'We need to get back both occupied territories': Ukraine still hopes to reclaim Crimea and Donbass from Russia - CNBC

April 01, 2019

Russia Ukraine 'We need to get back both occupied territories': Ukraine still hopes to reclaim Crimea and Donbass from Russia - CNBC Ukraine elections: Russia sidelined as comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy leads, but long-term laughter may yet come from Moscow - The Conversation - UK An unexplained murder in Ukraine. Then the Russian assassin talked - The Irish Times Kremlin: Russia ready to explain to any Ukrainian it does not occupy Ukraine’s territory - TASS Poroshenko's Politics Have 'Failed,' Russian Lawmakers Say After Ukraine Election Results - The Moscow Times 'We need to get back both occupied territories': Ukraine still hopes to reclaim Crimea and Donbass from Russia - CNBC CNBC The battle to reclaim Ukraine's occupied territories back from Russia is far from over, according to the country's foreign minister. His comments come less than 24 hours after comedy actor Volodymyr Zelensky — who plays a fictional president in a popular TV show — thrashed incumbent Petro Poroshenko in the first round of presidential elections. Read More Ukraine elections: Russia sidelined as comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy leads, but long-term laughter may yet come from Moscow - The Conversation - UK The Conversation - UK With early results indicating that comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy has decisively won the first round of Ukraine’s presidential election, it now seems certain he will face incumbent Petro Poroshenko in the second round. Read More An unexplained murder in Ukraine. Then the Russian assassin talked - The Irish Times The Irish Times The target lived on the sixth floor of a cheerless, salmon-coloured building on Vidinska Street, across from a thicket of weeping willows. Oleg Smorodinov found him there, rented a small apartment on the ground floor, and waited. Read More Kremlin: Russia ready to explain to any Ukrainian it does not occupy Ukraine’s territory - TASS TASS MOSCOW, April 1. /TASS/. Russia is not occupying any Ukrainian territories and is ready to explain this to any Ukrainian citizen, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday. The Russian presidential spokesman thus responded to a request to comment on a statement by Ukrainian presidential campaign frontrunner Vladimir Zelensky about his intention to demand the return of territories and compensation payment from Russia. Read More Poroshenko's Politics Have 'Failed,' Russian Lawmakers Say After Ukraine Election Results - The Moscow Times The Moscow Times A comedian’s double-digit lead over Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in the first round of Ukraine’s presidential election signals that the incumbent’s politics have failed, Russian lawmakers have said. Read More

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New York Times: In Ukraine, Russia ordered a killing that made no sense | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post

March 31, 2019

Russia Ukraine New York Times: In Ukraine, Russia ordered a killing that made no sense | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post As conflict drags on, Ukrainians spurn Russian culture - Times Now Why Ukraine is so obsessed with lie detector tests - VICE Ukrainians launch hashtag drive to say 'goodbye' to Poroshenko - TASS Ukrinform: Central Election Commission ready to respond to Russia's meddling | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post New York Times: In Ukraine, Russia ordered a killing that made no sense | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post Russia's War Against Ukraine New York Times: In Ukraine, Russia ordered a killing that made no sense Published March 31 at 3:56 pm The full moon rises behind one of the Kremlin ruby stars in Moscow on March 1, 2018. Read More As conflict drags on, Ukrainians spurn Russian culture - Times Now Times Now As conflict drags on, Ukrainians spurn Russian culture&nbsp | &nbspPhoto Credit:&nbspAFP Moscow: Five years ago Oleksandr Medvedev, like the vast majority of Ukrainians, would watch Russian movies and TV programmes and listen to Russian music. Read More Why Ukraine is so obsessed with lie detector tests - VICE VICE KIEV — If you believe that a country’s reality TV tells you something about the national character of the people, then consider Ukraine’s "Love for Survival," a show that puts relationships of participating couples to the test with a polygraph exam focused on fidelity. Read More Ukrainians launch hashtag drive to say 'goodbye' to Poroshenko - TASS TASS KIEV, March 31. /TASS/. Ukrainian voters have kicked off a hashtag campaign on social networks dubbed "the final goodbye" in the Ukrainian language, expressing their hope that Pyotr Poroshenko won’t be re-elected in the presidential race. Read More Ukrinform: Central Election Commission ready to respond to Russia's meddling | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post 2019 Presidential Election Ukrinform: Central Election Commission ready to respond to Russia’s meddling Published March 31. Updated March 31 at 2:25 pm A man check his ballot at a polling station in Kyiv during the presidential election on March 31, 2019. Read More

