Now playing Next Ukraine Crisis in Ukraine: Biden promises Zelenskyy 'swift, decisive' response Meanwhile, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will visit Ukraine on Monday and Russia on Tuesday in an attempt to calm down the prospects of invasion through diplomatic talk. 13/02/2022
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Now playing Next Ukraine 'Don't panic', Ukraine's Zelenskyy tells West on Russia invasion fears The Ukrainian president told foreign media the "biggest risk" for his country was "internal destabilisation" rather than the prospect of a full Russian invasion. 28/01/2022
Now playing Next Ukraine Ex-leader Petro Poroshenko arrives in Ukraine to face treason charges Poroshenko, who is accused of treason for allegedly selling coal to Moscow-backed separatists in 2014 and 2015, repeatedly dismissed the charges against him as "politically motivated". 17/01/2022
Now playing Next Ukraine US will act 'decisively' if Russia invades Ukraine, says Biden Sunday's phone call came ahead of de-esclataion talks in Geneva between senior US and Russian officials. 03/01/2022
Now playing Next Ukraine Russia warns Ukraine over troops build-up before Biden-Zelenskyy call US President Joe Biden has threatened Russia with unprecedented sanctions if it invades Ukraine. 09/12/2021
Now playing Next Ukraine Kyiv aware of a coup plot involving Russians, claims Ukraine The plot was allegedly planned to take place next week. Moscow has denied any involvement. 26/11/2021
Now playing Next Ukraine Man detained after explosives attack on Ukrainian presidential office Ukrainian police detain man who threw Molotov cocktail at presidential building 22/10/2021
Now playing Next Ukraine Would a bid for the Winter Olympics put Ukraine on thin ice? Experts say Ukraine has budget problems, a war with pro-Russian separatists in the east of the country and many poor people to take care of. So is now a good time to bid for an Olympics? 01/10/2021
Now playing Next Money Ukraine has just passed a new cryptocurrency law. What will change? Ukraine is the fifth country in as many weeks to set up ground rules for digital currencies, following El Salvador’s move to use Bitcoin as legal tender. 09/09/2021
Now playing Next Ukraine Ukraine's leader to talk with Biden on security, Russian gas President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called Washington's failure to block the construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline to Germany a grave political error. 31/08/2021
Now playing Next Ukraine Merkel urges high-level meeting on eastern Ukraine in visit to Kyiv Angela Merkel said she supported further peace talks on the situation in eastern Ukraine during her "farewell visit" to Kyiv. 22/08/2021
Now playing Next Ukraine Blinken meets Zelenskyy, urging Russia to stop 'aggressive actions' By visiting so early in his tenure, before any trip to Russia, Antony Blinken is signaling that Ukraine is a high foreign-policy priority for President Joe Biden's administration. 06/05/2021
Now playing Next Ukraine Ukraine adopts new military service law amid Russia tensions Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed a law allowing to call up reservists for military service without announcing a mobilization, as tensions with Russia on the border continue. 21/04/2021
Now playing Next Uncovering Europe Is eastern Ukraine slipping back into a full-blown war? Russia has been deploying large amounts of military hardware near the border and there has been a surge in fighting in recent weeks. 12/04/2021
Now playing Next Ukraine Four people arrested after Kharkiv nursing homes fire kills 15 Ukrainian authorities have announced that four people have been arrested in connection with the fire that killed 15 people in an undeclared retirement home. 21/01/2021
Now playing Next Ukraine Ukrainian President calls for investigation into vaccine 'smuggling' Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky has ordered security officials to "verify without delay" claims that state officials have been secretly vaccinated against Covid-19 with illegally imported vaccines. 07/01/2021
Now playing Next Ukraine Ukraine's parliament votes to restore anti-corruption legislation Ukrainian lawmakers have defied a ruling from the nation's highest court and voted to reauthorise criminal penalties for officials who provide false tax returns. 04/12/2020
Now playing Next Ukraine Ukraine's president tests positive for COVID-19 "Most (people) are overcoming COVID-19," said Ukraine's president, after testing positive. "I'm going to get through it too." 09/11/2020
Now playing Next Ukraine 'Unacceptable': Protests in Ukraine as anti-corruption laws scrapped More than one thousand Ukrainians demonstrated in front of the constitutional court in Kyiv against a decision to invalidate anti-corruption measures. 30/10/2020
