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's stormy economy has history

Friday, February 21st 2014, 19:35

BBC economics correspondent Andrew Walker says even if Ukraine's political situation does stabilise, its economic outlook will likely remain profoundly uncertain.
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VIDEO: Moment of 'historic' Ukraine vote

Friday, February 21st 2014, 18:13

Opposition MP, Andriy Shevchenko, describes the atmosphere on Ukraine's parliament floor as 'enormous' after a vote to return the country to its 2004 constitution
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VIDEO: EU welcomes Ukraine election deal

Friday, February 21st 2014, 15:53

A deal to hold early presidential elections in Ukraine has been welcomed by the European Union's foreign policy chief.
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VIDEO: Georgia's 'concern' over Ukraine

Friday, February 21st 2014, 15:42
related countries: Georgia
related places: Tbilisi

The latest deadly clashes in Ukraine are dominating Georgian media as Rayhan Demytrie reports from Tbilisi.
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VIDEO: Ukraine's Matsotska explains withdrawal

Friday, February 21st 2014, 14:31

Alpine skier Bogdana Matsotska says she has withdrawn from the Winter Olympics in protest at Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovych and his government.
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VIDEO: Ukraine protests 'an attempted coup'

Friday, February 21st 2014, 13:59
related countries: Russia

Vladimir Chizhov, the Russian Ambassador to the EU, has said events in the Ukraine "resembles very much an attempted coup d'etat".
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Ukraine credit rating cut by S&P

Friday, February 21st 2014, 12:12
related places: Kiev

S&P downgrades Ukraine, and the country cancels plans to raise $2bn from the sale of eurobonds that it hoped would be bought by Russia.
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VIDEO: Clashes erupt in Ukraine parliament

Friday, February 21st 2014, 10:22

Fighting broke out between deputies in Ukraine's parliament on Friday when the speaker delayed a debate on a possible resolution calling for President Viktor Yanukovich's powers to be reduced.
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Ukraine 'peace deal' after clashes

Friday, February 21st 2014, 9:47
related places: Kiev

Ukraine's president announces a deal with the opposition, a day after dozens were killed in clashes, but the French foreign minister urges caution.
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Sanctions imposed amid Kiev clashes

Friday, February 21st 2014, 1:13
related places: Kiev

The EU agrees to impose sanctions on Ukrainian officials "responsible for violence and excessive force" after the bloodiest day of clashes in Kiev.
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VIDEO: Footage 'shows Kiev police hostages'

Thursday, February 20th 2014, 22:38
related places: Kiev

An amateur video posted online appears to show a number of policemen taken hostage by anti-government protesters in Ukraine.
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VIDEO: Descent into insanity: BBC in Ukraine

Thursday, February 20th 2014, 22:08
related places: Kiev

At least 22 people have died in clashes between police and protestors in the Ukrainian capital Kiev after a truce broke down.
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VIDEO: Ukraine governor handcuffed to pole

Thursday, February 20th 2014, 21:23

The violence in Ukraine is spreading with disturbances and protests reported in cities and towns across the country.
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VIDEO: Ukraine MPs scuffle amidst clashes

Thursday, February 20th 2014, 19:28
related places: Kiev

Ukrainian ministers have brawled in the country's parliament, as violent clashes between protesters and police continued in the capital, Kiev.
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At least 21 protesters dead in Kiev

Thursday, February 20th 2014, 16:53
related countries: France, Poland
related places: Kiev

At least 21 protesters are killed by security forces in Kiev, with the US expressing "outrage" at security forces' actions.
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VIDEO: US Ukrainians angry at violence

Thursday, February 20th 2014, 16:44
related countries: United States
related places: Kiev

Ukrainian Americans in New York City are angry that protests in Kiev have turned violent, as the BBC's Nick Bryant reports.
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Ukraine president agrees truce

Thursday, February 20th 2014, 2:58

Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych and opposition leaders agree a truce to try to end the "bloodshed" of the last two days.
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Ukraine president sacks army chief

Wednesday, February 19th 2014, 21:04
related places: Kiev

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych sacks the head of the armed forces, amid protests that have turned Kiev into a battle zone.
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VIDEO: 'Yanukovych's regime has to go'

Wednesday, February 19th 2014, 19:49

The leader of the opposition party in Ukraine has said that President Viktor Yanukovych's regime "has to go" for peace to be restored to the country's capital.
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Spurs' game in Ukraine 'to go ahead'

Wednesday, February 19th 2014, 19:37
related places: Kiev

Tottenham's Europa League tie against Ukraine's Dnipro is still scheduled to go ahead, despite 26 deaths in Kiev protests.
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VIDEO: Protesters 'shot in the eyes'

Wednesday, February 19th 2014, 19:11
related places: Kiev

Dr Olga Bogomolets told BBC Newshour that she had been treating people who had been shot with metal bullets in the protests in Kiev, Ukraine.
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VIDEO: Ukraine crisis explained - in 60 secs

Wednesday, February 19th 2014, 18:53

Ukraine's violent political deadlock explained - in 60 seconds.
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VIDEO: Protesters steal bus for barricade

Wednesday, February 19th 2014, 17:15

Footage from Ukraine shows protesters pushing a bus towards the the security services in Khmelnytskyy, to help build a barricade.
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Kiev bloodshed sparks sanctions push

