Section: The Boston Globe (USA)
Shakhtar Face Up to Ukraine Conflict
Ukraine’s football champions Shakhtar Donetsk have had to flee their home, which is at the centre of the conflict in the east of the country. …read more Source: The Boston...
‘I Was Shot Twice in Kiev Protest’
A year ago crowds were protesting in Kiev’s main Square. One of the protesters talked BBC News about his experiences. …read more Source: The Boston...
Poroshenko in Reform Pledge
The Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has promised a programme of radical reform during an address at the opening session of the country’s new parliament. …read more Source: The Boston...
Sanctions Hitting Russian Oil Firms
Opec’s meeting in Vienna is being closely watched in Russia, which depends heavily on oil exports but is being hit by Western sanctions over Ukraine. …read more Source: The Boston...
What Does Ukraine’s Future Hold?
One year since popular protests began in Ukraine, a new government prepares to take office, amid calls for reform. …read more Source: The Boston...
Ukraine Uprising: One Year on
Services have been held in Ukraine to mark the anniversary of the mass protests which sparked the downfall of former president Viktor Yanukovych. …read more Source: The Boston...
Ukrainian Soldier: “They Don’t Fight. They Simply Destroy”
Ukrainian troops in eastern Ukraine duck for cover in this footage shot by a Ukrainian Television channel. It’s the latest flare-up of violence in the region, that now threatens a two month-old truce. …read more...
First Truckload of Wreckage from MH17 Removed from Crash Site
Local emergency services in eastern Ukraine have removed the first pieces of wreckage from Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 which crashed in July. The parts are bound for the Netherlands, where investigators will reconstruct the airliner to try to find the cause of the crash. All 298 people on board were killed, two thirds of them Dutch citizens....
Russia Isolated Over Ukraine at G20
The G20 Summit in Brisbane, Australia, comes to a close on Sunday…with world leaders signing a family photo. During two days of meetings, they agreed to boost flagging global growth, tackle climate change and crack down on tax avoidance. But ties between the West and Russia plummeted to a new low over the crisis in eastern Ukraine. U.S....
Cameron Warns Russia of Isolation Over Ukraine
UK Prime Minister David Cameron warned Russian President Vladimir Putin of more economic sanctions and isolation if he failed to end Russian backing for separatist rebels in Ukraine. …read more Source: The Boston...
