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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

Russia under fire over rebel vote

Monday, November 3rd 2014, 21:52
related countries: Germany, Russia

Germany says Russian backing for the outcome of elections held by rebels in Ukraine's two eastern regions is "incomprehensible".
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VIDEO: Separatist wins vote in east Ukraine

Monday, November 3rd 2014, 14:23
related countries: Russia

A pro-Russian separatist wins a leadership vote in eastern Ukraine, in an election which has been widely condemned.
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Summary justice in Ukraine's rebel east

Monday, November 3rd 2014, 11:08

Show of hands condemns Ukraine rape suspect to death
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EU condemns Ukraine rebel poll

Monday, November 3rd 2014, 1:50
related countries: Russia

Elections held by pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine are "a new obstacle on the path towards peace", the European Union says.
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Ukraine separatists hold elections

Sunday, November 2nd 2014, 22:32
related countries: Russia

Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine hold elections denounced by the West as "illegitimate", with rebel leaders tipped to win the polls.
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VIDEO: Ukraine separatists to hold polls

Sunday, November 2nd 2014, 7:11
related countries: Russia

Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine are holding elections denounced by the West as as "illegitimate".
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Why are Ukraine separatist elections controversial?

Saturday, November 1st 2014, 8:51
related countries: Russia

Pro-Russian rebel elections seen as truce violation
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VIDEO: Russia and Ukraine agree gas deal

Friday, October 31st 2014, 3:21
related countries: Russia

Russia has agreed to resume gas supplies to Ukraine over the winter in a deal brokered by the European Union.
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Russia-Ukraine deal secures EU gas

Friday, October 31st 2014, 1:08
related countries: Russia

Russia will resume gas deliveries to Ukraine this winter in a deal brokered by the European Union, which will also safeguard supplies to EU countries.
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US warns Russia on Ukraine rebel vote

Tuesday, October 28th 2014, 23:36
related countries: Russia, United States

US Secretary of State John Kerry warns Russia that it will violate international agreements if it recognises an election planned by rebels in eastern Ukraine.
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Dutch ask Russia for MH17 'evidence'

Tuesday, October 28th 2014, 17:14
related countries: Netherlands, Russia

Dutch investigators ask Russia to surrender evidence it claims to have showing a Ukrainian fighter jet in the same area as flight MH17 when it was shot down.
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Russia supports Ukraine rebel vote

Tuesday, October 28th 2014, 13:02
related countries: Russia

Russia says it will recognise the results of controversial rebel elections in eastern Ukraine, planned for 2 November.
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Balancing act for Ukraine's Petro Poroshenko

Tuesday, October 28th 2014, 0:30

The delicate task facing Ukraine's president
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Pro-West parties set for Ukraine win

Monday, October 27th 2014, 16:08

Ukraine's president and prime minister are to publish a draft coalition deal after an apparent parliamentary election victory for pro-Western parties.
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Pro-Western blocs 'win Ukraine poll'

Sunday, October 26th 2014, 22:04
related countries: Russia

Pro-Western parties will dominate Ukraine's parliament after the first elections to the body since February's revolution, exit polls suggest.
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Russia 'helped Yanukovych to flee'

Friday, October 24th 2014, 21:01
related countries: Russia

Vladimir Putin says for the first time that Russia helped Ukraine's ex-President Viktor Yanukovych to flee after he was ousted in February.
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Ukraine-Russia 'consensus' over gas

Friday, October 24th 2014, 18:29
related countries: Russia

Ukraine and Russia find "consensus" on a deal to end their gas dispute, according to the boss of Ukraine's state gas firm.
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Ukraine vote could push the country into chaos

Friday, October 24th 2014, 13:04

Ukraine's vote could bring conflict, not peace
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Ukraine: Land of chaos and courage

Friday, October 24th 2014, 0:36

A journey across a Ukraine wracked by conflict
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VIDEO: Spirit of revolution simmers in Kiev

Thursday, October 23rd 2014, 23:08
related places: Kiev

Steve Rosenberg visits Kiev to see how the recent violence in Ukraine has had an impact on who is running for parliament.
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VIDEO: The city hoping to be independent state

Wednesday, October 22nd 2014, 0:06

Steve Rosenberg visits two cities in rebel held Ukraine which will be boycotting the forthcoming parliamentary elections.
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Ukraine faces cluster bomb claim

Tuesday, October 21st 2014, 17:01

Ukraine attacked populated areas of Donetsk with cluster bombs, banned by many states, a leading human rights group says.
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VIDEO: 'The rebels beat me with guns'

Monday, October 20th 2014, 23:45
related countries: Russia

In the first part of his road trip across Ukraine ahead of parliamentary elections, Steve Rosenberg meets a candidate who was persecuted by pro-Russian rebels.
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VIDEO: Donetsk rocked by chemical plant blast

Monday, October 20th 2014, 19:15
related countries: Russia
related places: Donetsk

A powerful explosion at a chemical plant in the rebel-held city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine has reverberated across the city.
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Amnesty deplores abuses in Ukraine

Monday, October 20th 2014, 14:12
related countries: Russia

Amnesty International finds evidence of atrocities committed by both warring sides in eastern Ukraine, but not on the scale reported by Russia.
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VIDEO: 'Foreign activity' in Swedish waters?

