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Ukraine asks U.N. to move ahead with peacekeeper plan for restive region despite Russia outcry
Ukraine urged U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday to draw up options for a peacekeeping mission to the war-torn Donbass region, despite opposition from Russia. President Petro Poroshenko told the General Assembly that deploying a U.N.-mandated peace force could be a "decisive factor" in bringing ...
Paul Manafort says he didn't lie and special counsel Robert Mueller can't prove he did. Mueller claims Manafort lied to investigators and the FBI while he was supposed to be cooperating with a probe into Russia's interference in the 2016 election. As a result, Manafort ...
Metropolitan Epifaniy, head of Ukraine's new orthodox church, enthroned during Kiev ceremony
The leader of the new independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church was enthroned in a ceremony in Kiev on Sunday, formalizing a break with the Russian Orthodox Church that has enraged Moscow. During the three-hour event in the gold-decked 11th-century St. Sophia Cathedral, Metropolitan Epifaniy became head ...
Ukraine sees surge in cyberattacks targeting election, suspects Russia
Hackers likely controlled by Russia are stepping up efforts to disrupt Ukraine's presidential election in March with cyberattacks on electoral servers and personal computers of election staff, the head of Ukraine's cyberpolice said on Friday. Serhiy Demedyuk told Reuters the attackers were using virus-infected greeting ...
Ukraine sentences ex-leader Viktor Yanukovych in absentia for treason
A Ukrainian court on Thursday found ex-President Viktor Yanukovych guilty of high treason and sentenced him in absentia to 13 years in prison for asking Russia's Vladimir Putin to send troops to Ukraine. In 2014, Yanukovych was ousted as a result of a bloody uprising ...
Paul Manafort disputes Robert Mueller's claims he lied to prosecutors
Lawyers for Paul Manafort, the convicted former campaign chairman for President Donald Trump, denied in court papers that he broke his plea agreement by lying to prosecutors when he was supposed to be cooperating. The filing came Wednesday as Manafort's legal team seeks to limit ...
Divisive and vocal Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukrainian politics' longtime leading lady, is back
Yulia Tymoshenko, the former Ukrainian prime minister who Tuesday announced she would run for president, came to international prominence during the Orange Revolution popular protests of 2004. With her hair braided and wrapped over her head in a traditional peasant style, she became a recognizable ...
Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko launches bid for presidency
Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Tuesday officially launched her bid for the country's presidency, with polls showing her as the front-runner. "I'm running for the presidency," she told a session of her nationalist Batkivshchyna (Fatherland) party to cheers from the crowd. "I've made mistakes," ...
Putin gets hero's welcome in Belgrade as Serbia seeks leverage over EU-leaning Kosovo
Russian President Vladimir Putin denounced Kosovo's creation of an army as destabilizing for the Balkans during a visit to Belgrade that underscored his ally Serbia's conflicted approach to joining the European Union. President Aleksandar Vucic's Serbian Progressive Party, which is itself facing anti-government protests, mobilized ...
The spiritual head of Orthodox Christians worldwide formally granted independence to the Ukrainian church on Saturday, marking a historic split from Russia which Ukrainian leaders see as vital to the country's security. The decree, granting "autocephaly," was signed by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew at a service ...
Russian forces to get new missile complex S-350 Vityaz in 2019
Russia will in 2019 deploy the S-350 Vityaz new generation short-to-mid-range surface-to-air defense missile complex, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday, in a long-planned move to replace its aging S-300 system. The ministry also said that the Russian military had deployed Pantsir-S and S-400 ...
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Wednesday announced the end of martial law in the country's border regions that was introduced last month after Russia's seizure of three of Kiev's navy vessels in the Sea of Azov. "Today, right now, at 2:00 p.m. (1200 GMT) the ...
