Ukraine

Ukraine

Captured Russian soldiers charged with terrorism in Ukraine

Two Russian soldiers have been charged in Ukraine with terrorism offences after being captured by Ukrainian troops earlier in the week. The pair who

23/05/2015

Ukraine

Moscow demands access to Russians detained in Ukraine

Kyiv says the men are Russian soldiers guilty of carrying out 'terrorist acts' in the country.

19/05/2015

Ukraine

Tatars remember WW2 Crimea deportation victims

Ceremonies marking the 71st anniversary of the deportation of Tatars have taken place in both Kyiv and Crimea. In 1944 almost 200,000 people were

19/05/2015

Ukraine

Ukraine says captured servicemen are part of Russian military group

Ukraine has released footage of one of two alleged Russian servicemen it claims to have captured. Kiev accuses the pair of being part of a special

18/05/2015

Ukraine

Captured Russian servicemen to be prosecuted for 'terrorist' acts, says Ukraine

Ukraine says it has captured two Russian servicemen and they will be prosecuted for “terrorist acts.” In a video, posted by Kiev’s interior ministry

18/05/2015

Ukraine

Kiev protesters call for more transparency about utility charges

Protesters have taken to the streets of Kiev, to call for more transparency about the make-up of their utility bills. They demanded clearer

14/05/2015

Ukraine

Persistent fighting in eastern Ukraine draws multi-ethnic recruits

Unofficial fighting in eastern Ukraine continues to draw in volunteers from other parts of the country. Since pro-Russian separatists forced

14/05/2015

Ukraine

Putin says Ukraine peace "moving forward" despite problems

The Russian President has met the German Chancellor to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two in Europe. Angela Merkel joined Vladimir

10/05/2015

Ukraine

Putin and Merkel agree Ukraine peace deal not being respected

The Russian President has met the German Chancellor to mark the 70th anniversary of Victory in Europe. Angela Merkel joined Vladimir Putin in laying

10/05/2015

Ukraine

Kyiv and Donetsk commemorate Victory Day

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has led events commemorating the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. The country’s military bands

09/05/2015

Ukraine

Ukraine joins Europe in marking end of World War II

For the first time in 70 years, Ukraine has remembered World War II victims on 8 May, the day when memorial services are held in European countries

09/05/2015

World

Veteran marks VE Day in Ukraine and remembers his grandson killed in Donbas

As VE Day marks the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe. In Ukraine the commemoration has extra significance as young

08/05/2015

Ukraine

Two wars that left a 96-year-old hero to mourn for his grandson

07/05/2015

Ukraine

Ukraine adopts May 8 and poppy to remember WWII victims

Ukraine is changing the way it commemorates World War II, as euronews correspondent Maria Korenyuk reports from Kyiv. “For the first time in

07/05/2015

Ukraine

Kyiv Communists celebrate May Day, perhaps for the final time

A few hundred communist activists, mostly pensioners, gathered in Kyiv with their red flags and soviet symbols to celebrate May Day. It could be the

01/05/2015

Ukraine

Ukraine blaze 'under control' near Chernobyl

Ukrainian fire fighters have now managed to contain a huge forest fire which was headed for the abandoned Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

29/04/2015

Ukraine

Ukraine: massive forest fire threatens abandoned Chernobyl nuclear plant

Emergency crews in Ukraine are trying to stop a massive forest fire from spreading towards the abandoned Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Prime

29/04/2015

Ukraine

Rebels in eastern Ukraine carry out summary justice amid vacuum

Amid the unrest in eastern Ukraine, rebel fighters are carrying out their own form of summary justice. One rebel fighter was tied to a road sign in

28/04/2015

Ukraine

Chernobyl Children: what makes Ukrainians born in 1986 different?

On April 26, 1986 a series of unsuccessful tests at the 4th reactor of Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the north-west of Ukraine caused an explosion

27/04/2015

Ukraine

Ukraine marks anniversary of 1986 Chernobyl disaster

Victims of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster are remembered on the 29th anniversary of the nuclear accident.

26/04/2015

Ukraine

Ukraine crisis has created more than 2 million refugees, UN reports

More than 800,000 people have fled Ukraine as the conflict made towns and villages uninhabitable and destroyed vital infrastructure, according to

22/04/2015

Ukraine

Ukraine miners demand help for their industry in Kyiv protest

Amid a country in conflict, their industry is in crisis…and Ukraine’s miners are making themselves heard. From the west and war-torn east, hundreds

22/04/2015

Ukraine

US troops in Ukraine to train soldiers, angering Russia

Some 250 American troops are in Ukraine to help train local soldiers

20/04/2015

Ukraine

Nationalist groups claims responsibility for Ukraine killings

A Ukrainian nationalist group has claimed responsibility for the murders of two public figures in Kiev earlier this week. Journalist Oles Buzyna was

18/04/2015

Ukraine

Russia and Ukraine at loggerheads after Buzyna and Kalashnykov murders

A war of words has erupted between Ukraine and Russia after the second murder in two days in Kyiv of a prominent pro-Moscow figure. Journalist Oles

16/04/2015

Ukraine

Investigators comb new field of Malaysia Airlines MH17 debris

Nine months after Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine, investigators have returned to the crash site, after gaining

16/04/2015