Sunday, October 19th 2014, 7:31
related countries: Russia, Sweden

Sweden has boosted its military presence in the Stockholm Archipelago, amid rising tension between Russia and Scandinavian countries over the Ukraine crisis.
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'No breakthrough' in Ukraine talks

Friday, October 17th 2014, 17:49
related countries: Russia

The presidents of Russia and Ukraine hold talks with EU leaders, with no apparent breakthrough on how to resolve the crisis in Ukraine.
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VIDEO: The volunteers recovering Ukraine's dead

Thursday, October 16th 2014, 7:03

Volunteers in Ukraine risk their lives to recover the bodies of soldiers killed in action in the east of the country.
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Russia's gas fight with Ukraine

Thursday, October 16th 2014, 1:03
related countries: Russia

Why did Russia cut off Ukraine's gas and will it turn it back on?
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Ukraine far right battles police

Tuesday, October 14th 2014, 16:49
related places: Kiev

Ukrainian nationalists clash with police in Kiev during a rally while shelling in the east reportedly leaves seven people dead.
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Russian hackers targeted Nato PCs

Tuesday, October 14th 2014, 12:09
related countries: Russia

Russian hackers repackaged and re-used an old bug to gain access to computers in Nato, western governments and Ukraine.
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UK waters face 'invasional meltdown'

Sunday, October 12th 2014, 23:02
related countries: Turkey, United Kingdom

Scientists warn that an army of organisms from Turkey and Ukraine is poised to invade Britain's waterways and destroy native species.
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Putin 'orders Russia troop pullback'

Sunday, October 12th 2014, 0:46
related countries: Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin orders the withdrawal of thousands of troops stationed near the Ukrainian border, Russian media report.
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MH17 passenger 'had oxygen mask on'

Thursday, October 9th 2014, 16:15
related countries: Netherlands

The Dutch foreign minister says a victim of the east Ukraine air disaster was found wearing an oxygen mask, suggesting not everyone died instantly.
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Sky's crash report escapes censure

Monday, October 6th 2014, 11:28

A Sky News report in which Colin Brazier rummaged through belongings at the MH17 plane crash site in Ukraine has escaped censure by Ofcom.
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Ukraine city readies for rebel advance

Monday, October 6th 2014, 10:31

Ukrainian city prepares in fear of rebel advance
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Ukraine crisis spells Arctic freeze in Russia-Norway ties

Saturday, October 4th 2014, 0:08
related countries: Norway, Russia

Ukraine crisis chills Norway-Russia ties
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Heavy fighting for Ukraine airport

Friday, October 3rd 2014, 21:37
related countries: Russia
related places: Donetsk

Heavy fighting erupts at Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine, as both government troops and pro-Russia rebels claim control over the facility.
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Red Cross condemns Donetsk shelling

Friday, October 3rd 2014, 12:39

The Red Cross condemns indiscriminate shelling in eastern Ukraine after one of its employees is killed in the rebel-held city of Donetsk.
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VIDEO: Ukraine: Shell hits fuel reservoir

Thursday, October 2nd 2014, 22:51

Heavy fighting continues to go on for control of the airport in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk.
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Rebels push to take Donetsk airport

Thursday, October 2nd 2014, 18:32

Rebel forces in eastern Ukraine conduct an offensive to try to capture the government-held airport in Donetsk, Ukrainian officials say.
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Ukraine GDP 'to shrink 8% this year'

Thursday, October 2nd 2014, 11:07

Ukraine's economy is likely to suffer more than previously predicted because of the conflict in the east of the country, the World Bank has said.
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New Nato chief urges Russian rethink

Wednesday, October 1st 2014, 16:19
related countries: Russia

The new Nato chief, Jens Stoltenberg, says the alliance wants constructive ties with Russia - but Russian policy in Ukraine must change.
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Shelling shatters first day of school

Wednesday, October 1st 2014, 15:50

Shelling greets start of term in east Ukraine
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Deadly attack on Donetsk school

Wednesday, October 1st 2014, 14:20

A shell blast kills four people at a school in the rebel-held Ukrainian city of Donetsk on the first day of classes, delayed because of the conflict.
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VIDEO: Shell hits Ukraine playground

Wednesday, October 1st 2014, 12:58

At least ten people have been killed in the city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine.
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EU to keep Russia sanctions in place

Tuesday, September 30th 2014, 14:36
related countries: Belgium, Russia
related places: Brussels

The EU decides to keep sanctions on Russia in place, judging that Ukraine's peace deal is not fully effective.
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Donetsk airport clash violates truce

Tuesday, September 30th 2014, 10:43
related countries: Russia
related places: Donetsk

Officials in eastern Ukraine say artillery is pounding the Donetsk airport area, where Ukrainian troops are resisting pro-Russian separatists.
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