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KALYNIVKA, Ukraine (Reuters) — Explosions at a military ammunition depot in central Ukraine were seen in the early hours of Wednesday (September 27), 240 kilometers (168 miles) from the capital. Blasts also occurred late on Tuesday (September 26) at the military base near Kalynivka in the Vynnytsya region, 270 kilometers (168 miles) west of Kiev, Ukrainian emergencies service said in a statement. One person was injured, it said. Rescue teams were evacuating nearby villages in the […]
KIEV, Ukraine (AFP) – The US special envoy to Ukraine on Saturday called the Russian proposal for a UN peacekeeping force there “a step forward” but warned the terms of the mandate must not “deepen the division” of the conflict-torn country. Kurt Volker was reacting to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent comments in favour of a UN force to protect international observers monitoring the conflict zone in eastern Ukraine. “It’s very interesting that Russia proposed a UN protection mission… […]
KIEV, Ukraine (AFP) — Ukraine’s space agency said Tuesday that an engine type reportedly used in North Korean missiles was made at a Ukrainian factory, but solely for use in space rockets supplied to Russia. The development came after an expert report published Monday said Pyongyang’s recent rapid progress in developing a long-range missile appeared to have come after it refurbished rocket engines procured from a plant in the former Soviet Union. These could have […]
KIEV, Ukraine (AFP) — Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Monday insisted Russia must be held to account over the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, three years on from the tragedy that killed 298 people. International investigators have said the Boeing airliner flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was blown out of the sky over conflict-wracked east Ukraine on July 17, 2014 by a Buk missile system brought in from Russia and fired from territory held by Moscow-backed rebels. The probe being led by […]
KIEV, Ukraine (Reuters) – A colonel in Ukraine’s military intelligence was killed by a car bomb in central Kiev on Tuesday (June 27), the defense ministry said, describing the incident as a “terrorist act.” Police said an explosive device in the vehicle blew up at 0516 GMT while the car was moving, killing the driver and wounding a passer-by. “As a result of (the explosion) a member of the defense ministry’s main intelligence department, Colonel […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — President Emmanuel Macron said Monday that France refuses to recognize Russia’s “annexation” of the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea but that he hoped to make progress toward peace. Macron said after meeting Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in Paris that his approach to future talks was unambiguous: “France is committed to Ukraine’s sovereignty with its recognised borders,” he said. Russia annexed Crimea in 2014 after a military intervention in eastern Ukraine. The new […]
AVDIYIVKA, Ukraine (Reuters) — Monitors on Sunday (May 14) inspected a household in the eastern Ukrainian town of Avdiyivka which was damaged by artillery fire a day earlier. Members of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) monitoring mission inspected the attack site and spoke with local residents who witnessed the incident. Ukrainian authorities said on Saturday (May 13) that four civilians were killed in renewed artillery attacks in the east of the […]
KIEV, Ukraine (AFP) — Ukraine on Friday launched a process to return some $1.5 billion in assets allegedly stolen from the budget by the deposed Russian-backed leader Viktor Yanukovych and his team. The National Security and Defense Council said the state savings bank had begun confiscating the old regime’s holdings in line with an earlier court ruling. Council chief Oleksandr Turchynov said the $1.5 billion (1.4 billion euros) would be returned to the state budget. Ukrainian […]
by Sergiy BOBOK with Dmitry GORSHKOV in Kiev Agence France-Presse YAKOVENKOVE, Ukraine – Ukraine said Thursday that a fire raging at a munitions depot in the country’s east, which the military blamed on an “act of sabotage”, could continue for up to a week. “We can evaluate everything as the intensity of the fire decreases,” Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said in televised comments. “This can take up to one week.” Groysman said 550 emergency workers, […]
by Dmitry ZAKS KIEV, Ukraine (AFP) — The International Monetary Fund said Saturday it had reached a preliminary agreement with Ukraine that could see the war-scarred and cashed-starved nation receive fresh aid in the first half of the year. The news was particularly good for the ex-Soviet republic because the IMF statement referred to a loan of $1 billion (0.9 billion euros) and not the lesser sums discussed in earlier months. Ukraine also gets […]
VIENNA, Austria (AFP) — Austria arrested one of Ukraine’s richest men on Tuesday, a fresh twist for the one-time ally of ousted pro-Russian president Viktor Yanukovych. Gas magnate Dmytro Firtash was taken into custody over alleged links to organized crime in Spain, moments after a Vienna court ruled he could be extradited to the United States on corruption charges. Firtash, 51, made money through connections with Russian gas giant Gazprom, and was at one time linked […]
