Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
OSCE Urges Restraint In East Ukraine After Uptick In Fighting Leads To Casualties
Two high-ranking officials from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) expressed deep concern over the recent upsurge in fighting in eastern Ukraine near a front-line town from which the warring sides withdrew forces in November. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Crimean Journalist Semena Moves To Mainland Ukraine ‘Indefinitely’
RFE/RL contributor Mykola Semena, who has been convicted of separatism in the Russian-controlled Crimea region, moved to mainland Ukraine on February 18. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Putin Fires Longtime Aide, Ex-Ukraine Peace Negotiator Surkov
Russian President Vladimir Putin has fired influential longtime aide Vladislav Surkov following weeks of speculation that the 55-year-old was leaving the Kremlin amid a change in its Ukraine policy. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Says It Disrupted Bot Network Supported By Russian Online Services
Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) on February 17 said it had disrupted a network of “bot farms” and seized computer and telecommunications equipment that were supported by Russian online services in five Ukrainian cities. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Calls On Russia To Release Detained Fishermen
The head of Ukraine’s border guard service, Serhiy Deyneko, says Russia should release four Ukrainian fishermen it detained for allegedly fishing illegally once their 10-day civil arrest term expires in occupied Crimea. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Sending Plane To Evacuate Citizens From China As Virus Deaths Exceed 1,800
After a week of delay, Ukraine on February 18 plans to send a plane to China and evacuate 49 citizens and 25 foreign nationals, Health Minister Viktor Lyashko announced the previous day. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
U.S.-Ukraine Produced Rocket Lifts Off, Takes Supplies To International Space Station
A medium-class rocket jointly developed by U.S. and Ukrainian specialists successfully launched from a NASA flight facility in Virginia on February 15, carrying nearly four tons of supplies, hardware, and science payloads to the International Space Station (ISS). …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian Fishermen Detained by Russia In Sea Of Azov Get 10 Days In Crimean Jail
A Russian-administered court in Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula ruled on February 16 to detain four Ukrainian fisherman for 10 days as civil punishment for “illegally fishing” in the Sea of Azov where they were detained and had their boat impounded the previous day. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Arrests Alleged Crime Boss After Six-Year Manhunt
Ukraine’s National Police on February 16 arrested alleged mafia boss Yevhen Anisimov who has been wanted for six years on numerous charges mainly related to extorting money from businesses in the Zaporizhzhya region located in the south-eastern part of the country. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Zelenskiy Calls For Elections in Donetsk, Lukhansk In October
Ukraine’s president has called for holding local elections in the war-torn east, along with the rest of the country, in October, despite the ongoing conflict in the region. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
