Section: The Epoch Times (USA)
Video: Huge Explosion in Ukraine’s Lugansk as Ammunition Warehouses Catch Fire
Several huge blasts were reported in Ukraine’s Lugansk, sometimes spelled as Luhansk, region on Thursday night, according to media reports. At least one person was killed. Video footage of one of the explosions was recorded and uploaded to YouTube. More than 3,500 tons of munitions are located at the ammo depot, controlled by the Ukrainian...
Ukraine Faces Years of Dependence on Western Aid
VELYKI PRYTSKY, Ukraine—Looking on from her vegetable patch at the motorcade of U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker, Ukrainian villager Olha Voloshchenko says she’d seen the lady on the TV news the night before, but “then the lights went off at our place.” The U.S. hopes agriculture in places like this dilapidated village will help...
Exit Polls in Ukraine Local Elections Show East-West Split
MARIUPOL, Ukraine—Four exit polls from Ukraine’s local elections released Monday indicated the governing coalition would retain its dominant position in the west and center of the country despite widespread disappointment with the government of President Petro Poroshenko. In the south and east, voters favored the Opposition Bloc, formed...
This Statue of Vladimir Lenin Was Turned Into Darth Vader in Ukraine
A statue of former Soviet dictator Vladimir Lenin was turned into the iconic Star Wars’ villain, Darth Vader. В Дарта Вейдера скульптор превратил заводской памятник Владимиру Ленину, который подлежал демонтажу. Одесса!!! pic.twitter.com/IQXWj1kxK5 — Feldman (@EvgenyFeldman) October 22, 2015 “Everything glows, everything changes, old figures...
Efforts Were Made to Cover up Causes of Flight MH17 Disaster in Ukraine, Report States
More than a year after Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 crashed in Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board, investigators with the Dutch Safety Board released its report on the incident, saying a Russian-manufactured Buk missile downed the plane. The highly anticipated report suggests that attempts were made to cover up the causes of the crash,...
Dutch Safety Board: Buk Missile Downed MH17 in Ukraine
GILZE-RIJEN AIR BASE, Netherlands—A missile launched from rebel-held Ukraine ripped the cockpit from Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, Dutch investigators reported Tuesday, adding that some passengers may have remained conscious for another minute or so as the airflow tore off their clothes and objects spinning through the cabin killed people in...
Belarusians Set To Give Lukashenko Fifth Presidential Term
MINSK, Belarus— President Alexander Lukashenko was set to win a fifth term in Sunday’s election with ease, but he said anything less than 80 percent of the vote would be a sign that his support was slipping. Both the official exit polls and the chief election official later predicted he would get even more. The authoritarian leader faced no...
Voters in Belarus Set to Give President Lukashenko 5th Term
MINSK, Belarus— A presidential election was under way Sunday in Belarus, where authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko faced no serious competition and was expected easily to win a fifth term. The opposition called for a boycott of the vote. Even before polls opened in the former Soviet republic, however, the Central Election Commission...
Belarus’ Lukashenko Set for Re-election
MINSK, Belarus—In the 21 years under Alexander Lukashenko’s rule, Belarus in many ways has seemed little different than the Soviet republic it once was. Dissent is stifled, sometimes harshly. The economy remains largely state-controlled. Even the flag is nearly identical to the Soviet-era emblem. For all of that, he’s nonetheless sure...
Nuclear Black Market Seeks IS Extremists
CHISINAU, Moldova— Over the pulsating beat at an exclusive nightclub, the arms smuggler made his pitch to a client: 2.5 million euros for enough radioactive cesium to contaminate several city blocks. It was earlier this year, and the two men were plotting their deal at an unlikely spot: the terrace of Cocos Prive, a dance club and sushi bar in...