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Live Blog: Ukraine Election Run-Up - RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

March 30, 2019

Russia Ukraine Live Blog: Ukraine Election Run-Up - RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty RFE/RL: EU calls on Russia to stop targeting Crimean Tatars | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post Analysts: Russia Using Disinformation to Try to Disrupt Ukraine Election - Voice of America RFE/RL: Scientology properties raided in Russia | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post UNIAN: One Ukrainian soldier killed, four wounded in Donbas | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post Live Blog: Ukraine Election Run-Up - RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty Live Blog: Ukraine Election Run-Up RadioFreeEurope/RadioLibertyFollow all of the latest developments as they happen. Read More RFE/RL: EU calls on Russia to stop targeting Crimean Tatars | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post Russia's War Against Ukraine RFE/RL: EU calls on Russia to stop targeting Crimean Tatars Published March 30 at 1:25 pm Ukrainian singer Jamala attends a ceremony commemorating the victims of the 1944 deportation of the indigenous people of Crimea, the Crimean Tatars, at Sofiyivska Square in Kyiv on May 18, 2018. Read More Analysts: Russia Using Disinformation to Try to Disrupt Ukraine Election - Voice of America Voice of America Analysts: Russia Using Disinformation to Try to Disrupt Ukraine Election Voice of AmericaRussia is trying to influence the outcome of the upcoming presidential election in Ukraine by stirring up division and amplifying negative news stories, according ... Read More RFE/RL: Scientology properties raided in Russia | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post RFE/RL: Scientology properties raided in Russia Published March 30 at 12:16 pm (Archive photo) Members of the pro-Kremlin youth group Young Guard protest against Scientologists in Moscow on March 21, 2008. Read More UNIAN: One Ukrainian soldier killed, four wounded in Donbas | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post Russia's War Against Ukraine UNIAN: One Ukrainian soldier killed, four wounded in Donbas Published March 30 at 11:46 am A Ukrainian serviceman shoots from the dugout on the front line with Russian-backed separatists near Zhelobok village, Luhansk region on March 25, 2019. Read More

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Want to know what’s next in Russian election interference? Pay attention to Ukraine’s elections - Brookings Institution

March 28, 2019

Russia Ukraine Want to know what’s next in Russian election interference? Pay attention to Ukraine’s elections - Brookings Institution CNN: Russia confirms its military personnel are in Venezuela | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post Russia opens probes against Ukrainian military for alleged attacks at LNR - 112 International Ukraine says it found Russian SAMs destined for Eritrea - IHS Jane's 360 Jyri Raitasalo: Scandinavia won't be Russia's next target | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post Want to know what’s next in Russian election interference? Pay attention to Ukraine’s elections - Brookings Institution Brookings Institution No one knows who will come out on top among the 39 candidates running for president in this Sunday’s election in Ukraine, but one thing is nearly certain: The winner won’t be a pro-Russian candidate. Read More CNN: Russia confirms its military personnel are in Venezuela | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post CNN: Russia confirms its military personnel are in Venezuela Published March 28 at 3:24 pm Handout picture released by the Venezuelan Presidency showing Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro (C) speaking next to Venezuelan Defence Minister Vladimir Padrino (R) and Venezuelan Vice-President Delcy Rodriguez (L) during the closing ceremony and balance of military exercices in Caracas, on Feb. Read More Russia opens probes against Ukrainian military for alleged attacks at LNR - 112 International 112 International Russian Investigation Committee opened new criminal cases against the Ukrainian military accused of “attacking” the territories of Luhansk controlled by the militants of Luhansk People’s Republic, as the press office of the Committee reported. Read More Ukraine says it found Russian SAMs destined for Eritrea - IHS Jane's 360 IHS Jane's 360 Ukraine says it found Russian SAMs destined for Eritrea IHS Jane's 360A consignment of 36 surface-to-air missiles (SAMs) for the S-125 (SA-3 'Goa') air-defence system that were destined for Eritrea have been discovered by the ... Read More Jyri Raitasalo: Scandinavia won't be Russia's next target | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post Jyri Raitasalo: Scandinavia won’t be Russia’s next target Published March 28 at 1:58 pm People walk on a bridge across the Moskva river with the Kremlin in the background on Feb. 17, 2019 in Moscow. Read More

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UNIAN: Russian mercenaries shelling civilians cannot be called the military - Kyiv Post

