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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky gestures as he speaks during a press conference on the outcome of the Ukraine-EU summit in Kiev on 8 July, 2019. Picture: AFP.

Eastern ukraine

Zelensky: two months as Ukraine's most unusual president

By AFP

The 41-year-old has played a twofold game, underlining that he is a man of the people while attacking the traditional political class that he has denounced as...

  • A pro-Russia separatist shows members of the media a black box belonging to Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, before handing it over to Malaysian representatives during a press conference in Donetsk on 22 July 2014. Picture: AFP.

    Pompeo ups pressure on Russia over four MH17 accused

    The trial of the four men with military and intelligence links will start in the Netherlands in March next year.

    1149 days ago
  • Comedian and presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelensky shows his ballot to the media at a polling station during the second round of Ukraine’s presidential election in Kiev on 21 April 2019. Picture: AFP.

    Ukraine to inaugurate comedian Zelensky as president

    A month after scoring a landslide victory against incumbent Petro Poroshenko in polls, the 41-year-old becomes Ukraine's youngest post-Soviet president.

    1180 days ago
  • FILE: Russian President Vladimir Putin at the 10th BRICS Summit held in Sandton, Johannesburg. Picture: @EmbassyofRussia/Twitter

    Putin defends 'lawful' seizure of Ukrainian ships

    In his first extensive remarks since the confrontation at sea on Sunday, Putin said it had been orchestrated by Kiev as a "provocation".

    1352 days ago
  • Police officers stand in front of the Russian Embassy in Kiev late on 25 November, 2018, while smoke from a flare thrown by protesters is seen during a rally following an incident in the Black Sea off Moscow-annexed Crimea, in which three Ukrainian naval vessels were seized by a Russian border guard vessel, as the three ships were on their way through the Kerch Strait heading for the port of Mariupol. Picture: AFP

    Russia seizes three Ukrainian naval ships off Crimea

    The confrontation at sea is a dangerous development in the long-running conflict pitting Ukraine against Russia and Russian-backed rebels in the east of the country.

    1355 days ago
  • Flags at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. Picture: pixabay.com

    UN Security Council calls emergency meeting over Ukraine: Haley

    The meeting was requested by both Russia and Ukraine, diplomatic sources told AFP.

    1355 days ago
  • Russian troops in Ukraine. Picture: supplied

    Teenager kills 19 in Crimea college shooting: Russian officials

    There were no immediate clues as to his motive in mounting such an attack, which recalled similar shooting sprees carried out by students in US schools.

    1394 days ago
  • Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko (right), who was reported murdered in the Ukrainian capital on 29 May, Ukrainian Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko (centre) and head of the state security service (SBU) Vasily Gritsak attend a news briefing in Kiev on 30 May 2018. Picture: Reuters

    Journalist who faked death: I didn't want to share Skripal's fate

    Ukrainian officials said on Tuesday night that Babchenko, a Kremlin critic, had been gunned down in his apartment building in Kiev.

    1533 days ago
  • Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko. Picture: @StarshinaZapasa/Twitter

    Prominent Russian journalist who criticised Kremlin shot dead in Kiev

    Arkady Babchenko, 41, died of his wounds in an ambulance after his wife found him covered in his blood in their home, police said.

    1535 days ago
  • File: Emergency services take part in a police drill at the NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kiev on May 15, 2018. Picture: AFP.

    Kiev subway resumes operation after bomb warning false alarm

    Earlier on Saturday, the subway closed its five stations after it received a warning call.

    1539 days ago
  • A tank from the Ukrainian Forces is stationed outside a building in the flashpoint eastern town of Avdiivka that sits just north of the pro-Russian rebels' de facto capital of Donetsk on February 2, 2017. Picture: AFP

    Fighting in eastern Ukraine worst since February: OSCE

    In February, a surge of violence around the government-held industrial town of Avdiivka cut off power and water to thousands of civilians on the front line.

    1696 days ago
  • Russian troops in Ukraine. Picture: supplied

    Bodyguard killed, MP and two others wounded in Kiev blast

    Kiev police spokeswoman Oksana Blyshchyk said that at 1905 GMT authorities had received information about a car explosion in the Solomensky district of Kiev.

    1751 days ago
  • FILE: Vladimir Putin. Picture: AFP.

    Russia seeks to reassure over war games, denies invasion plans

    Russian Deputy Defence Minister Alexander Fomin told Western military attaches in Moscow on Tuesday the West had nothing to fear.

    1808 days ago
  • FILE: This picture taken on 4 July 2017 and released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on 5 July 2017 shows the successful test-fire of the intercontinental ballistic missile Hwasong-14 at an undisclosed location. Picture: AFP.

    Ukraine denies selling missile technology to North Korea

    State-owned Yuzhmash said it had not produced military-grade ballistic missiles since independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.

    1823 days ago
  • Russian troops in Ukraine. Picture: supplied

    American member of watchdog OSCE killed in Ukraine

    The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe said the killing was the first death of one of its members while on patrol in Ukraine.

    1936 days ago
  • FILE: A tank from the Ukrainian Forces is stationed outside a building in the flashpoint eastern town of Avdiivka. Picture: AFP

    Saboteurs blew up arms warehouse - Ukraine military

    More than 10,000 people have been killed in the conflict between Ukraine and the separatist rebels since 2014.

    1968 days ago
  • A tank from the Ukrainian Forces is stationed outside a building in the flashpoint eastern town of Avdiivka that sits just north of the pro-Russian rebels' de facto capital of Donetsk on February 2, 2017. Picture: AFP

    Kremlin: Putin, Merkel call for immediate truce in east Ukraine

    Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Germany’s Angela Merkel called for the immediate restoration of a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine.

    2012 days ago
  • Pro-Russian activists hold a Russian flag and a placard reading "Crimea we are with you" during their rally in eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on March 16, 2014. Ukraine's new government and most of the international community except Russia have said they will not recognise a result expected to be overwhelmingly in favour of immediate secession. Picture: AFP.

    Ukraine, separatists say more civilians killed in eastern flare-up

    The reports follow a short lull in fighting in the wake of the deadliest clashes in recent months that have brought global attention.

    2016 days ago
  • FILE: Russian President Vladimir Putin. Picture: AFP.

    Putin accuses Kiev of provoking flare-up in east Ukraine fighting

    Russian President Vladimir Putin says it was a ploy to win the support of the administration of US President Trump.

    2017 days ago
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