Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
A Waltz Amid Ruins
Ukrainian students were determined to hold their graduation ball in their old school building — even though it was blasted to pieces in fighting. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian PM: Maintain Western Sanctions Until Russian Withdrawal
Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Hroysman urged Western governments to maintain tough sanctions on Russia until it withdraws forces from eastern Ukraine and cedes control of Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula that Moscow seized from Kyiv in 2014. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
U.S. Official Confident EU Will Continue To Back Russia Sanctions
The U.S. State Department’s chief sanctions-policy coordinator, Daniel Fried, is confident the European Union will maintain its travel and economic restrictions against Russia until Moscow fulfills the terms of a peace agreement to end the conflict in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Northern Ireland Defeat Ukraine At Euro 2016
Northern Ireland’s international soccer team has defeated Ukraine by a score of 2-0 in Euro 2016’s Group C. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine’s UN Envoy ‘Outraged’ By UN Chief’s Comments On Russia
Ukraine’s ambassador to the United Nations has said he was “completely outraged” by the UN chief’ speech at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
U.S. Sanctions Coordinator Impressed By European Resolve Against Russia
The diplomat who oversees U.S. sanctions policy sees European Union leaders still firmly backing measures taken against Russia. During his visit to Prague on June 16, Coordinator for U.S. Sanctions Policy Daniel Fried told RFE/RL that he was impressed with the resolve of current leaders in Europe, after former French President Nicolas Sarkozy...
Ukraine’s UN Envoy ‘Outraged’ By UN Chief’s Comments On Russia
Ukraine’s ambassador to the United Nations has said he was “completely outraged” by the UN chief’ speech at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
U.S. Sanctions Coordinator Impressed By European Resolve Against Russia
The diplomat who oversees U.S. sanctions policy sees European Union leaders still firmly backing measures taken against Russia. During his visit to Prague on June 16, Coordinator for U.S. Sanctions Policy Daniel Fried told RFE/RL that he was impressed with the resolve of current leaders in Europe, after former French President Nicolas Sarkozy...
Ukraine’s Rada Urges Ukrainian Orthodox Church’s Separation From Moscow
Ukrainian lawmakers have approved an appeal to the worldwide head of the Orthodox Church asking him to recognize the Ukrainian Orthodox Church’s independence from Moscow. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
A Day With Ukraine’s Frontline Medics
Bullet wounds, shrapnel, loss of blood — it’s all in a day’s work for medical volunteers in Avdiivka, where a cease-fire between Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed separatists often exists in name only. (Levko Stek and Marian Kushnir, RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
