Section: CNS News (USA)
Ukrainian accused of plotting attack against Russian Embassy
LONDON (AP) — A prosecutor has accused a Ukrainian man of plotting a terror attack against the Russian Embassy in London after returning from a visit to eastern Ukraine at the height of the conflict there. …read more Source: CNS...
Attacks on black fans show tide of fan racism in Ukraine
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Instead of being one of the biggest sports events of the year in troubled Ukraine, Dynamo Kiev’s game against Chelsea in the Champions League turned into a public display of the country’s struggle to contain violent racists. …read more Source: CNS...
Ukraine reports sniper attack on top prosecutor
MOSCOW (AP) — Ukrainian authorities say a sniper fired shots at the country’s top prosecutor as he sat in his office, but that bulletproof glass prevented any casualties. …read more Source: CNS...
Gov’t forces, rebels in eastern Ukraine report fighting
MOSCOW (AP) — Government and separatist forces in eastern Ukraine are both reporting renewed fighting. …read more Source: CNS...
Ukraine faces years of dependence on Western aid
VELYKI PRYTSKY, Ukraine (AP) — Looking on from her vegetable patch at the motorcade of U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker, Ukrainian villager Olha Voloshchenko says she’d seen the lady on the TV news the night before, but “then the lights went off at our place.” …read more Source: CNS...
Exit polls in Ukraine local elections show east-west split
MARIUPOL, Ukraine (AP) — Four exit polls from Ukraine’s local elections released Monday indicated the governing coalition would retain its dominant position in the west and center of the country despite widespread disappointment with the government of President Petro Poroshenko. …read more Source: CNS...
Direct flights between Russia and Ukraine stopped
MOSCOW (AP) — Direct flights between Russia and Ukraine have stopped as a result of continuing tensions over Russia’s annexation of Crimea and backing of separatists in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: CNS...
Ukraine holds local elections that test oligarchs’ reach
MARIUPOL, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainians are voting in local elections that are seen as a test of the strength of President Petro Poroshenko’s government and of the oligarchs accustomed to running regions of the country. …read more Source: CNS...
Ousted president Yanukovych sues Ukraine in European court
MOSCOW (AP) — A law firm representing former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych says he is suing Ukraine for violating his human rights. …read more Source: CNS...
Ukraine to sit alongside Russia on UN Security Council
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Ukraine has won a seat on the U.N. Security Council, giving the country a new platform to spar diplomatically with permanent member Russia. …read more Source: CNS...
