Section: United Press International (USA)
Containment still an issue 30 years after Chernobyl disaster
Ed AdamczykPRIPYAT , Ukraine, April 25 (UPI) — Long-term projects to tame the continuing threat of radiation are underway at the site of the ruined Chernobyl nuclear reactor 30 years after disaster. …read more Source: United Press...
UPI Almanac for Tuesday, April 26, 2016
By United Press International On April 26, 1986, a fire and explosion at the Soviet Union’s Chernobyl nuclear reactor north of Kiev, Ukraine, resulted in the world’s worst civilian nuclear disaster. …read more Source: United Press...
Ukraine names new naval commander
Allen ConeKIEV, Ukraine, April 25 (UPI) — Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has appointed Lt. Gen Ihor Voronchenko as new commander of the Ukrainian Navy. …read more Source: United Press...
Russia set to release Ukrainian pilot Nadia Savchenko
Allen ConeKIEV, Ukraine, April 19 (UPI) — Ukraine is working with Russia to have its former military pilot Nadezhda Savchenko returned. …read more Source: United Press...
Ukraine court convicts two Russian servicemen of terrorism
Allen ConeKIEV, Ukraine, April 18 (UPI) — Two Russian servicemen were sentenced Monday to 14 years in prison in Ukrainian court on charges relating to the separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: United Press...
Stolen Dutch paintings worth $280,000 recovered by Ukraine
Ed AdamczykAMSTERDAM, Netherlands, April 15 (UPI) — Ukrainian authorities said Friday they recovered a cache of four paintings and other items stolen from a Dutch art gallery. …read more Source: United Press...
New prime minister of Ukraine vows to fight corruption
Ed AdamczykKIEV, Ukraine, April 14 (UPI) — Volodymyr Groysman was appointed Ukraine’s new prime minister, promising to reform the Ukrainian economy and combat corruption. …read more Source: United Press...
Groysman appointed new Ukraine prime minister
Ed AdamczykKIEV, Ukraine, April 14 (UPI) — Volodymyr Groysman was appointed Ukraine’s new prime minister, promising to reform the Ukrainian economy and combat corruption. …read more Source: United Press...
Compromise reached on Ukrainian government
Ed AdamczykKIEV, Ukraine, April 13 (UPI) — A coalition led by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s party has decided on new administration leadership for the country. …read more Source: United Press...
Resignation of Ukraine’s Yatsenyuk will mean ‘less hysteria’
Alexey Timofeychev, Russia Beyond the Headlines The announcement by Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk that he is to resign has not been especially lamented among the Russian political establishment. …read more Source: United Press...
