Section: USA TODAY (USA)
Ukraine presidential election win for TV star Volodymyr Zelenskiy; Petro Poroshenko loses
The Central Election Commission says Monday that Zelenskiy has won 73% of the vote while the incumbent President Petro Poroshenko got just 24%. …read more Source: USA...
Rare white lion cubs born in Crimea safari park
Two rare white lion cubs have been born in a Crimean safari park. The male and female cubs arrived in the Taygan lion park near Belogorsk several days ago but haven’t been named yet. (March 30) …read more Source: USA...
Ukraine says cargo traffic has resumed in Sea of Azov following standoff with Russia
Ukraine’s infrastructure minister said merchant ships were moving through the Kerch Strait linking the Sea of Azov with the Black Sea. …read more Source: USA...
Ukraine calls up reservists amid tensions with Russia
Relations between the two neighbors have strained further following the Nov. 25 incident in which Russia fired upon and seized three Ukrainian naval vessels and their crews. …read more Source: USA...
Tensions rising as G-20 leaders open meeting
Leaders from the world’s leading economies kick off the Group of 20 summit with an official agenda of development, infrastructure and investment. That agenda is overshadowed by tensions over the US-China trade and the conflict over Ukraine. (Nov. 30) …read more Source: USA...
Ukraine bans Russian men from entering the country
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko announced the decision on Twitter Friday. Video provided by Newsy …read more Source: USA...
Ukraine bars visits from Russian men as tensions rise
Fallout continues from Russia’s seizure of three Ukrainian vessels last week and capture of their crews …read more Source: USA...
President Trump scraps G20 talks with Putin over Ukraine conflict
Trump said in a tweet the decision was made based on the fact that Russia hadn’t yet returned the Ukrainian ships or crew members. Video provided by Newsy …read more Source: USA...
Russia rejects claim its missile downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
The Russian Defense Ministry dismissed the findings of an international investigative team that announced Thursday it had unequivocal evidence that a Russian-made missile shot down a Malaysian Airlines jet over eastern Ukraine four years ago, killing all 298 people aboard. …read more Source: USA...
Did Mostik the cat beat Vladimir Putin across the controversial bridge linking Russia to Crimea?
The contentious bridge linking Russia to Crimea has prompted another controversy, this one over whether Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ceremonial first crossing actually came in second — to a cat. Putin proudly drove a bright orange, Russian-built truck across the Kerch Strait Bridge Tuesday. …read more Source: USA...
