Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Ukraine Says It Uncovered Spy Channel Between Naval Officer, Russia’s FSB
Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) says it has breached an espionage communication channel between a high-ranking Ukrainian naval officer and staff from Russia’s main spy agency, the FSB, in the Russian-occupied Crimean Peninsula. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Dusts Off Ventilator Designs Found In Soviet-Era Factory
As the coronavirus pandemic spreads, Ukraine has salvaged medical ventilator designs that lay forgotten for years in an unused military factory. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Donbas Development: Will ‘Advisory Council’ Unlock Door To Direct Talks Between Kyiv and Russia-Backed Separatists?
Since the war in eastern Ukraine began in 2014, Kyiv has refused to hold direct talks with the Russia-backed separatists, arguing it would play into Moscow’s hands by lending legitimacy to its proxy forces. Now, things may have changed with a plan to create an “advisory council” that would include seats for the separatists....
EU Pledges Financial Support For Eastern Partnership Members
The European Commission says it has reallocated more than 140 million euros ($154.4 million) to help Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine in their fight against the coronavirus pandemic. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian Lawmakers Fire Finance, Health Ministers, Fail To Approve Replacements
Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, has approved the firing of Finance Minister Ihor Umanskiy and Health Minister Illya Yemets just weeks into their mandates, but failed to approve new candidates to the posts. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine’s Parliament To Hold Special Session On IMF Bills Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, has scheduled an extraordinary session for the afternoon of March 30 to adopt legislation that would protect the eastern European country during the COVID-19 pandemic. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Pray For Rain: Crimea’s Dry-Up A Headache For Moscow, Dilemma For Kyiv
After Russia cut Crimea off from the rest of Ukraine by seizing control in 2014, Kyiv cut off the water supply with the grand-scale equivalent of a twist of the wrist. Now Moscow is scrambling to supply water to the desiccated peninsula and its people, and Kyiv is wondering whether to turn the taps back on. …read more Source:: Radio Free...
COVID-19: New Death Reported In Russia; New Restrictions In Effect In Ukraine
The global death toll from the coronavirus is more than 27,700 with almost 600,000 infections confirmed, causing mass disruptions as governments continue to try to slow the spread of the new respiratory illness. Here’s a roundup of developments in RFE/RL’s broadcast countries. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
A Crimea Rom-Com Brought Scathing Reviews – And Good Money For The Head of RT, Report Says
“The Crimean Bridge. Stolen With Love!” A new investigation by the anti-corruption activist Aleksei Navalny has concluded that the head of the Kremlin-funded RT network and her husband got a sizable amount of state financing for a rom-com film that was savaged by critics. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
COVID-19: Ukraine Widens State Of Emergency; Putin To Address Nation
The global death toll from the coronavirus has almost reach 19,000 with more than 425,000 infections confirmed, causing mass disruptions as governments continue to try to slow the spread of the new respiratory illness. Here’s a roundup of developments in RFE/RL’s broadcast countries. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
