainian journalist Kirill Vyshinskiy in exchange for the simultaneous release by Russia of imprisoned Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov. …read more Source: Latin American Herald...
Malaysia rejects Russian involvement in MH17 downing
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has rejected the implication that Russia may have been involved in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine in 2014. Mahathir says he doesn’t think the findings of an international investigative team “is true at all” as it was based on...
EU extends economic sanctions against Russia over Ukraine until February 2020
European Union leaders agreed on Thursday to prolong economic sanctions against Russia over the turmoil in Ukraine until the end of January 2020, a spokesman for the bloc said. The EU first slapped sanctions on Russia after Moscow annexed Crimea from Ukraine in March 2014 and supported rebels fighting Kiev troops in the east of the country. That...
US Urges Russia to Ensure MH17 Accused Face Justice
The United States urged Russia on Wednesday to ensure that the people accused of being involved in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine in 2014 face justice and said it believed that they will tried by the Dutch authorities in a “just” manner. …read more Source: Latin American Herald...
Russians, Ukrainian to face murder charges over downing of Flight MH17
NIEUWEGEIN, Netherlands, (Reuters) – Three Russians and a Ukrainian will face murder charges for the deaths of 298 people aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 that was shot down over eastern Ukraine in 2014, the international investigative team said yesterday. The post Russians, Ukrainian to face murder charges over downing of Flight MH17...
Four Charged with Murder for Buk Downing of MH17, to Be Tried in the Netherlands
Three Russian nationals and one Ukrainian allegedly involved in the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over rebel-held eastern Ukraine in 2014 are to be tried for murder in the Netherlands, the joint investigation team leading the probe into the tragedy said on Wednesday. …read more Source: Latin American Herald...
Pope to meet Putin before Vatican Ukraine meeting
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin next month. The meeting comes a day before Catholic leaders from Ukraine meet at the Vatican to discuss the fallout from the schism between the Russian and Ukrainian Orthodox Churches. The Vatican confirmed the July 4 audience Thursday. It will be the third time...
Georgia’s ex-president back in Ukraine; citizenship restored
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Georgia’s ex-President Mikheil Saakashvili has arrived in Ukraine a day after its new leader reinstated his citizenship. Saakashvili arrived in Kiev on Wednesday following the decision by Ukraine’s new president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, to restore his citizenship. He praised Zelenskiy for a “quick and...
