Former Georgian leader Saakashvili breaks border blockade to enter Ukraine (VIDEO)

Published time: 10 Sep, 2017 18:06 Edited time: 10 Sep, 2017 18:08 In a quest to regain his Ukrainian citizenship, of which he was stripped in July, former Georgian president and Odessa governor Mikhail Saakashvili and his supporters forced their way through a cordon of guards to make their way from Poland into Ukraine. MORE […]

Topless FEMEN activist mounts statue in protest outside Ukraine parliament (VIDEO)

Published time: 5 Sep, 2017 23:00 The so-called “Sextremist” group FEMEN staged another one of its signature bare-chested protests outside the Ukrainian parliament building on Tuesday. The activist, dressed in a “first grader’s” uniform, braved the elements and the consternation of onlookers to stage the topless protest atop a statue outside the Verkhovna Rada building […]

Putin warns US not arm Ukraine, says pro-Russian rebels may send their arms elsewhere in response

Thomson Reuters XIAMEN, China (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that any decision by the United States to supply defensive weapons to Ukraine would fuel the conflict in eastern Ukraine and possibly prompt pro-Russian separatists to expand their campaign there. On a visit to Kiev last month, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis […]

Ukraine tricked North Korean spies into trying to steal fake nuke plans on camera

CNN Ukraine has released footage of two North Korean spies exuberantly photographing fake missile designs in 2011, as part of a sting operation that eventually landed the pair in jail, as CNN reports. Ukraine, once home to thousands of Soviet nuclear ICBMs, continues to produce missiles today as it faces a Russian-backed insurgency in the […]

First shipment of American coal sets sail for Ukraine

Published time: 22 Aug, 2017 14:32 Edited time: 22 Aug, 2017 14:48 The first cargo of Pennsylvanian coal is on its way to Ukraine under a deal sealed between US Xcoal Energy & Resources and Ukrainian state-run Centrenergo earlier this year, the Ukrainian Embassy said on its Facebook page. According to the contract, Ukraine will […]

Shock for Ukrainians – true live

Weekly Sunday Times correspondent  Mark Franchetti  in the Ukrainian television viewers shocked by what he saw in the southeast of Ukraine.   Who is Mark Franchetti One of the most famous war correspondent Mark Franchetti in the world. Correspondent of the weekly  Sunday Times . A man with experience of Afghanistan and Iraq. A man who spent many months in Chechnya, where […]

Sword piercing Russia and Diablo III angel? Ukraine war memorial image mirrors video game character

Published time: 16 Aug, 2017 21:35 A memorial erected in Kiev for the fallen soldiers in the conflict in eastern Ukraine features a giant sword stuck into the map of Russia and a ‘guardian angel,’ whose image renders a striking resemblance to a character in the popular video game series Diablo III. Read more The […]

Russia completes rail link bypassing Ukraine

Published time: 11 Aug, 2017 13:03 Russian Railways says it has completed a section of track allowing trains to bypass Ukrainian territory. Service is expected to start in September. A test train of a locomotive and freight cars has already run through the completed stretch, the company said in a statement. The construction of the […]

‘Adding fuel to the fire’: Russia blasts US plans to supply lethal arms to Ukraine

Published time: 1 Aug, 2017 22:31 A reported US plan to supply lethal arms to Kiev will escalate the conflict in eastern Ukraine, Russia’s foreign ministry has warned, adding that the alleged defensive nature of the weaponry doesn’t mean Washington wouldn’t be responsible for a potential spike of violence. “The masterminds of the plan to […]

UK court obliges Ukraine to pay par value on its Eurobond debt to Russia

Published time: 26 Jul, 2017 14:49 The High Court of London has bound Ukraine to pay £2.8 million ($ 3.6 million) to Russia as compensation for legal costs related to Kiev’s Eurobond debt, the Russian Finance Ministry announced on Wednesday. Read more According to a statement on its website, Ukraine has been ordered: “to compensate […]