Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Giant Lenin Toppled In Kharkiv
A giant statue of Lenin was pulled down by jubilant crowds in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on September 28. Thousands of people marched through the city waving Ukrainian flags before gathering at the 20-meter monument. Previous attempts to pull it down were prevented by pro-Russian protestors, amid violent clashes in March and April....
Dzhemilev’s Son Transferred In Custody From Crimea To Krasnodar
Veteran Crimean Tatar leader Mustafa Dzhemilev says that authorities in Russian-annexed Crimea have transferred his arrested son from the peninsula to Russia’s Krasnodar region. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Lenin Statue Toppled In Kharkiv
Demonstrators in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv have cut down a statue of Vladimir Lenin. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine, Separatists Exchange Prisoners
Ukrainian military officials and pro-Russian separatists have carried out a prisoner exchange in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Lavrov Says Russia Has No Desire To Continue Sanctions War
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Moscow has no desire to continue a war of sanctions with the West. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian Soldier’s Video Shows Intense Fighting Around Donetsk
Fighting has continued in the eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region despite the cease-fire declared on September 5. Ukrainian soldier Serhiy Tyshkevych of Ukraine’s 11th Territorial Defense Battalion gave video of battles to RFE/RL correspondent Levko Stek. Tyshkevych said the video was recorded September 22-26 during clashes with...
Fighting In The Donetsk Region Despite The Cease-Fire
Ukraine’s 11th Territorial Defense Battalion clashed with Russian-backed separatists at a checkpoint in the village of Nikishino, near Debaltseve, in the Donetsk region. Video of the fighting was recorded on September 25-26 by RFE/RL correspondent Levko Stek. Contains graphic images. (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) …read more...
Russia’s Lavrov Criticizes West At UN
Addressing the UN General Assembly, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has accused the United States of resorting to “military interference” to defend its interests. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine, Russia Strike Interim Gas Deal
The European Union, Ukraine, and Russia have agreed on an interim solution for natural gas flows which could prevent energy shortages in both Ukraine and EU countries this winter. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russian Action Film Vows ‘The Truth’ About Ukraine War
A new Russian film is pledging to tell “The Truth” about the war between federal forces and separatists in eastern Ukraine, a project Ukrainian media has already dismissed as “propaganda.” …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
