Section: United Press International (USA)
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...
Yatsenyuk: Ukraine’s energy sector free from Russia
Daniel J. GraeberKIEV, Ukraine, April 11 (UPI) — Securing energy independence from Russia was among the major accomplishments since civil upheaval, outgoing Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said. …read more Source: United Press...
Embattled Ukrainian Prime Minister Yatsenyuk announces resignation
Ed AdamczykKIEV, Ukraine, April 10 (UPI) — Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk announced his resignation Sunday, after failing to initiate accelerated government reforms. …read more Source: United Press...
Netherlands voters reject trade deal between EU-Ukraine; Dutch gov’t could rescind approval
Doug G. WareTHE HAGUE, Netherlands, April 7 (UPI) — Dutch voters emphatically voiced their opposition Thursday to the new economic and political treaty between the EU and Ukraine, which could derail the accord. …read more Source: United Press...
CIA-trained Ukrainian spy arrested in Russia
Ed AdamczykMOSCOW, March 31 (UPI) — A CIA-trained Ukrainian counterintelligence officer who attempted to infiltrate Russia’s Federal Security Bureau will be deported, the agency said Thursday. …read more Source: United Press...
Kremlin rejects call for Ukrainian pilot’s release under Minsk protocol
Amy R. ConnollyMOSCOW, March 27 (UPI) — The Kremlin said former Ukrainian military pilot Nadiya Savchenko, convicted in the deaths of two Russian journalists, will serve her 22-year prison sentence. …read more Source: United Press...
Kremlin: After Savchenko sentencing, proposed prisoner swap is in Putin’s hands
Ed AdamczykMOSCOW, March 23 (UPI) — Russian President Vladimir Putin can arrange a prisoner exchange involving a convicted Ukrainian army pilot but has made no decision, a Kremlin spokesman said. …read more Source: United Press...
Russian judge hints female Ukrainian pilot guilty of murder in journalists’ 2014 deaths
Doug G. WareDONETSK, Ukraine, March 21 (UPI) — A former Ukraine pilot will be convicted of murder in the deaths of two Russian journalists who were killed in a 2014 mortar attack, a court judge said Monday. …read more Source: United Press...
Ukraine wants sanctions for 46 people in Savchenko case; Russia denies existence of list
Amy R. ConnollyMOSCOW, March 18 (UPI) — Ukraine is pressing for the European Union to impose sanctions on nearly 50 people it considers responsible for the “illegal detention” of Nadia Savchenko. …read more Source: United Press...
Ukrainian pilot jailed in Russia ends dry hunger strike
Andrew V. PestanoMOSCOW, March 10 (UPI) — Nadiya Savchenko, a former Ukrainian pilot and politician on trial in Russia over the alleged killing of two journalists, ended her hunger strike. …read more Source: United Press...
