Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Senior U.S. Senators Meet Zelenskiy In Kyiv, Reaffirm Bipartisan Backing For Ukraine
Three senior U.S. senators arrived in Ukraine to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and reaffirm bipartisan support for continued strong relations between the two countries, despite an impeachment process that put Kyiv in the middle of a sensitive political situation. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian Envoy Says Russian Helicopter Fired On Navy Vessel In Black Sea In 2018
A ballistics test has found that a Russian combat helicopter allegedly fired an armor-piercing projectile at one of the three Ukrainian Navy vessels in the Black Sea in 2018 that Russia impounded, said Ukraine’s deputy envoy to international organizations in Vienna, Ihor Lossovskiy. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
When Suicide Becomes Logical: Inside A Separatist-Run Prison In Ukraine’s Donetsk
Journalist Stanislav Aseyev was held in captivity for 962 days by Russia-backed separatists in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk before being released in a prisoner exchange last November. While in prison, he wrote an account of the torture and abuse he witnessed and experienced. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine’s President Appoints Chief Of Staff Linked To Trump’s Lawyer
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has a new chief of staff. Andriy Yermak was previously his foreign affairs adviser, negotiating a key prisoner exchange with Moscow and meeting with senior U.S. officials — as well as President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudolph Guiliani. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian President’s New Chief Of Staff Says Room For Compromise With Russia
The new head of Ukraine’s presidential administration has signaled there is room for compromise in talks on ending the war with Russia-backed separatists in the eastern part of the country, a day after Moscow replaced a hard-line point man on the issue with a Ukrainian-born official in the Kremlin. …read more Source:: Radio Free...
Ukraine’s Armored Vehicles Significantly Damaged In First 2 Years Of Donbas Conflict
Ukraine’s military says 2,576 units of its weaponized armored vehicles and equipment were damaged between April 2014 and June 2016 in the combat zone of the two easternmost regions where a war with Russia-backed separatists still rages. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian Police Major, Ex-Convict Wanted In Arson Case Involving RFE/RL’s Reporter’s Car
Ukraine’s Prosecutor-General’s Office in Lviv suspects an underworld criminal and a police major of collusion in the arson of a vehicle belonging to RFE/RL correspondent Halyna Tereshchuk. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Repairing Ukraine’s Gutted Gunboats
By the summer, Ukraine hopes it can repair the damaged navy vessels returned by Russia. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Kremlin Names Veteran Kozak As New Ukraine Negotiator
Veteran official Dmitry Kozak has been appointed as Russia’s chief negotiator in relations with Kyiv and Moscow-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, the Kremlin has announced, amid efforts to de-escalate a five-year conflict that has claimed thousands of lives. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
China Virus Deaths Top 1,000 As Ukraine Readies Evacuation Of Citizens
China’s National Health Commission has reported 108 new fatalities on February 10 from a novel respiratory virus, bringing the total death toll in the country to 1,016. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
