News: Ukraine

We have started to collect the most important news related to Ukraine in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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Ukraine: news

Ukraine rebels in land grab, says US

Thursday, January 22nd 2015, 0:07
related countries: Germany, United States
related places: Berlin

US Secretary of State John Kerry accuses rebels in east Ukraine of a "blatant land grab", as talks take place in Berlin to try to de-escalate the violence.
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Russia 'has 9,000 troops in Ukraine'

Wednesday, January 21st 2015, 20:41
related countries: Russia

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says Russia has more than 9,000 soldiers and 500 tanks in conflict-torn eastern Ukraine, a claim denied by Moscow.
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Ukraine accuses Russia of attack

Tuesday, January 20th 2015, 22:43
related countries: Russia

The Ukrainian military accuses Russia of attacking its forces with regular troops as fighting in eastern Ukraine spreads towards the Russian border.
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Is Russia pushing war in Ukraine or peace?

Tuesday, January 20th 2015, 17:23

Is Russia stoking war or pushing peace?
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Ukraine security 'is deteriorating'

Tuesday, January 20th 2015, 3:07

Monitors in eastern Ukraine warn of a serious deterioration in security as fighting intensifies in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
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Battles rage on Ukraine front line

Monday, January 19th 2015, 17:57

Dozens of people are killed or wounded as fighting escalates along the front line in eastern Ukraine and the battle for Donetsk airport continues.
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VIDEO: Drone footage shows destroyed airport

Monday, January 19th 2015, 8:14

Drone footage shows the war-torn remains of Donetsk airport, as Ukrainian officials say their forces have retaken the airport in the eastern city of Donetsk
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VIDEO: Drone footage shows destroyed airport

Monday, January 19th 2015, 7:59

The Ukrainian military says it has reclaimed almost all of Donetsk airport from separatist rebels after launching what it described as a "massive operation" overnight.
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Fresh clashes in eastern Ukraine

Sunday, January 18th 2015, 17:37
related countries: Russia
related places: Donetsk

The eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk sees heavy fighting as government forces intensify operations against Russian-backed militants.
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Ukraine struggles on brink of economic crisis

Saturday, January 17th 2015, 1:17

Reform delay leaves Ukraine in dire economic straits
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Fight Russian 'propaganda', say MEPs

Thursday, January 15th 2015, 18:06
related countries: Russia

Euro MPs urge the EU to counter Russian "propaganda" and condemn Russia's "aggressive and expansionist policy" towards Ukraine.
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Shell hits Ukraine bus 'killing 12'

Tuesday, January 13th 2015, 21:36

A shell has hit a bus at Buhas in eastern Ukraine, killing at least 12 civilians and wounding many more, Ukraine's military says.
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Ukraine ex-leader wanted by Interpol

Monday, January 12th 2015, 16:18
related countries: Russia

Interpol places deposed Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych on its wanted list, almost one year after he fled to neighbouring Russia.
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Ukraine rebels 'intensify attacks'

Friday, January 9th 2015, 16:16

Officials say rebels have intensified their shelling of government positions in eastern Ukraine, with reports of soldiers and civilians killed.
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VIDEO: BBC finds Russians fighting in Ukraine

Friday, January 9th 2015, 6:34
related countries: Russia

The BBC has gained access to training camps inside Russia where fighters talk openly about taking on the Ukrainian army, despite official Russian denials of their involvement.
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Ukraine blames Russia for German hack

Thursday, January 8th 2015, 12:56
related countries: Germany, Russia

Ukraine points the finger at Russia for German hack attack but do they have any evidence for the claims?
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Ukraine troops killed in bus crash

Tuesday, January 6th 2015, 11:27

At least 12 Ukrainian servicemen were killed and more than 20 injured in eastern Ukraine when their bus hit military trucks, police and local media say.
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Russia to hire more foreign troops

Monday, January 5th 2015, 18:55
related countries: Russia

Russia opens up its armed forces to foreign career soldiers, though experts say the move is not linked to the conflict in Ukraine.
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France seeks end to Russia sanctions

Monday, January 5th 2015, 12:19
related countries: France, Russia

French President Francois Hollande says he wants Western sanctions on Russia to be lifted if progress is made in talks on the Ukraine conflict this month.
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VIDEO: Nationalists in Kiev torch-lit rally

Friday, January 2nd 2015, 11:56
related places: Kiev

An estimated 2,500 turned out for a Ukrainian nationalist march on Thursday to mark the 106th birthday of the World War Two anti-Soviet leader Stepan Bandera.
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Ukraine nationalists march in Kiev

Friday, January 2nd 2015, 9:36
related places: Kiev

Thousands of Ukrainian nationalists march by torchlight through Kiev to honour World War Two anti-Soviet leader Stepan Bandera.
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VIDEO: Ukrainian leader greets freed troops

Saturday, December 27th 2014, 15:24
related countries: Russia

Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine have freed four Ukrainian prisoners a day after the two sides exchanged hundreds of captives.
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Rebels free more Ukrainian soldiers

Saturday, December 27th 2014, 14:24
related countries: Russia

Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine free four Ukrainian prisoners a day after the two sides exchange hundreds of captives.
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Ukraine and rebels trade prisoners

