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Ukraine's 'presidential' summer camp

26/06/2015

Ukraine

War, Russia, Poverty: Europeans' 'negative' view of Ukraine

It was French writer Gustave Flaubert who said there is no truth, only perception. According to the Institute of World Policy in Kyiv, Europeans have

24/06/2015

France

Foreign ministers meet as security situation in eastern Ukraine deteriorates

The foreign ministers of France, Germany, Ukraine and Russia have held crisis talks in Paris as the situation in eastern Ukraine continues to

24/06/2015

Russia

Ceremonies in Moscow and Kyiv to remember the day the German army invaded the Soviet Union

A solemn ceremony in Moscow to commemorate the day the Great Patriotic War started. June 22 1941 was when the the German army turned east and crossed

22/06/2015

Ukraine

World Refugee Day: UN estimates 1.2 million internally displaced in Ukraine

Ukraine has problems of its own to contend with. But the country is still managing to shelter refugees – from far-flung war-torn places as well as

20/06/2015

Ukraine

Ukraine security chief dismissed

Amid continued fighting in Ukraine’s east, another battle has come to a head in Kyiv with the dismissal of Security Chief Valentyn Nalyvaichenko. MPs

19/06/2015

Ukraine

Radioactive waste repository opens in Chernobyl exclusion zone

A new central repository for radioactive waste has opened in the Chernobyl exclusion zone in Ukraine. The facility has been funded by the UK and the

17/06/2015

World News

Donetsk residents stage rare protest against rebel authority in Ukraine

While the US and Russia on Monday renewed calls for all sides to implement the Minsk peace accord in Ukraine, those on the front line in Donetsk

15/06/2015

Ukraine

Six Ukrainian soldiers killed in past 24 hours, says military

Ukraine’s military says six servicemen have been killed and 14 wounded in separatist eastern territory in the past 24 hours. A four-month-old truce

13/06/2015

Ukraine

Arrests made over Ukraine fuel depot fire

Ukrainian authorities have detained two people as part of an inquiry into this week’s fatal fire at a fuel depot near Kyiv. They are said to be Yuriy

12/06/2015

Ukraine

Moscow accused of 'outright lies' over Ukraine

The US ambassador to the United Nations has accused Moscow of “outright lies” over the financing and arming of pro-Russian separatists in eastern

11/06/2015

Italy

International monitors deplore rising ceasefire violations in eastern Ukraine

OSCE observers have reported more evidence of heavy weapons and fighting around Donetsk, while the Ukrainian government has officially claimed part of the country is occupied by Russia.

10/06/2015

Ukraine

Kyiv fuel depot fire: officials change tack in effort to quickly extinguish blaze

'Everything is under control,' say emergency service officials, as a fire at a Kyiv fuel depot rages on for a third day.

10/06/2015

Ukraine

Kyiv fuel depot fire 'under control'

Security officials in Ukraine claim firefighters have now managed to contain a huge blaze at a fuel depot some 30 kilometres from the capital Kyiv

10/06/2015

Ukraine

A huge fire rages out of control at a fuel depot in Ukraine

Firefighters will battle through the night to contain a huge fire at a fuel depot in Ukraine

09/06/2015

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Ukraine: deadly fuel depot fire

09/06/2015

Ukraine

A huge fire rages out of control at a fuel depot in Ukraine

A fire rages out of control at a huge fuel depot in Ukraine.

09/06/2015

Germany

G7 leaders discuss Ukraine, climate change and the threat from radical extremism at Germany summit

The first working day of the G7 summit in Germany has led to some financial pledges and firm commitments. Climate change and the threat posed by radical extremism were discussed by the leaders of the

08/06/2015

Russia

Russia says G7 "held hostage" by Ukrainian government

Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov says Ukraine deliberately escalated fighting in the east of the country ahead of the G7 Summit taking place in

08/06/2015

Ukraine

Violence erupts at Kyiv gay pride march

Around 150 supporters of LGBT rights came under attack from far-right groups. Police arrested around 25 so-called "hooligans".

06/06/2015