Section: The Boston Globe (USA)
Moscow’s Bid for New Gas Bridgehead
For decades, Russia’s run a virtual monopoly on supplying gas to southeast Europe. Most of that gas routed through Ukraine. But tensions over the crisis there has made the supply route unreliable. Moscow has turned off the taps three times over the past decade. The latest threat to Europe’s supplies has been averted – after...
Inside a Tank Factory in Donetsk
The BBC’s Tom Burridge visits a factory in Donetsk where rebels say they are repairing tanks seized from the Ukrainian military. …read more Source: The Boston...
Former Ukraine Finance Minister Arrested on Spanish Coast
Spanish police arrested on Wednesday (March 4) former Ukrainian Finance Minister Yuri Kolobov, missing since August 2014 and wanted for embezzlement and financial wrongdoing under an Interpol arrest warrant, a Civil Guard spokesman said. Kolobov was arrested in a flat in the holiday town of Altea on Spain’s eastern coast. …read more...
Ukraine PM: Pro-Russian Rebels Hampering Mine Rescue
Ukraine officials say emergency relief crews are being hampered by pro-Russian separatists, after a mine blast in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk trapped and killed workers. …read more Source: The Boston...
More Than 30 Killed in Mine Blast in Rebel East Ukraine
An early morning mine blast in the eastern Ukrainian rebel stronghold of Donetsk killed more than 30 people and injured 14, a local official said on Wednesday (March 1), but Reuters cold not independently verify the number of dead. Approximately 70 people were working underground at the time of the explosion, a local emergencies ministry official...
Ukraine Rebels Patrol Destroyed Airport
You’d never think that shell of a building was once an airport terminal. But last year, the international airport near the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk was alive with activity. Today, the bombed out buildings and burned out vehicles are mute reminders of the pitched battles that went on here between government forces and armed rebels....
Punches Thrown in Ukraine Parliament
A brawl erupted in the Ukrainian parliament on Tuesday (March 3) with deputies throwing punches and shouting abuse at one another. At the centre of the scuffles was leader of Ukraine’s populist Radical Party, Oleh Lyashko, who took exception to the presence of Serhiy Melnychuk, a former colleague in the Radicals, who had joined another...
The Grim Remains of Flight MH17
All 298 people on board MH17 died when the airliner crashed in eastern Ukraine on July 17th, close to the border with Russia. …read more Source: The Boston...
National Pride in Ukraine School
The BBC’s Rupert Wingfield-Hayes visits a high school in Mariupol where students are taking lessons in Ukrainian patriotism. …read more Source: The Boston...
Ukraine’s PM Warns of ‘Tough Reforms’
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk tells the BBC’s David Stern of his intention to press on with ”tough but necessary reforms”. …read more Source: The Boston...
