Ukraine

Weary Ukrainian voters face ultimate choice between comedian & politician
After three weeks of flashy and outrageous campaigning, comedian Volodymyr Zelensky and incumbent president Petro Poroshenko are facing off in a battle for the country’s top job. [...]
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Ukraine Needs Peace With Russia – President Poroshenko
Relations between Russia and Ukraine have significantly deteriorated since Crimea's reunification with Russia in 2014, which has not been recognised by Ukraine or Western states, who subsequently imposed economic and political sanctions on Moscow. [...]
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Century behind Europe: World Bank says Ukraine needs up to 100 yrs to reach German growth
It will take Ukraine between 50 and 100 years to get to the same level of economic development as its European partners, the World Bank has revealed, as it called on Kiev to boost reforms further. [...]
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‘Venezuela gets its Maidan’: Ukrainian minister makes connection between regime change ops
The current attempt to depose the president of Venezuela is similar to the toppling of the Ukrainian leader in 2014. Or at least that’s the view of the head of the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pavlo Klimkin. [...]
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Noisy Rally in Kiev Commemorates WWII Nazi Collaborator Bandera (PHOTOS)
KIEV (Sputnik) - Several hundreds of people participated Tuesday in marches commemorating the birthday of the Ukrainian fascist collaborator Stepan Bandera in Kiev, media reported. [...]
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Take that, Trump! Russia finishes ‘The Wall’ on Crimea-Ukraine border (VIDEO)
While certain politicians are still having difficulties getting their walls built, Russia has announced it had finished a border barrier between Ukraine and Crimea. Construction took just over a year and less than $3 million. [...]
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‘End silence of the lambs’: Austrian reporter fears for his life in Ukraine
A veteran Austrian journalist has urged for action against media crackdown in Ukraine, saying he fears for his life after being labeled “a Kremlin agent” by a vigilante website, according to Kronen Zeitung. Christian Wehrschuetz, a correspondent with Austria’s leading ORF broadcaster, said it is increasingly hard for him and his employees to feel safe in modern-day Ukraine, Kronen Zeitung re [...]
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New Cold War dangers: More potentially explosive Russia-US conflicts likely to come – Stephen Cohen
The Russian-Ukrainian military conflict in the Kerch Strait illustrates again how this Cold War is more dangerous than its predecessor was. A major theme of Cohen's recently published book 'War With Russia? From Putin and Ukraine To Trump and Russiagate', is that the new Cold War is more dangerous in several ways than its 40-year predecessor, which the world survived. [...]
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Ukrainian Sailors Face Up to 6 Years in Prison for Border Crossing – Lawyer
All 24 Ukrainian sailors who were detained for illegally crossing the Russian maritime border in the Azov Sea have had charges brought against them by Russian investigators and now face up to six years in prison, lawyer Nikolay Polozov told Sputnik on Monday. [...]
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Revolution in Ukraine? Yes, please! Revolution in France? Rule of law!
When violent protests shook Kiev in 2013, Western analysts and leaders quickly threw their support behind the anti-government ‘revolution’ — but after weeks of Yellow Vest protests in France, the reaction has been very different. [...]
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Berlin says crisis in Ukraine & Nord Stream 2 pipeline are two separate issues
The Russian-led gas pipeline project Nord Stream 2, which is aimed at delivering Russian gas to Europe via Germany, must be completed, according to the German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy Peter Altmaier. The minister says the conflict between Russia and Ukraine has nothing to do with the project. [...]
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Ukrainian Provocations in Kerch Strait Executed on Direct Orders from Kiev – FSB
Provocations carried out by the Ukrainian navy in the Kerch Strait area were coordinated by two officers from the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) who were aboard the ships involved in the incident, Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said Monday. [...]
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Detained Ukrainian Naval Officer Admits Provocative Actions in Kerch Strait
Russia's Federal Security circulated video footage on Monday where a detained Ukrainian naval officer admits that he recognized the provocative nature of the actions of the Ukrainian navy during the incident in the Kerch Strait. According to the FSB, the officer in the video is Capt. 3rd Rank Volodymir Lesovoy — commander of an auxiliary ship unit at the Yug (South) naval base of the Ukrainian n [...]
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Ukrainian Forces Pound Donbass Residential Area with Heavy Artillery
The Ukrainian army on Sunday opened up with massive artillery fire, shelling residential areas of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), an RIA Novosti correspondent has reported. The shelling began at about 19:50 GMT, according to the correspondent. The Ukrainian army is using various weapons, including heavy artillery. [...]
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WAR ALERT – Russia & Ukraine Preparing for Full Scale Conflict
Blackstone Intelligence Network: In this video I reveal the pre-arranged military provocation against Russia that was coordinated by the USA and Ukraine. I'll discuss the history of the conflict over Crimea and the Kerch Strait.   WAR ALERT – Russia & Ukraine Preparing for Full Scale Conflict /* */ The Truth About the Deep State - Pa [...]
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‘Created Out of Thin Air’: Kiev, West Invented Azov Sea Issue to Pressure Moscow
The controversy around the Sea of ​​Azov has been created out of thin air as Kiev and its Western backers continue to search for new ways to apply pressure on Moscow, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin said. [...]
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Kerch Strait Incident: Keep Calm and Blame Russia?
Russia has warned Ukraine against efforts to revise the status of the Sea of Azov in violation of international law, urging Kiev to refrain from attempts to unilaterally establish new state borders. Tensions climaxed on Sunday after Ukrainian ships entered Russian territorial waters. Here’s a timeline of the provocation by Kiev. [...]
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Another Crimean war looms as NATO provocations enter Russian waters – George Galloway
A new Crimean War would be the last, but few amongst the general public realize that endless baiting of Russia, the cycle of war games, sanctions, and false accusations could well lead to all-out war between NATO and Russia. [...]
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Last chance to stay in power? Ukrainian President Poroshenko signs decree on martial law
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has imposed martial law after the country’s vessels faced off with Russian ships near Crimea. The measure could potentially allow him to call off scheduled elections and preserve power. [...]
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Tense standoff around Kerch Strait between Russia & Ukraine: How it developed
The waters near the Crimean peninsula were the site of a tense standoff between Russian and Ukrainian ships that involved a chase, some gunfire, and fighter jets, followed by strong statements from Moscow and Kiev. [...]
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US, Ukraine to Work Together to Stop Nord Stream 2 Project – Pompeo
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The United States and Ukraine will cooperate on halting the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said after a meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart Pavlo Klimkin in Washington, DC. "We will keep working together to stop the Nord Stream 2 project that undermines Ukraine's economic and strategic security," Pompeo stated on Friday. [...]
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Ukraine 2018: Human rights nowhere, thuggery and corruption everywhere
The democratic revolution that ensued in Ukraine in 2014 was in fact a revolution against democracy, unleashing the dogs of thuggery and gangsterism. Someone who made the mistake of falling foul of those with a vested interest in the corruption that is a hallmark of today’s Ukraine was Katerina Gandzyuk. [...]
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