Jun. 21, 2014
The absence of a clause on negotiations in Ukrainian President Petro
Poroshenko’s peace plan for the eastern Ukraine goes against the Geneva
statement adopted in April, Russian Foreign Minister Serge
Jun. 20, 2014
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko officially unveiled on June 20 his 15-point peace plan for de-escalation of the conflict in the country’s east, amid intensified clashes between pro-Russian rebels
Jun. 20, 2014
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Ukrainian counterpart
Pavlo Klimkin discussed measures to resolve Ukraine’s crisis over the
phone on June 20, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on its we
Jun. 20, 2014
Proof that Russia is helping to foment unrest in Ukraine is mounting, with Kyiv this week saying it has irrefutable, smoking-gun evidence.
Jun. 19, 2014
Ukraine’s new government began
to take shape on June 19, with parliament confirming candidates appointed on
June 18 by President Petro Poroshenko.
Jun. 18, 2014
Speaking at the National University of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s graduation on June 18, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko called for a temporary ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, according to In
Jun. 14, 2014
Kremlin-backed insurgents used surface-to-air weapons to shoot down a military cargo plane as it was landing overnight on June 13-14 at the Luhansk airport in eastern Ukraine, killing 49 servicemen, a
Jun. 13, 2014
Interior Minister Arsen Avakov announced on June 13 that Ukraine’s National Guard has relaunched its anti-terrorist operation in the port city of Mariupol in southern Donetsk Oblast.
Jun. 7, 2014
Petro Poroshenko has become a grandfather on the day of his inauguration.
Jun. 7, 2014
Editor’s Note: The following is the English-language translation of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s <a href="http://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/30488.html">inaugural address</a> on June 7 in
Jun. 5, 2014
The Ukrainian government appears to be moving swiftly to impose martial law in its restive eastern regions after heavily armed separatists seized control of two bases and a border crossing in Luhansk
May. 28, 2014
At an unknown campaign stop before the presidential election, now President-elect Petro Poroshenko promised to make strengthening the Ukrainian army his top priority. Porohsenko said he could attract
May. 27, 2014
BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke to Ukraine’s president-elect Petro Poroshenko by telephone on May 27, her office said, and offered congratulations on election.
May. 26, 2014
Editor’s Note: Ukrainians went to the polls on May 25 and elected Petro Poroshenko, a billionaire businessman, independent member of parliament, a former economic and foreign minister.
May. 26, 2014
With most votes counted, presumptive President-elect Petro Porshenko gave his first post-election press conference on May 26 — with Kyiv Mayor-elect Vitali Klitschko at his side — and talked about the
May. 26, 2014
Ukrainians elected Petro Poroshenko to be their fifth president in a vote that was dubbed “the second independence referendum,” because of voters’ determination to cast their ballots despite a Russian
May. 22, 2014
The margin between the leaders of the Ukrainian presidential race,
Petro Poroshenko and Yulia Tymoshenko, was over 30 percent six days before the
election, according to the findings of a poll conducte
May. 20, 2014
Billionaire Rinat Akhmetov, after treading cautiously between Kremlin-backed separatists and the government in Kyiv that came to power when the EuroMaidan Revolution overthrew his ally ex-President Vi
May. 7, 2014
ODESA, Ukraine – In the bloodiest day in Ukraine since government snipers claimed more than 50 lives during the EuroMaidan Revolution on Feb. 20, 46 people were killed in Odesa on May 2. The violence
May. 6, 2014
Editor’s Note: Below are live updates of Ukraine’s counterterrorism operation in eastern Ukraine, mainly in Donetsk Oblast in the cities of Sloviansk and Kramatorsk where Kremlin-backed militants are