Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Ukraine’s Supreme Court Postpones PrivatBank Hearing Citing Media Pressure
Ukraine’s Supreme Court has postponed a review of a lower court decision on whether state-owned PrivatBank has to pay back more than a billion hryvnyas ($37 million) to two brothers who lost their savings in the 2016 nationalization of the financial institution. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
UN Says Consequences Remain More Than Three Decades After Chernobyl Disaster
The United Nations says persistent and serious long-term consequences remain more than 30 years after the explosion and fire at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Zelenskiy’s First Year: He Promised Sweeping Changes. How’s He Doing?
On his way to a landslide presidential election victory a year ago, Volodymyr Zelenskiy vowed to wipe out corruption, bring peace to Ukraine’s war-torn east, and usher in a new political era that would “break the system.” But those old problems persist, and new ones have surfaced. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe /...
Ukraine’s Job Offer To Saakashvili Angers Georgia
Georgia has voiced objection to the possible appointment of former President Mikheil Saakashvili to the post of deputy prime minister of Ukraine, saying such a move would negatively affect relations between the two countries. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Germany Says Ukraine Talks To Be Held Next Week
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said April 22 he would hold talks next week with his Russian, Ukrainian, and French counterparts to revive efforts to end the conflict in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Offers Saakashvili Post Of Deputy Prime Minister
Ukraine’s government has offered former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili the post of deputy prime minister to supervise reforms. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Wildfires Burning In Ukraine’s Western Zhytomyr Region
Drone video shot on April 18 shows wildfires burning in Ukraine’s Zhytomyr region, about 150 kilometers west of the capital, Kyiv. Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said that three planes and 600 firefighters battled about 15 blazes. Smoke from the fires contributed to air pollution in Kyiv. As of April 20, Avakov said that most of the fires...
Counted Out: Separatist-Held Areas Of Eastern Ukraine Don’t Factor In Global Coronavirus Tally, But Face ‘Considerable’ Threat
The parts of eastern Ukraine held by Russia-backed separatists — ravaged by six years of armed conflict, and challenged with a weakened health-care system and a sizable elderly population — may face a COVID-19 outbreak of considerable scale. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Arrested Ukrainian Top Security Officer ‘Planned Interior Minister’s Assassination’
A top security official in Ukraine who was arrested for alleged collaboration with Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) is suspected in plotting the assassination of Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Firefighters Sent To Battle New Blazes Near Chernobyl In Ukraine
More than 1,000 firefighters have been sent to extinguish new fires that broke out in the radiation-contaminated area around the defunct Chernobyl nuclear plant. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