Friday, December 26th 2014, 21:44
related countries: Russia

The Ukrainian government swaps scores of prisoners with rebels in the east, while freezing vital bus and rail links with Russian-held Crimea.
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Russia revises military doctrine

Friday, December 26th 2014, 15:16
related countries: Russia

The Russian military promotes the use of conventional, non-nuclear forces as a deterrent in its new doctrine, in response to the conflict in Ukraine.
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Ukraine peace talks called off

Friday, December 26th 2014, 10:29
related countries: Barbados, Belarus, Russia
related places: Minsk

Peace talks between Ukraine's government and pro-Russian rebels, due to take place in Minsk, have been called off, Belarusian officials say.
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VIDEO: Ukraine football stars' new home

Friday, December 26th 2014, 0:18

Ukraine's football champions Shakhtar Donetsk have had to flee their home, which is at the centre of the conflict in the east of the country.
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Ukraine crisis rocks Shakhtar future

Friday, December 26th 2014, 0:18

Footballers play on despite Ukraine conflict
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Ukraine peace talks in Minsk end

Wednesday, December 24th 2014, 21:58
related places: Kiev

The latest round of Ukraine peace talks end in the Belarus capital Minsk with no indication of progress and uncertainty over when the next round will be.
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Russia reveals Ukraine 'MH17 witness'

Wednesday, December 24th 2014, 14:35
related countries: Malaysia, Russia
related places: Kiev

Russian investigators say they have evidence Malaysia Airlines MH17 may have been downed by a Ukrainian pilot, but Kiev rejects it as fake.
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Ukraine votes to drop neutral status

Tuesday, December 23rd 2014, 13:35
related countries: Russia

Ukraine's parliament votes to drop the country's non-aligned status and work towards Nato membership, a move quickly criticised by Russia.
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Russians 'will not cave in' to West

Saturday, December 20th 2014, 13:22
related countries: Canada, Russia, United States
related places: Moscow, West

Russia says it will not "cave in" to pressure, following a fresh set of US, EU and Canada sanctions over the conflict in Ukraine.
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Obama orders ban on Crimea trade

Saturday, December 20th 2014, 7:22
related countries: Russia, United States
related places: Crimea

President Barack Obama orders a trade ban with Crimea, to show the US "will not accept Russia's occupation" of the Ukrainian region.
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Hacker wars in the Ukraine conflict

Saturday, December 20th 2014, 0:25

Virtual battle for eastern Ukraine
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VIDEO: MH17 victim's father recalls last goodbye

Thursday, December 18th 2014, 16:59

The father of Briton Ben Pocock, who was killed in July's MH17 air crash in Ukraine, recalls the moment he waved his son off at the airport
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The Russians fighting a 'holy war' in Ukraine

Thursday, December 18th 2014, 0:27

The ordinary Russians fighting a 'holy war' in Ukraine
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Ukraine shies away from tackling far right

Saturday, December 13th 2014, 8:38

Ukraine fails to address far-right role in conflict
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VIDEO: Winter falls over Ukraine children's graves

Friday, December 12th 2014, 22:41
related places: Mariupol'

Fergal Keane reports from Mariupol in south-eastern Ukraine as the country's government says that for the time in 7 months no civilians or soldiers have been killed in fighting.
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Ukraine 'must double' defence budget

Friday, December 12th 2014, 20:33
related countries: Russia

Ukraine must double its military budget next year to $3bn to fund the fight against pro-Russian rebels, the defence minister says.
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Ukraine's shaky truce holds in east

Tuesday, December 9th 2014, 10:25
related countries: Belarus

Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian rebels in the east suspend fighting, but new peace talks remain uncertain.
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Russian soprano reaches out to rebels

Monday, December 8th 2014, 19:09
related countries: Russia

Russian opera singer and international star Anna Netrebko gives 1m roubles (£12,000) to a theatre in rebel-held Ukraine and poses with a rebel flag.
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Putin 'has hope' for Ukraine truce

Saturday, December 6th 2014, 23:07
related countries: France, Russia
related places: Moscow

Russia's Vladimir Putin hopes a permanent ceasefire will soon be agreed in Ukraine, after Moscow talks with French counterpart Francois Hollande.
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New initiative on Ukraine ceasefire

Thursday, December 4th 2014, 20:24
related countries: Russia

Ukraine's president announces a new initiative to try to shore up a ceasefire with pro-Russian rebels in the east of the country.
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How can West solve Ukraine problem?

Thursday, December 4th 2014, 2:21

The West could be in danger of overplaying its hand in Ukraine
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'Fault' shuts Ukraine nuclear plant

Wednesday, December 3rd 2014, 16:01

A "technical fault" in Europe's largest nuclear power plant has cut production but poses no danger, says Ukraine's energy minister.
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Ukraine shelling dashes truce hopes

Tuesday, December 2nd 2014, 18:34
related countries: Russia

The Ukrainian military says pro-Russian rebels have attacked its forces again at Donetsk airport despite earlier ceasefire talks.
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Russia warns of recession in 2015

Tuesday, December 2nd 2014, 14:59
related countries: Russia

The Russian government warns the economy will fall into recession next year as Western sanctions over Ukraine and falling oil prices begin to bite.
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Lives lost amid Ukraine 'truce'

Tuesday, December 2nd 2014, 12:17

Ukraine, Russia and the false ceasefire
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