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Freed Pilot Savchenko Wants Talks with Ukraine Rebel Leaders
Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko says she is willing to talk with rebel leaders in eastern Ukraine.Savchenko was freed in a prisoner exchange with Russia last month after nearly two years in custody and was sworn in as a lawmaker in Ukraine’s parliament last week.She was… …read more Source:...
Ukraine: Man Planned Attacks on Euro Soccer Championship in France
Ukraine’s state security service said on Monday a French citizen detained in late May on the border with Poland had been planning attacks in France to coincide with the Euro 2016 soccer championship it is hosting. On Saturday the Ukrainian border guard service… …read more Source:...
G7 Concerned about Data Hacking of Journalists in Ukraine
Ambassadors to Ukraine from the Group of Seven countries are expressing concern about the publication by hackers of the names and contact information of journalists who have reported from rebel-controlled eastern Ukraine.Hackers from a group called Mirotvorets (Peacekeeper)… …read more Source:...
Fire at Ukrainian Home for the Elderly Kills 17, Injures 5
Ukraine’s emergency services say a pre-dawn fire has swept through a private home for the elderly, killing 17 people and injuring five others.No cause has yet been determined for the fire that broke out Sunday at the home for 35 residents in Litochki, a village 42… …read more Source:...
The Latest: Ukrainian Pilot Savchenko Freed, Flown to Kiev
The Latest on Ukrainian pilot Nadezda Savchenko (all times local):3:35 p.m.Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko has returned to Kiev after nearly two years of being imprisoned in Russia.Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman… …read more Source:...
Ukrainian Hackers Publish Info on Thousands of Journalists
A group of Ukrainian hackers has published the names and contact information of thousands of journalists who have reported from rebel-controlled eastern Ukraine, raising concerns about the safety of the journalists, including many from international media organizations.The… …read more Source:...
Ukraine Tracks Down Old Master Paintings Stolen from Verona
The 17 precious paintings stolen from a museum in Verona, Italy, including works by Tintoretto, Rubens and Mantegna, have been recovered by Ukrainian law enforcement agencies in what the nation’s president hailed Wednesday as a “brilliant operation.”President Petro… …read more Source:...
Foreign Ministers Seek to Revive Stalled Ukraine Talks
Russia, Ukraine and France sent their top diplomats to Berlin on Wednesday to discuss how to move ahead with the peace agreement for eastern Ukraine amid a fragile cease-fire and little progress on political issues.German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who hosted… …read more Source:...
Ukraine Accuses Separatists of Violating Easter Armistice
The Ukrainian government says one soldier has been killed and several troops wounded in the country’s east in what seems to be a violation of a recently brokered armistice.Both sides in the deadly conflict between government forces and Russia-backed separatists had agreed… …read more Source:...
Court in Russia-occupied Crimea Bans Tatar Assembly
The Supreme Court in the Russia-occupied peninsula of Crimea has banned the Crimean Tatar legislature as extremist.Tuesday’s ban follows months of persecution, expulsions and jailing of prominent Tatar leaders as well as rank-and-file protesters.Russia’s Justice Ministry… …read more Source:...
