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

VIDEO: Eastern town prepares for election

Saturday, May 24th 2014, 18:03

Mark Lowen visits an electoral commission in a disputed region near Donetsk, ahead of the upcoming Ukrainian elections.
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Ultras united: Fans rally for Ukraine

Saturday, May 24th 2014, 12:49

How the revolution brought Ukrainian football rivals together
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VIDEO: From chocolate billionaire to president?

Friday, May 23rd 2014, 20:03
related countries: Russia

Ukraine has denied a claim by Russia's President Putin that Ukraine has descended into "full-scale civil war". Daniel Sandford reports.
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Putin 'to respect' Ukraine vote

Friday, May 23rd 2014, 18:40
related countries: Russia

Russia's President Vladimir Putin says he will respect the outcome of Ukraine's presidential election on Sunday.
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Russian media protest at arrests in Ukraine

Friday, May 23rd 2014, 16:21
related countries: Russia

The detention of several reporters working for Russian media in Ukraine has sparked a heated debate, BBC Monitoring's Vitaly Shevchenko reports.
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VIDEO: Ukraine's 'babushkas' go viral

Friday, May 23rd 2014, 13:51

The Ukrainian granny who chased away armed separatists
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VIDEO: Lviv's election unity hopes

Friday, May 23rd 2014, 4:50

Ahead of Ukraine's presidential election, David Stern reports on the concerns of the people of Lviv for Ukraine's future.
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VIDEO: 'Hired men shot Ukraine troops'

Thursday, May 22nd 2014, 22:30

At least 13 Ukrainian soldiers are killed and dozens more injured in what is the biggest loss of life so far during the crisis in the east of the country.
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Deadliest attack on Ukrainian troops

Thursday, May 22nd 2014, 15:54

A dawn attack on a checkpoint in eastern Ukraine leaves at least 14 soldiers dead, in the worst loss of life for government forces to date.
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VIDEO: Scene of Ukraine checkpoint attack

Thursday, May 22nd 2014, 14:34
related places: Volnovakha

Heavily armed militants have attacked a checkpoint in the Volnovakha area, one of four attacks reported overnight in eastern Ukraine.
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Ukraine hits business mood at forum

Thursday, May 22nd 2014, 13:29

The crisis in Crimea and Ukraine has left many businesses attending this year's St Petersburg International Economic Forum in an anxious mood, reports BBC business correspondent Nigel Cassidy.
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VIDEO: Khodorkovsky warns on Russia sanctions

Thursday, May 22nd 2014, 7:21
related countries: Russia
related places: Moscow

Former Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky has warned against further sanctions on Moscow for its role in Ukraine's current crisis
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VIDEO: Fear of attack ahead of vote in Donetsk

Thursday, May 22nd 2014, 4:49

Mark Lowen reports from Donetsk, the unofficial capital of the breakaway east, as Ukraine prepares to hold perhaps its most important election since splitting from the Soviet Union in 1991.
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British journalist freed in Ukraine

Wednesday, May 21st 2014, 21:25
related countries: Russia, United Kingdom

A British national working as a journalist for a Russian TV station is released after being detained in Ukraine for more than 24 hours.
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VIDEO: Musical reflections on Ukraine's crisis

Tuesday, May 20th 2014, 20:53
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: London

Ukrainian singer-composer Marianna Sadovska brings Chernobyl Harvest, a musical reflection on her country's crisis, to London's Barbican Centre.
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Ukrainian tycoon confronts rebellion

Tuesday, May 20th 2014, 14:45

Rallies are held in the eastern city of Donetsk in protest at pro-Russian separatism, at the instigation of Ukraine's richest man Rinat Akhmetov.
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VIDEO: Angry Ukrainians in car horn protest

Tuesday, May 20th 2014, 11:38

Drivers in Ukraine have been holding a car horn protest, against the ongoing crisis in the east of the country.
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VIDEO: Russian troops gone 'within days'

Tuesday, May 20th 2014, 8:31
related countries: Russia

Russian troops will be removed from training bases near the Ukrainian border "within a few days", the country's deputy defence minister has said.
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Putin orders Ukraine border pullout

Monday, May 19th 2014, 11:15
related countries: Russia

Russia's President Vladimir Putin has ordered troops near the Ukraine border to return to their permanent bases, the Kremlin says.
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Inside pro-Russia training camp

Monday, May 19th 2014, 6:26
related countries: Russia

Inside pro-Russia militia training camp in east Ukraine
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VIDEO: Ukraine militias prepare for combat

Monday, May 19th 2014, 4:43

An armed militia group in eastern Ukraine has given the BBC exclusive access to its training camp.
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Ukraine 'near point of no return'

Sunday, May 18th 2014, 9:52
related places: Kiev

Ukraine is edging towards "the point of no return", a top UN official tells the BBC, amid deadly tension between pro-Kiev and separatist forces.
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VIDEO: Ukraine reaching 'point of no return'

Sunday, May 18th 2014, 4:01

Ukraine is edging towards "the point of no return", the UN Assistant Secretary General for Human Rights warns.
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VIDEO: Crimean artist's message in sand

Saturday, May 17th 2014, 23:11

Crimean artist hoping for love, not war
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UN warns on Ukraine human rights

Friday, May 16th 2014, 12:44

The UN warns of an "alarming deterioration" in the human rights situation in eastern Ukraine where pro-Russian separatists are battling security forces.
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Putin: Ukraine must pay cash for gas

