Section: International Business Times (USA)
Pro-West Parties Secure Big Win In Ukraine Election: Partial Vote Count
(Reuters) – Pro-Europe parties secured a big win in an election in Ukraine, a partial vote count showed on Monday, with President Petro Poroshenko hailing people’s support for his plan to end a separatist war and pursue democratic reforms sought by the West. Early figures from the vote count showed that Poroshenko’s bloc and the...
Ukraine Exit Polls Show Narrow Lead For Current President As Pro Western Parties Dominate
Ukraine’s new parliament will be dominated by pro-western parties, exit polls from Sunday’s election indicated. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s party currenty leads the election with 23 percent of the vote, according to the polls taken after voting closed at 6 p.m., local time. But victory is not assured just yet....
Ukrainians Hold Snap Vote; Rebel-Held Areas Not Partaking
Ukrainians voted Sunday in a snap election for a parliament President Petro Poroshenko hopes will take a more pro-European stance and sweep out the remaining supporters of ousted President Viktor Yanukovych. Rebel held regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, home to around 3 million people, will not take part in the official vote, instead going to the...
Ukraine Elections 2014: Country Votes In Poll Likely To Strengthen President’s Hand
(Reuters) – Ukrainians voted on Sunday in an election that is likely to install a pro-Western parliament and strengthen President Petro Poroshenko’s mandate to end separatist conflict in the east, but may fuel tension with Russia. Voting started on a cold but sunny morning in Kiev in the first parliamentary election since street...
On Eve Of Poll, Ukraine Leader Seeks Support For Pro-Europe Course
KIEV (Reuters) – President Petro Poroshenko called on Ukrainians on Saturday to elect a majority on Sunday that would see through a pro-Europe, reform agenda and break with the Soviet past. Poroshenko, who is expecting a big win for his political bloc in the first parliamentary election since the overthrow of the Moscow-backed leader Viktor...
Ukraine Goes To The Polls Amid Right-Wing Threat Of A Second Revolution
KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine is set to vote on a historical parliamentary election on Sunday, the first after a bloody revolution that ousted pro-Russian president Viktor Yanukovych in February. President Petro Poroshenko’s pro-Western party is leading comfortably in the polls, but it may still fall short of an absolute majority in the...
Ukraine Update 2014: Ukraine Used Cluster Munition, Says Watchdog, Military Denies Report
Ukraine allegedly used cluster munitions against pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine, according to Human Rights Watch, but Ukrainian officials denied Tuesday using the weapons banned by over 100 countries for their indiscriminate nature. Human Rights Watch also accused separatists of using the weapons, but to a lesser degree. …read...
No Cease-Fire in Ukraine, As Donetsk Airport Gets Shelled And Top-Level Talks Fail
Fighting around the symbolically and strategically important Donetsk airport area in rebel-held eastern Ukraine has intensified with the failure of talks among leaders of France, Germany, Ukraine and Russia. The battle over control of the area has become one of the fiercest clashes since fighting between pro-Russia separatists and the army began...
Malaysia Airlines MH17: Rebels Shot Down Plane with Seized Ukrainian Buk Missile, Says Germany
A German intelligence report has alleged that pro-Russian separatists shot down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 using an air-defence missile system seized from a Ukrainian military base. Germany’s federal intelligence service BND told a parliamentary committee that unambiguous evidence, including satellite images, suggested that MH17 was...
No Ceasefire in Ukraine, As Donetsk Airport Gets Shelled And Top-Level Talks Fail
After talks between leaders of France, Germany, Ukraine and Russia failed to end fighting in Ukraine, the conflict has intensified around a symbolically and strategically important area in the rebel-held east of the country, the Donetsk airport. The battle over its control has become one of the fiercest clashes since fighting between pro-Russia...
