Ukraine

Ukraine

Polio: first outbreak in Europe for five years

The World Health Organisation says two young children have been paralysed in the first polio outbreak in Europe for five years. Both cases are in

04/09/2015

Ukraine

Ukraine: full military honours for national guard funeral

There were full military honours for the funeral of a soldier killed in protests in Kiev on Monday. Ihor Hebrin was a conscript in Ukraine’s National

02/09/2015

Ukraine

Ukraine: death toll after clashes rises to three

The Ukrainian President has visited those injured in Monday’s violent clashes in Kiev. The authorities now say three police officers were killed

01/09/2015

Ukraine

Ukraine: back to school in Donetsk

The first day of the new term for schoolchildren in the separatist-held region of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine is full of hope for the future. A full

01/09/2015

Ukraine

Violence outside Kyiv parliament over separatist autonomy law

Violent clashes erupted and grenades were thrown as opponents of a bill granting greater autonomy to Russian-backed separatists is denounced by nationalists.

01/09/2015

Ukraine

Ukraine: deputies explain for and against the decentralisation law

While there were violent protests outside Ukraine’s parliament, inside the chamber the atmosphere was equally tense. Mustafa Nayem from the

31/08/2015

Ukraine

Ukraine: Policeman killed and scores injured as MPs back more autonomy for the east

Protesters have clashed with riot police outside the parliament building in Ukraine. At least one officer has been killed in the violence, which

31/08/2015

Ukraine

Ukraine: angry clashes as bill adopted granting more autonomy in the east

Clashes have erupted between protesters and police in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, as deputies gave their initial backing to reforms for greater

31/08/2015

Ukraine

Ukraine commemorates anniversary of 'massacre' at Battle of Ilovaysk

The first anniversary of one of the most important battles in Ukraine’s eastern conflict has been commemorated in Kyiv. A Ukrainian parliamentary

29/08/2015

Ukraine

Kyiv-Donetsk prisoner exchange appears to go smoothly

A prisoner exchange has taken place between government forces and pro-Russia rebel fighters in Ukraine. An agreement was reached to release 12

28/08/2015

Economy

Russia turns down Ukraine debt relief

Russia has refused to accept the same terms as Ukraine’s private sector creditors who have agreed to write down a chunk of the government’s

27/08/2015

Ukraine

Deadly fighting surges in eastern Ukraine

At least seven Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and up to 13 others hurt in fighting with pro-Russian separatists. It is the highest number of

27/08/2015

Economy

Ukraine debt deal agreed with creditors

After five months of talks with creditors Ukraine has agreed to a debt restructuring deal as it attempts to get the war-torn economy back on track

27/08/2015

Ukraine

Ukraine and separatists agree next week as deadline for truce

During a meeting of the Contact group on Ukraine its been agreed that in a gesture to shore up a tenuous ceasefire, there will be an end to all

27/08/2015

Culture news

Taking the sacred into the street - Serhiy Radkevych,

A graffiti artist at work in a warehouse is a common-enough scene, but 27 year old Ukrainian painter, Serhiy Radkevych , or Tek as he prefers to be

25/08/2015

Ukraine

Ukraine: 24 years of independence from Soviet rule

Ukraine is marking 24 years of independence from Soviet rule. There have been ceremonies in the centre of Kiev, including a show of military might

24/08/2015

Ukraine

Ukraine marks 24 years of independence from Soviet rule

Ukraine is marking 24 years of independence from Soviet rule. There have been ceremonies in the centre of Kiev, including a show of military might

24/08/2015

Ukraine

Upsurge in fighting sparks Ukraine crisis talks

Western concerns grow over the fragility of the Minsk peace deal after fighting flares once again in Ukraine. Leaders of Germany, France and Ukraine are to hold emergency talks on Monday in Berlin

19/08/2015

Ukraine

Both sides blame each other for latest Ukraine violence

Sunday night’s fighting in eastern Ukraine between government forces and rebels claimed the lives of several civilians, according to both sides. In

17/08/2015

Ukraine

Civilians killed as fighting erupts in east Ukraine

Civilians killed as fighting erupts between government forces and separatists in eastern Ukraine overnight on Sunday

17/08/2015

Ukraine

Ukraine and rebels accuse each other of ceasefire violations

Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists are accusing each other of attempting to break a peace agreement. It comes after Kyiv’s military reported the

12/08/2015

Ukraine

Caught red-handed: the Russian Major fighting in Ukraine

As fighting escalates between government troops and rebels in eastern Ukraine, despite the February ceasefire, euronews met with a captured Russian

12/08/2015

Ukraine

Missile parts found at crash site of flight MH17 in Ukraine

Investigators in the Netherlands say they have found fragments of a suspected Russian missile system at the site where flight MH17 crashed in

11/08/2015

Ukraine

MH17 crash site debris 'could be from Russian-made missile system'

Fragments of debris found at the crash site of Flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine may be from a Russian-made missile system, according to investigators

11/08/2015

Ukraine

Ukraine: claim and counter-claim as the shelling continues

*Ukraine has accused pro-Russian rebels in the east of carrying out the heaviest military attacks on government positions in six months. * Officials

11/08/2015

Ukraine

OSCE monitoring mission vehicles torched in eastern Ukraine

Four armoured vehicles belonging to the OSCE monitoring mission in Ukraine’s eastern conflict zone have been torched in an apparent arson attack

09/08/2015