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Fire at Ukrainian TV Headquarters amid Protest; No Injuries
A Ukrainian television station has been forced to broadcast from outside its own building after the building caught fire amid a protest.News reports said TV Inter’s headquarters in Kiev caught fire on Sunday afternoon. A group of about 20 protesters had gathered outside the… …read more Source:...
Polish President: No Return to Imperial Ambitions in Europe
Poland’s president has warned that Europe must learn lessons from World War II and must not tolerate any return to imperialist land grabs, an apparent reference to Russian aggression in Ukraine.Andrzej Duda was speaking Thursday at a ceremony marking the 77th anniversary of… …read more Source:...
Kiev Says New Cease-fire in Eastern Ukraine Is Holding
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says a new cease-fire in eastern Ukraine is holding, after months of fighting.Poroshenko said in a statement released at noon local time on Thursday that his forces have not seen any fighting in the past 12 hours. The parties in the… …read more Source:...
Human Rights Activists Condemn Secret Detentions in Ukraine
International rights group are raising the alarm about secret detentions in Ukraine.Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch published a report this summer detailing the use of torture and secret detentions by both the Ukrainian government and the Russia-backed… …read more Source:...
Rights Group Urges Russia to Release Crimean Tatar Leader
An international rights group has urged Russia to release a Crimean Tatar leader Ilmi Umerov who has been sent to a psychiatric hospital.Umerov, 59, is a former deputy chairman of Mejlis, the Crimean Tatars’ representative body. He is also one of the most outspoken Tatar… …read more Source:...
Ukraine Opens Criminal Probe of Top Russian Officials
Ukraine’s General Prosecutor’s Office has launched a criminal investigation of 20 senior Russian officials, including the Russian defense minister.Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Yuri Lutsenko said Monday they are suspected of involvement in crimes against Ukraine’s national… …read more Source:...
Russia’s Putin Blames Ukraine for Sabotaging Peace Accords
Russian President Vladimir Putin is accusing the Ukrainian government of sabotaging peace accords for the country’s east during a visit to Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula Russia annexed in 2014.A conflict in eastern Ukraine between Russia-backed separatists and Ukrainian… …read more Source:...
Ukraine Details Payments Allegedly Earmarked for Trump Aide
Once-secret accounting documents of Ukraine’s pro-Kremlin party were released on Friday, purporting to show payments of $12.7 million earmarked for Donald Trump’s campaign chairman.The Associated Press reported earlier this week that Paul Manafort helped Ukraine’s Party of… …read more Source:...
3 Government Troops Killed in Fighting in Eastern Ukraine
A Ukrainian government official says three troops have been killed and six wounded in fighting in eastern Ukraine in the past 24 hours.Fighting between government forces and separatists rebels has recently intensified despite a 2015 truce. More than 9,500 people have been… …read more Source:...
Ukraine Conflict Focus of German, Russian Talks
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says he and his German counterpart have discussed resuming international talks on resolving the conflict in eastern Ukraine in light of escalating tensions.Lavrov said after Monday’s meeting with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter… …read more Source:...
