Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Ukraine’s Only English-Language TV Channel Shuts Down
Ukraine’s only English-language television channel, UATV, has stopped broadcasting. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy Expects Bodies From Downed Airliner To Return This Week
Ukraine hopes to repatriate the bodies of the 11 Ukrainians who were killed aboard Flight PS752 in Iran by the end of this week. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Says Man Arrested In 2017 Attack On Chechen Accused Of Putin Plot
Ukrainian authorities say police have arrested a man linked to a 2017 attack on a Chechen who was accused by the Russian authorities of plotting to kill President Vladimir Putin. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Anger And Demands For Justice As Iran Says It Shot Down Plane
Iran’s admission that it “unintentionally” shot down a Ukrainian passenger plane, killing all 176 people on board, has provoked anger in Iran and demands for justice from Ukraine. The air company, Ukraine International Airlines (UIA), says Iran should have closed its airport to prevent the risk of such incidents. The tragedy...
Ukraine Says It Got Access To Crashed Airliner’s Black Boxes
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Vadym Prystayko says his country has found no evidence of a terror attack at this point in fragments from the Ukrainian passenger airliner that crashed. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Mechanical Failure? Pilot Error? No, Errant Missile May Have Downed Ukraine’s Flight 752 Near Tehran
About five hours after Iran launched a volley of missiles at U.S. forces in Iraq, bringing the Middle East a step closer to war, Ukrainian International Airlines Flight PS752 took off into the predawn darkness from Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International airport. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Says Missile Strike Possible Cause Of Airline Tragedy In Iran
A senior Ukrainian security official told RFE/RL that a missile strike was one of several causes being considered for the crash of a Ukrainian airliner over Iran. His comments came a day after flight PS752 came down with the loss of all 176 people on board. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian Police Detain Alleged Georgia-Born Russian Kingpin Known As Moskovsky
An alleged Russian organized crime kingpin has been arrested in Ukraine on suspicion of illegal border-crossing and planning to obtain control over criminal groups in the country. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainians Mourn As Zelenskiy Calls For ‘Patience’ With Plane Crash Investigation
Ukraine observed a day of national mourning on January 9 as aviation authorities frantically searched for answers after the crash of a Ukrainian airliner southwest of Tehran that killed all 176 on board. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
‘Whose Is It?’ Ukrainian Activists Confront Russian Blogger In Kyiv, With Violent Results
A Ukrainian activist was beaten, including reportedly by police, after confronting a Russian blogger with the question: “Who does Crimea belong to?” The January 6 melee did not take place in Russia, where questioning Russia’s territorial integrity is a criminal offense, but in Kyiv. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe /...