Ukrainian comedian wins presidential election by landslide

By CNN,

Ukrainians threw their overwhelming support behind comedian, actor and businessman Volodymyr Zelensky in Sunday's presidential election, according to ...

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No gas? No votes. Subsidy cuts imperil Ukraine leader’s reelection bid

By Reuters,

Ukrainian pensioner Nadiya Ignatiy says she has had the plum and cherry trees in her garden cut down for firewood since the government raised gas pric...

Nadiya Ignatiy , PETRO POROSHENKO , Ukraine

Putin warns of risks of a new nuclear arms race

By CNN,

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday addressed concerns about the growing risks of a new nuclear arms race as he held his annual televised new...

Putin praises Trump’s Syria withdrawal plan

By CNN,

Russian President Vladimir Putin is often at odds with US policy, but his annual press conference on Thursday highlighted an exception: He agrees with...

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US Diplomat: Russia should release Ukrainian sailors by Christmas

By VOA,

U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker says Russia needs to release the Ukrainian sailors taken captive in the Kerch Strait in late Novem...

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Putin accuses Ukraine leader of plotting naval clash to boost ratings

By Reuters,

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday accused Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko of orchestrating a naval “provocation” in the Black Sea...

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Trump under pressure to take forceful line with Putin at G20

By VOA,

Until the Russian attack Sunday on Ukrainian vessels in the Black Sea, the White House and the Kremlin had at least been agreed on one thing: the agen...

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In abrupt switch, Donald Trump cancels Putin meeting, cites Ukraine crisis

By Reuters,

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday abruptly canceled a planned meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Argentina, registering his disapp...

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Ukraine introduces martial law citing threat of Russian invasion

By Reuters,

Ukraine on Monday imposed martial law for 30 days in parts of the country most vulnerable to an attack from Russia after President Petro Poroshenko wa...

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Russia resists Western calls to free captured Ukrainian ships

By Reuters,

Russia resisted international calls on Monday to release three Ukrainian naval ships that its border patrols had fired on and seized near Crimea at th...

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Ukrainian president says to introduce martial law from November 28

By Citizen Reporter,

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said he would impose martial law throughout the country from Wednesday but said his decree did not include restri...

Russia imposes financial sanctions on Ukraine’s political elite

By Reuters,

Russia imposed financial sanctions on Ukraine’s political elite on Thursday, freezing the Russian assets of hundreds of politicians and officials al...

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‘Murdered’ Russian journalist turns up alive

By AFP,

"Murdered" anti-Kremlin journalist Arkady Babchenko appeared alive and well at a press conference in Kiev on Wednesday as the Ukrainian governemnt adm...

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US, Europe expel Russian envoys over Britain spy attack

By AFP,

The United States and its European allies on Monday expelled scores of Russian diplomats in a coordinated action against Moscow which they accuse of p...

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Macron to discuss Ukraine with Putin, Merkel and Poroshenko

By Reuters,

French President Emmanuel Macron will call the leaders of Russia, Germany and Ukraine on Monday to discuss the conflict in eastern Ukraine, his office...

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Hackers attack EU executive but no data breach – Spokesman

By Reuters,

Hackers attacked the European Commission's computers on Thursday, flooding the EU executive's servers with digital service requests, but while connect...

Obama calls for orderly Brexit transition ahead of NATO Summit

By VOA,

After arriving in Warsaw early Friday morning for a NATO summit in what is expected to be his final presidential trip to the continent, U.S. President...

Panama Police Raid Mossack Fonseca Offices

By Agencies,

Federal agents in Panama have raided the offices of the Mossack Fonseca law firm, which is linked to a number of offshore accounts associated with wor...

Peace Deal In Danger, Warns Ukraine

By Citizen,

Poroshenko also accused Russia of being offensive in spite of the peace agreement reached in Minsk on Thursday. According to sources, the US said ...