Russian-Ukrainian journalist freed in prisoner swap with Kyiv thanks Putin
Kyrylo Vyshynsky, a Russian-Ukrainian journalist flown to Moscow as part of a landmark prisoner swap with Kyiv, on Monday thanked President Vladimir Putin and said his case was politically motivated. Vyshynsky, a dual Ukrainian and Russian national working for Moscow's RIA Novosti state news agency, ...
In first sign of better ties, Russia and Ukraine begin long-awaited prisoner swap
Russia and Ukraine on Saturday began a long-awaited prisoner swap in a step that could ease bitter tensions over Moscow's annexation five years ago of the Crimea region. While the unfolding exchange could help build confidence between Moscow and Kyiv — formerly Kiev — and ...
Trump may block $250 million in military aid to Ukraine, officials say
The White House is reviewing whether $250 million in military assistance should be sent to Ukraine in keeping with President Donald Trump's view that U.S. foreign aid must be justified, two senior administration officials said on Thursday. The money is intended for use by Ukraine ...
Macron backs Russia's return to G8 if Ukraine conflict resolved
French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday backed Russia rejoining the elite club of the world's top powers to re-create the G8, so long as the conflict in Ukraine is resolved. The comments by Macron, who from Saturday will host the Group of Seven (G7) summit ...
With call for Russia to rejoin G7 framework, Trump unleashes diplomatic grenade
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday gave a foretaste of his convention-wrecking diplomacy at next weekend's Group of Seven summit by calling for Russia — expelled from the group of democracies — to be readmitted. Coming four days before he arrives in the French seaside ...
Russia extends Ukraine sailors' detention amid prisoner swap talks
A Russian court on Wednesday prolonged the detention of 24 Ukrainian sailors captured last year near Crimea, in the midst of sensitive prisoner-swap talks between the two ex-Soviet neighbors. Moscow's Lefortovsky district court ruled that the sailors must stay in detention for an extra three ...
Defying tribunal ruling, Moscow court prolongs detention of 24 Ukraine sailors
A Moscow court on Monday upheld extending the arrest of 24 Ukrainian sailors seized by Russia off Crimea last year, defying an international tribunal that had urged their immediate release. The Moscow City Court declined an appeal against the extension of the sailors' detention until ...
Putin floats 'common citizenship' for Russians and Ukrainians
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that Ukrainians and Russians are "one people" and will benefit from common citizenship after he angered Kiev by offering to fast-track Russian passports for Ukrainians. "I've said many times that Ukrainians and Russians are brotherly nations. Moreover, I believe ...
Comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy leads Ukraine presidential vote
Early results in Ukraine's presidential election show a comedian with no political experience maintaining his strong lead against the incumbent president in the first round, setting the stage for a runoff in three weeks. With nearly 60 percent of the polling stations counted Monday, Volodymyr ...
Ukraine's integration into West dashed by war and corruption
Five years into Ukraine's conflict with Russia, Moscow seems to have Ukraine pinned against the ropes. Ukraine's ambition of joining the European Union and NATO is indefinitely stalled. It has no realistic way to reclaim control of Russian-annexed Crimea, or to end the war ...
Five years of international sanctions and Western attempts to isolate Russia have had no effect on the Kremlin's control of Crimea.
Russia has sent "squadrons" of nuclear-capable Tu-22M3 strategic bombers to Crimea in response to the deployment of U.S. Navy Aegis Ashore missile defense installations in Romania, according to a report in Russian state-run media. "The deployment of American missile defense systems in Romania came as ...
