Debunked: How VoA journalist pushed fake news story on ‘Russian tanks crossing into Ukraine’

The easily-verifiable false claim by Voice of America journalist that Russian tanks were filmed entering Ukraine was shared thousands of times before being debunked. The journalist, however, refused to issue a retraction. Russian tanks passing into #Ukraine – this video taken yesterday, April 7, in a village in Rostov region next to the border between […]

Kiev should justify economic expediency of gas transit via Ukraine – Gazprom

Gazprom has said that there will be no resources for transit through Ukraine in previous volumes, as Russia’s gas production recourse base is shifting northwards. The gas giant’s CEO, Aleksey Miller, was quoted as saying on Tuesday that transit for Ukraine in amount of 10-15 bcm annually may be preserved, but Kiev must justify its […]

Ukraine severs economic agreement with its biggest trade partner Russia

Kiev announced the cancellation of its economic cooperation agreement with Moscow on Wednesday. The deal was signed in 2011 before the Maidan revolution, and was to be implemented by 2020. Read more “It was adopted unanimously,” Prime Minister Vladimir Groisman said. Kiev explained the move by saying it was putting the “national interests of the […]

Ukraine bars Russians from voting in presidential election

Ukraine is barring some 72,000 Russian citizens on its territory from voting in Russia’s presidential election, over the issue of reunification with Crimea. Moscow has slammed the move as “direct interference” in its affairs. READ MORE: Russians vote in presidential election across 11 time zones Two days before the Russian presidential election kicked off, Ukrainian […]

Ukraine is moving forward with its push to join NATO

REUTERS/Gleb Garanich Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has reiterated that Kyiv wants to join NATO. Ukraine is now is seeking a Membership Action Plan. A MAP is a multistage process of political dialogue and military reform to bring a country in line with NATO standards and to eventual membership. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has reiterated that Kyiv is […]

Ukraine is overpaying for European gas & wants Russia to foot the bill

Kiev was forced to buy expensive gas in Europe after Russia’s state-run company Gazprom severed contracts with Ukraine and refused to deliver the fuel in March. Now, Ukraine is demanding that Russia pays the price difference. Read more “According to operational data, the average weighted price of gas from European suppliers in March this year […]

Former European leaders struggle to explain themselves after Mueller claims Paul Manafort paid them to lobby for Ukraine

Drew Angerer/Getty President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort was charged on Friday with paying European leaders to lobby of behalf of Ukraine, special counsel Robert Mueller alleged. The leaders in question, who include former leaders of Austria and Italy, have denied any wrongdoing. The leaders were allegedly part of a lobbying group called […]

Ukraine planned to blow up ‘Russian gas pipe' on state level – deputy minister

Published time: 5 Jan, 2018 04:08 A Ukrainian deputy minister has revealed that Kiev had plans to blow up a “Russian gas pipe” in 2014-15. It opted not to do so to in order to avoid “Russian aggression.” Yury Grimchak, the deputy minister for temporarily occupied territories – the official Ukrainian definition for the rebellious […]

Thousands march in Ukraine to mark Nazi collaborator Bandera’s birthday

Some 6,500 people across Ukraine took part in marches on the first day of the year to mark the birthday of Stepan Bandera, a Ukrainian nationalist leader considered a hero in the country despite his dubious and violent methods. Throughout the country 57 events commemorating Bandera were held, according to police reports. The biggest one […]

Ukraine may soon have world’s largest Apple museum, thanks to MacPaw founder’s obsession

If you want to get a sense of the extent of Apple’s cultural might, glance about 6,200 miles east of the company’s Cupertino headquarters to the capital city of Ukraine. Sometime in 2018, the Eastern European city of Kyiv will somewhat improbably become home to a new museum devoted to Apple products. While the city […]