Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Kyiv Urges Moscow To Release Captured Ukrainian Officer
Ukraine is demanding that Russia immediately release a female military officer who was captured by pro-Russian separatists last month. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Inside The Slovyansk City Hall, Separatists’ Former Stronghold
As Ukrainian forces retook the eastern city of Slovyansk from pro-Russian separatists on July 5-6, the retreating militants left behind their makeshift headquarters at the city administration building. In the days after the recapture of the city, RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service took a look inside the city hall, fortified against attack and now...
Poroshenko Says There Will Be No Street Fighting In Donetsk
After visiting troops in Izyum just outside the former rebel stronghold of Slovyansk on July 8 and inspecting weapons seized from separatist militants, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko told reporters there will be no street fighting in Donetsk and called on pro-Russian rebels to lay down their arms. (Reuters) …read more Source: Radio...
Tymoshenko Donates Blood For Wounded Ukrainian Soldiers
Former Ukrainian presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko and several members of her Batkivshchyna political party arrived at a Kyiv hospital on July 8 to donate blood for Ukrainian soldiers wounded in government military operations against pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine. (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) …read more Source:...
Russia Follows ‘Different Strategy’ As Serbia Courts EU
As traditional Russian ally Serbia pushes ahead with its bid to join the European Union, Moscow’s reaction has been muted. Does the Kremlin see strategic advantages in having such a reliable friend inside the Western bloc? …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Kyrgyz Probing Passport Given To Reputed Georgian Crime Boss
Kyrgyzstan has launched an investigation into the illegal issuance of a Kyrgyz national passport to a reputed Georgian crime kingpin. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Obama, Hollande Talk Ukraine With Putin, Bridges Destroyed
The presidents of France and the United States have urged their Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to pressure pro-Moscow rebels in eastern Ukraine to hold talks with Kyiv. The French presidency said in a statement that Francois Hollande and Barack Obama talked on the phone with Putin for 45 minutes. It said they “called on President Putin...
Slovyansk: A City Liberated From Separatists, But Badly Wounded
Once a pro-Russian separatist stronghold, Slovyansk is now back under the control of the Ukrainian government. But Kyiv still has a long road ahead toward rebuilding the city and gaining the trust of some residents. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Head Of Ukrainian Orthodox Church Buried In Kyiv
Thousands of mourners attended the funeral of the deceased head of Ukraine’s Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Volodymyr, on July 7 in Kyiv. Volodymyr, who had led the Ukrainian Orthodox Church under the Moscow Patriarchate since 1992, died on July 5 at the age of 78. He was buried at Kyiv’s historic Pechersk Lavra monastery. (Reuters)...
Moscow Court Prolongs Pretrial Detention For Ukrainian Director
A court in Moscow has extended the pretrial arrest of Ukrainian film director Oleh Sentsov, who was detained in Crimea and accused of plotting terrorist attacks. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