Thursday, May 15th 2014, 14:53
related countries: Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country will demand payment in advance for gas supplies to Ukraine starting from 1 June.
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Talks open in Ukraine without rebels

Wednesday, May 14th 2014, 19:34
related places: Kiev

Ukraine's political and civic leaders hold the first round of talks to end the crisis in the country - but separatists were not represented.
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Hunter Biden's Ukrainian gas connection

Wednesday, May 14th 2014, 16:39

Vice president's son is hired by a Ukrainian gas company
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'Troops killed' in Ukraine ambush

Tuesday, May 13th 2014, 18:14
related places: Kiev

Seven Ukrainian soldiers and one pro-Russian insurgent have reportedly been killed in an ambush in the eastern Donetsk region, reports say.
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Ukraine vote 'crucial' in crisis

Tuesday, May 13th 2014, 12:37
related countries: Germany
related places: Kiev

Germany's foreign minister says Ukraine's presidential election on 25 May will be "crucial" in bringing the country out of its current crisis.
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Ukraine rebels seek to join Russia

Monday, May 12th 2014, 20:41
related countries: Russia

A Ukrainian separatist leader wants Russia to "absorb" Donetsk region after a self-rule referendum that Kiev and the EU condemned as illegal.
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Russia deadline on Ukraine gas debt

Monday, May 12th 2014, 16:16
related countries: Russia

Russia's state energy giant Gazprom says it may halt natural gas shipments to Ukraine on 3 June unless the country pays in advance for supplies.
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AUDIO: Ukraine 'must be open' to reform

Monday, May 12th 2014, 9:23

The Ukrainian foreign ministry's Oleksandr Scherba discusses the unofficial referendums that have taken place in Eastern Ukraine.
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Ukraine rebels claim poll victory

Monday, May 12th 2014, 6:52
related countries: Russia
related places: Donetsk

Pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region claim a resounding victory in a "self-rule" referendum, saying 89% voted in favour.
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Ukraine rebels hold 'self-rule' vote

Sunday, May 11th 2014, 21:43
related countries: Russia
related places: Kiev

Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine hold "self-rule" referendums, as BBC correspondents observe chaotic scenes at polling stations.
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VIDEO: France and Germany warning to Russia

Saturday, May 10th 2014, 23:27
related countries: France, Germany, Russia
related places: Eu

The leaders of Germany and France have warned of further EU sanctions against Russia, if presidential elections fail to take place in Ukraine later this month
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Russia threatened over Ukraine poll

Saturday, May 10th 2014, 14:20
related countries: France, Germany, Russia

The French and German leaders threaten further sanctions against Russia if Ukraine's presidential election fails to go ahead as planned.
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VIDEO: Tensions remain high in Mariupol

Saturday, May 10th 2014, 12:58
related places: Mariupol'

Barricades have been set ablaze and tensions remain high in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, where at least 21 people were killed in violent clashes on Friday.
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'Provocative' Putin visit denounced

Friday, May 9th 2014, 21:01
related countries: Russia, United States
related places: Crimea

The US and EU condemn the first visit by Russia's Vladimir Putin to annexed Crimea, as violence continues between troops and rebels in Ukraine.
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VIDEO: Putin arrives to cheers in Crimea

Friday, May 9th 2014, 18:07
related countries: Russia

President Vladimir Putin is making his first visit to Crimea since Russia annexed it from Ukraine in March. Daniel Sandford reports.
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VIDEO: Russia's Putin visits annexed Crimea

Friday, May 9th 2014, 13:11
related countries: Russia

President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Crimea, his first visit to the peninsula since Russia annexed it from Ukraine in March.
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VIDEO: Tanks and shots heard in Mariupol

Friday, May 9th 2014, 11:25
related places: Mariupol'

Several people are reported to have been killed in a shoot-out between Ukrainian troops and separatists in the town of Mariupol.
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Ukraine crisis boosts Russian patriotism

Friday, May 9th 2014, 1:30
related countries: Russia

Ukraine crisis looms large over Russia's Victory Day
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East Ukraine rebel vote to go ahead

Thursday, May 8th 2014, 20:21
related countries: Russia

Pro-Russian activists in eastern Ukraine say they will go ahead with an independence vote despite the Russian president's call to postpone it.
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Ukraine refuses Russian gas demand

Thursday, May 8th 2014, 20:12
related countries: Russia

Ukraine say it will not pay in advance for Russian gas at Gazprom's new, higher price, despite Russian claims that the nation owes too much and needs to pay.
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VIDEO: Muscovites struggle to find Crimea

Thursday, May 8th 2014, 19:09
related countries: Russia, United States
related places: Crimea

Following a US survey that showed many Americans were unable to find Ukraine on a map, the BBC's Russian Service carries out a similar test with Muscovites on their geographical knowledge of Crimea.
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VIDEO: Ukraine: 'Silent majority' want peace

Thursday, May 8th 2014, 12:28

Tensions in the east of Ukraine beginning to exhaust civilians caught in the crossfire
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VIDEO: Tear gas and gun shots in Ukraine

Thursday, May 8th 2014, 4:44
related places: Mariupol'

The BBC's Sarah Rainsford reports from Mariupol where pro-Russians groups are occupying a key official building.
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