Showing posts with label ukraine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ukraine. Show all posts
Friday, May 21, 2021

The devastating human, economic costs of Crimea’s annexation

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People in the peninsula say they are subject to poor social services, dirty water and spiralling prices. Source: https://www.aljazeera.c...
Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Ukraine says Russia still has 100,000 troops near its borders

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Russian troops remain positioned near eastern Ukraine and in Crimea despite pullback order, says state security chief. Source: https://w...
Monday, April 19, 2021

Will Russia attack Ukraine?

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Moscow is massing its troops along the border with its neighbour amid heightened tension. Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/program/insi...
Sunday, April 18, 2021

Biden’s blinking red lights: Taiwan, Ukraine and Iran

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Russia is menacing Ukraine’s borders, China is sending increasingly ominous signals over Taiwan and Iran is accelerating its uranium enric...
Friday, April 16, 2021

Ukraine may seek nuclear weapons if left out of NATO: Diplomat

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Kyiv’s ambassador to Germany calls on the transatlantic security alliance to grant Ukraine long-sought membership. Source: https://www.a...

Russia to close parts of Black Sea near Crimea for six months

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Ukraine and the EU condemn Russia’s decision to restrict the navigation of foreign military and official ships. Source: https://www.alja...
Thursday, April 15, 2021

U.S. drops plans to send destroyers into the Black Sea due to concerns over Russia

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The Pentagon has scrapped a potential Black Sea transit by two Navy destroyers this week due to concerns about escalating tensions between ...
Wednesday, April 14, 2021

Ukraine still outgunned as Russia prepares for larger conflict

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Analysis: Ukraine’s military is in better shape than at outbreak of war in 2014, but still no match for Russia’s larger force Russia’s un...
Friday, April 9, 2021

Ukraine rules out offensive against Russia-backed separatists

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Meanwhile, Russia says it fears resumption of full-scale war in east Ukraine and could take steps to protect civilians. Source: https://...
Friday, April 2, 2021

Anti-LGBTQ laws in Uzbekistan fuel hostility and violence

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Campaigners say widespread homophobia in the conservative Islamic country is being inflamed by proposed changes to the criminal code Uzbe...
Sunday, November 15, 2020

Ukraine’s health chief diagnosed with Covid-19, had just warned that the crisis-ridden country’s hospitals are facing DISASTER

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The head of Ukraine’s health ministry has announced he has tested positive for coronavirus, as some of the country’s regions refuse to im...
Thursday, November 12, 2020

Ukrainian president in hospital with coronavirus

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Volodymyr Zelenskiy plans to work from a clinic in Kyiv, local media report. Source: https://www.politico.eu/article/ukrainian-president...
Sunday, November 1, 2020

The son of Lev Parnas offers one more Trump tell-all

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As Rudy Giuliani searched for damaging information on the Bidens in Ukraine, waged shadow diplomatic campaigns in Venezuela and Turkey, and...
Thursday, October 1, 2020

U.S. Embassy worker in Kyiv dies after being found unconscious

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The woman died at a hospital after an apparent head injury, and the search for a male suspect was underway, police said Source: https://...
Wednesday, September 23, 2020

GOP-led Senate committees issue report on Bidens, Ukraine

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Two Republican-led Senate committees have issued a politically charged report on the work Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s son di...
Saturday, August 8, 2020

Zelensky calls on Ukrainians not to interfere in U.S. election

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Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, is calling on Ukrainians to refrain from interfering in the upcoming U.S. elections. The call come...
Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Trump ad warning of violence against police uses image from 2014 Kiev protests

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Ad aimed at Christians as Trump’s support slips with Evangelicals Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/...
Sunday, July 12, 2020

Ukraine's green energy revolution has its problems – but it isn't a pipe dream

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The programme’s success has brought its own issues, but there is hope Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/voices/uk...
Sunday, June 21, 2020

Dozens of puppies on flight from Ukraine arrive in Canada dead

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Ukraine International Airlines flight carrying approximately 500 young French bulldogs Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/...

Former Ukrainian president says Biden never pressed him on Burisma

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Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko denied Sunday that former Vice President Joe Biden ever approached him about Burisma Holdings, ...