Section: ABC News (USA)
15 die in Ukraine nursing home fire
Ukrainian officials say 15 people have died and five others were injured in a fire at a private nursing home in the city of Kharkiv …read more Source:: ABC...
Ukraine imposes virus lockdown that many say came too late
Ukraine has imposed a broad lockdown aimed at containing surging coronavirus infections, but some cities appeared to be largely ignoring the restrictions and critics said the move was worrisomely tardy …read more Source:: ABC...
Ukraine: Few masks for Christmas, despite virus pressure
Although Ukraine is struggling to contain the coronavirus pandemic that has inundated its overburdened medical system with patients, Orthodox Christmas celebrations have occurred widely without masks or social distancing …read more Source:: ABC...
Ukraine seizes ton of heroin destined for Europe
Ukrainian officials say they have seized about 1.1 tons of heroin that smugglers intended to take into European Union countries and that four Turkish citizens have been detained …read more Source:: ABC...
Iran allocates payment to families of Ukraine crash victims
Iran says its cabinet has created a compensation fund to pay the families of the 176 victims of a Ukrainian passenger plane that was shot down by Iranian forces outside Tehran last January …read more Source:: ABC...
Bosnian Serbs say icon given to Russian minister not stolen
The office of Bosnia’s Serb leader says an Orthodox icon presented to Russia’s foreign minister had not been stolen from the Ukraine …read more Source:: ABC...
Russia to give icon that sparked controversy back to Bosnia
Russia says it will return an Orthodox icon presented to the Russian foreign minister in Bosnia, a gift that has triggered a protest from Ukraine …read more Source:: ABC...
EU prolongs sanctions against Russia over Ukraine conflict
The European Union is prolonging its economic sanctions against Russia for six months for the country’s failure to live up to its commitments to the peace agreement in Ukraine …read more Source:: ABC...
Gift to Russian minister triggers diplomatic probe in Bosnia
Authorities in Sarajevo are probing how a possibly stolen 300-year-old gilded icon from Ukraine ended up being given as a gift from Bosnia’s Serb leader to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov …read more Source:: ABC...
ICC prosecutor ready to open investigation into Ukraine
The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor says that a preliminary probe found “a reasonable basis at this time to believe” that crimes against humanity and war crimes have been committed in Ukraine since late 2013 meriting a full-scale investigation …read more Source:: ABC...
