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Ukraine’s president wants UN options for peace force in east
Ukraine’s president says a U.N.-mandated peacekeeping operation could be decisive in ending the conflict in the east with Russian-backed separatists — and says Secretary-General Antonio Guterres should send a mission … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
Ukraine president signs amendment on NATO, EU membership
Ukraine’s president has signed a constitutional amendment committing to join NATO and the European Union. Speaking in parliament Tuesday, President Petro Poroshenko said he sees securing Ukraine’s membership in the … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
8 die of measles in Ukraine this year as outbreak worsens
Authorities say eight people have died of measles in Ukraine since the start of the year, already half as many as died in the whole of 2018. The Health Ministry … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
Ukrainian president vows to push for EU, NATO membership
Ukraine’s president says the nation needs to join the European Union and NATO to protect itself from Russia’s expansionist actions. President Petro Poroshenko, who is seeking a second five-year term … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
Ukrainian lawmakers bar Russians from observing election
Ukraine’s parliament has barred Russian citizens from serving as election monitors during an upcoming presidential election. The Supreme Rada voted to exclude Russians from international observers’ missions that will be … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
Ukraine’s exiled ex-president warns of possible vote rigging
Ukraine’s exiled former president, who was found guilty of fueling a deadly separatist conflict in the east, is warning of possible vote rigging in the country’s upcoming presidential election. Ukrainians … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
AP Interview: Ukraine ex-PM accuses president of corruption
Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who is running for president in next month’s election, accused the incumbent of corruption as the race was heating up. Tymoshenko told The Associated … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
Head of Ukraine’s new Orthodox Church assumes office
The newly elected head of the independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church has officially assumed office in the capital of Kiev, a month after the church severed its centuries-long ties with the … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
Russian leader assails Ukraine Orthodox church reform
President Vladimir Putin has criticized Ukraine’s move to set up a new Orthodox church independent from Moscow and promised to defend religious freedom. Earlier this month, the Ecumenical Patriarch of … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
Ukraine’s incumbent president announces re-election bid
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says he will run for re-election in March’s presidential vote. Poroshenko declared Tuesday that he will seek another five-year term in office on March 31. Long … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