Wednesday, February 19th 2014, 17:03

Europe's leaders are to consider imposing sanctions against Ukraine after the worst violence in months of unrest claimed at least 26 lives.
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VIDEO: Footage from inside fiery clashes

Wednesday, February 19th 2014, 16:14

Amateur footage has revealed the fiery centre of clashes between Ukraine police and protesters on Tuesday.
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Dynamo-Valencia tie moved to Cyprus

Wednesday, February 19th 2014, 14:26
related countries: Cyprus

Dynamo Kiev's Europa League tie with Valencia on Thursday is moved to Cyprus because of violence in Ukraine.
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VIDEO: Protesters climb down burning building

Wednesday, February 19th 2014, 13:00
related places: Kiev

There have been renewed clashes between police and anti-government protesters in the Ukrainian capital Kiev.
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VIDEO: Lviv soldiers 'surrender to protesters'

Wednesday, February 19th 2014, 11:40

Video footage has emerged of security forces apparently surrendering to anti-government protesters in the Ukrainian city of Lviv.
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Renewed assault on Ukraine protests

Wednesday, February 19th 2014, 11:17
related places: Kiev

Ukrainian police launch a new attack on protesters in Kiev as President Yanukovych blames opposition leaders for violence in which 26 people have died.
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VIDEO: Ukraine president blames 'radicals'

Wednesday, February 19th 2014, 10:53

Ukraine's president has urged opposition leaders to distance themselves from "radical elements who seek bloodshed and conflict", after the country's worst violence for 70 years.
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VIDEO: Riot police sleep in Ukraine square

Wednesday, February 19th 2014, 10:06
related places: Kiev

Police and protesters in the Ukrainian capital Kiev are preparing for a second day of clashes after renewed violence.
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VIDEO: Bagpiper plays on despite clashes

Wednesday, February 19th 2014, 8:26
related places: Kiev

Police in the Ukrainian capital Kiev launch a fresh attack on anti-government protesters as the death toll in renewed clashes climbs to 25.
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VIDEO: 'President doesn't want to listen'

Wednesday, February 19th 2014, 6:39

One of Ukraine's opposition leaders says he is disappointed after talks with President Viktor Yanukovych failed to reach any agreement.
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Police storm main Kiev protest camp

Wednesday, February 19th 2014, 4:15
related places: Kiev

Ukrainian police are continuing to storm the main anti-government protest camp in Kiev, after at least 18 people die in the worst violence in weeks.
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VIDEO: 'Apocalyptic scenes' in Ukraine's Kiev

Tuesday, February 18th 2014, 23:10
related places: Kiev

At least nine people, including two police officers, have been killed in violent clashes in Ukraine's capital, Kiev.
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Deadly clashes erupt in Ukraine

Tuesday, February 18th 2014, 18:04

At least seven people are killed in clashes between police and anti-government protesters, in the worst violence seen in Ukraine in weeks.
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Seven dead in Ukraine mine blast

Tuesday, February 18th 2014, 9:02

Seven miners have been killed and nine injured in an explosion at a mine in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, officials say.
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Russia to give Ukraine new tranche

Tuesday, February 18th 2014, 0:05
related countries: Russia

Russia says it will give Ukraine a new tranche of a $15bn aid package in what is seen as a boost to President Viktor Yanukovych, who faces mass protests.
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Ukraine amnesty comes into force

Monday, February 17th 2014, 11:37

An amnesty for Ukrainian protesters comes into force after opposition groups vacated government buildings.
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VIDEO: Kiev protesters leave key building

Sunday, February 16th 2014, 22:46
related places: Kiev

Ukraine protesters vacate city hall in Kiev, the symbolic centre of prolonged anti-government demonstrations.
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Ukraine protesters end occupations

Sunday, February 16th 2014, 14:48
related places: Kiev

Anti-government protesters in Ukraine end their occupation of key buildings in the capital Kiev, ahead of a deadline for an amnesty.
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Ukraine frees remaining protesters

Friday, February 14th 2014, 16:30
related places: Kiev

The last of 243 jailed protesters walks free in Ukraine, prompting the opposition to ease its blockade of Kiev city centre.
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The Ukraine currency blame game

Tuesday, February 11th 2014, 1:13

What is really behind the fall in Ukraine's currency?
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Shakhtar's Maicon dies in car crash

Saturday, February 8th 2014, 12:14

Shakhtar Donetsk striker Maicon Pereira de Oliveira has died in a car crash at the age of 25, the Ukrainian club say.
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Ukraine leader meets Putin in Sochi

Saturday, February 8th 2014, 11:56

Russia's Vladimir Putin meets his embattled Ukrainian counterpart at the Winter Olympics as Ukraine's crisis shows no sign of resolution.
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Merkel condemns US over EU insult

Friday, February 7th 2014, 16:43
related countries: United States

Germany's Angela Merkel says a US official's apparent insult of the EU's work in Ukraine in a leaked recording is "totally unacceptable".
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Leaked Ukraine call embarrasses US

Friday, February 7th 2014, 9:23
related countries: United States

An apparently bugged call between US diplomats reveals a frank exchange on the strategy for Ukraine and disparaging comments about the EU.
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VIDEO: Where are Kiev's missing activists?

Friday, February 7th 2014, 6:54
related places: Kiev

As many as 20 opposition activists in Ukraine are still unaccounted for - weeks after they were reported missing, the BBC has learned.
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