Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
U.S. Rejects Top Ukrainian Prosecutor’s ‘Don’t Prosecute’ Accusation
The U.S. State Department has dismissed a reported claim by Ukrainian Prosecutor-General Yuriy Lutsenko that U.S. Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch gave him “a list of people whom we should not prosecute.” …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Warsaw Snubs Russia Ahead Of World War II Commemoration
Poland has refused to invite a Russian delegation to a ceremony to commemorate 80 years since the outbreak of World War II. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Seizes Cocaine Worth $51 Million In Cargo Ship
Ukraine’s security service says it has seized a shipment of South American narcotics worth some $51 million. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Imposes Sanctions On Russians Over Kerch Bridge, Seizure Of Naval Vessels
Ukraine has imposed economic and other sanctions on hundreds of individuals and entities for their alleged roles in the conflict between Ukraine and Russia over the Crimea region and the war in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Tymoshenko Defends Decision Not To Fight Over Crimea, Attacks Minsk Process
Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who is a leading candidate in the country’s March 31 presidential election, has defended her support for Kyiv’s 2014 decision not to use military force to resist Russia’s annexation of the Black Sea region of Crimea. Tymoshenko said that if elected she would reject the Minsk...
Ukraine Reports 11 Measles Fatalities, More Than 30,00 New Infections This Year
Health officials in Kyiv have said that 30,794 cases of measles have been reported in Ukraine since the beginning of the year. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Leading Ukraine Candidate Fights ‘Fakes With Fakes’ As Facebook Tests New Political Ad Rules
Beginning today, Facebook advertisers in Ukraine need the social network’s authorization to reach users — and ads from annexed Crimea and separatist-held areas are banned outright. But 13 days before an election, is it too little, too late? …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Exclusive: Tymoshenko Defends Decision Not To Fight Over Crimea, Attacks Minsk Process
Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who is a leading candidate in the country’s March 31 presidential election, has defended her support for Kyiv’s 2014 decision not to use military force to resist Russia’s annexation of the Black Sea region of Crimea. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Canada To Announce ‘Extension Of Ukraine Training Mission’
Canada is set to announce it will extend its 200-member military training mission in Ukraine, Reuters reports, citing a source directly familiar with the matter. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Putin To Visit Crimea To Mark Five Years Since Peninsula ‘Rejoined’ Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to travel to Crimea on March 18 to mark the fifth anniversary of what Moscow considers the day Ukraine’s Black Sea peninsula became part of Russia. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