March 27, 2019

Russia Ukraine UNIAN: Russian mercenaries shelling civilians cannot be called the military - Kyiv Post Daily: Ukraine imposes sanctions on pro-Russian Finns - YLE News France 24: As conflict drags on, Ukrainians spurn Russian culture - Kyiv Post Lithuania finds ex-Soviet defense minister guilty of war crimes - Reuters Halya Coynash: Russia eliminates all classes taught in Ukrainian since Crimea annexation - Kyiv Post UNIAN: Russian mercenaries shelling civilians cannot be called the military - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post Russia's War Against Ukraine UNIAN: Russian mercenaries shelling civilians cannot be called the military Published March 27 at 2:31 pm Tourists stand next to a silhouette sculpture of an Israeli soldier at an army post on Mount Bental in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights on March 22, 2019. Read More Daily: Ukraine imposes sanctions on pro-Russian Finns - YLE News YLE News Johan Bäckman at the Helsinki District Court in June 2018. Image: Jarno Kuusinen / AOP Ukraine has added four Finnish citizens to its sanctioned persons list, reports news consortium Lännen Media. Read More France 24: As conflict drags on, Ukrainians spurn Russian culture - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post France 24: As conflict drags on, Ukrainians spurn Russian culture Published March 27 at 2:04 pm Nata Zhyzhchenko, the lead singer of Ukrainian electronic pop band Onuka, plays a Ukrainian sopilka folk flute during the band's interval performance at Eurovision grand final on May 13 in Kyiv. Read More Lithuania finds ex-Soviet defense minister guilty of war crimes - Reuters Reuters VILNIUS (Reuters) - A Lithuanian court found former Soviet defense minister Dmitry Yazov guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity on Wednesday for his role in a 1991 crackdown against the Baltic state’s pro-independence movement. Read More Halya Coynash: Russia eliminates all classes taught in Ukrainian since Crimea annexation - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post Russia's War Against Ukraine Halya Coynash: Russia eliminates all classes taught in Ukrainian since Crimea annexation Published March 27 at 1:51 pm (Archive photo) Students at a Ukrainian language school in the Crimean capital of Simferopol, Crimea, during a lesson. Read More

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UNIAN: Ukraine in January buys nuclear fuel from Russia alone - Kyiv Post

March 26, 2019

Russia Ukraine UNIAN: Ukraine in January buys nuclear fuel from Russia alone - Kyiv Post Russian Passport Holders Enjoy 47th-Highest Ease of Travel – Ranking - The Moscow Times Ukraine in Jan buys nuclear fuel from Russia alone - UNIAN-Economy US Embassy calls on Russia to immediately release captured Ukrainian sailors - Kyiv Post Turning Muslims Away, Poland Welcomes Ukrainians - Wall Street Journal UNIAN: Ukraine in January buys nuclear fuel from Russia alone - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post UNIAN: Ukraine in January buys nuclear fuel from Russia alone Published March 26 at 2:00 pm This illustration shows a man counting US dollars in Caracas on Jan. 28, 2019. Photo by AFP Read More Russian Passport Holders Enjoy 47th-Highest Ease of Travel – Ranking - The Moscow Times The Moscow Times Russia ranks in the top 25 percent of countries whose citizens can enjoy the most freedom of travel abroad, according to an annual rating of passport “strength.” The Henley & Partners residence and citizenship planning firm ranks the strength of 199 different passports based on the availability of visa-free or visa on arrival travel to 227 destination countries. Read More Ukraine in Jan buys nuclear fuel from Russia alone - UNIAN-Economy UNIAN-Economy Ukraine in Jan buys nuclear fuel from Russia aloneNuclear fuel imports totaled US$17.436 million in the first month of 2019. REUTERS Ukraine in January 2019 imported 14,903 tonnes of fuel assemblies for its nuclear power plants from the Russian Federation alone.The said nuclear fuel imports totaled US$17.436 million, according to the State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Read More US Embassy calls on Russia to immediately release captured Ukrainian sailors - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post US Embassy calls on Russia to immediately release captured Ukrainian sailors Published March 26 at 11:07 am A Russian security service officer escorts a detained Ukrainian sailor to a courthouse in Moscow on Jan. Read More Turning Muslims Away, Poland Welcomes Ukrainians - Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal WARSAW—Four and a half years ago, Maryna Karalop packed up and moved from Ukraine to Poland. Since then, so did some two million other Ukrainians—the biggest wave of migration into the European Union in recent times. Read More

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