Ukraine Parliament accepts PM’s resignation
Kiev, March 5 (IANS) The Ukrainian Parliament or the Verkhovna Rada, has accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk, who decided to step down...
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Buses carrying China evacuees attacked in Ukraine
Kiev, Feb 21 (IANS) Dozens of protesters in a Ukrainian town attacked buses carrying evacuees from the coronavirus-hit China, it was reported on Friday. On...
Iran may hand over downed plane’s black boxes to Ukraine
Kiev, Feb 8 (IANS) Iranian Ambassador to Ukraine Manouchehr Moradi has said that Tehran might hand over the black boxes of a downed Ukrainian Boeing...
Putin, Merkel discuss Middle East, Ukraine over phone
Moscow, Jan 31 (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed the Middle East and Ukraine during a phone call, the Kremlin...
Bolton’s claim on Ukraine aid overshadows Trump defence at trial
New York, Jan 28 (IANS) At least three Republican senators have said they were open to witnesses like former National Security Adviser John Bolton being...
Trump campaign against Ukraine envoy roils impeachment
Washington, Jan 25 (IANS) Reports about a private dinner in 2018 where US President Donald Trump purportedly demanded the recall of Washington’s then-ambassador to Ukraine,...
Ukraine Prez rejects PM’s resignation offer
Kiev, Jan 18 (IANS) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has rejected a resignation offer by Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk over a leaked audiotape scandal, a media...
Rouhani urges ‘special court’ creation to probe Ukraine plane crash
Tehran, Jan 14 (IANS) Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday urged the country’s judiciary to form a “special court” to further investigate the “unintentional” January...
Iran commander ‘wished he was dead’ after downing Ukraine plane
Tehran, Jan 11 (IANS) Accepting “full responsibility” for the crash of a Ukrainian plane over Iran’s airspace on Wednesday, Amir Ali Hajizadeh, the aerospace commander...
Ukraine Prez demands compensation, apologies from Iran for crash
Kiev, Jan 11 (IANS) Following Iran’s admission that it brought down the Kiev-bound airliner earlier this week unintentionally, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday laid...
Ukraine wants black boxes to be analyzed in Kiev
Kiev, Jan 11 (IANS) Ukraine wants the “black boxes”, or the flight data recorders of the passenger plane which crashed near Tehran, to be sent...
Iran mistakenly shot down Ukraine jet claims US media
Washington, Jan 10 (IANS) Iran mistakenly shot down the Ukrainian plane that crashed on Wednesday near Tehran with 176 people on board, US media report....
Ukraine declares day of mourning for plane crash victims
Kiev, Jan 9 (IANS) Ukraine on Thursday declared a day of national mourning to honour the victims of a plane crash near Iran capital Tehran....
Ukraine plane crashes in Iran, 179 killed (4th Ld)
Tehran, Jan 8 (IANS) A Kiev-bound Ukrainian Boeing 737 passenger plane with 179 people on board crashed on Wednesday shortly after taking off from the...
Pompeo postpones Ukraine trip to monitor situation in Iraq
Washington, Jan 2 (IANS) US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will postpone his trip to Ukraine and other four countries due to the need to...
Putin, Merkel discuss East Ukraine, gas supplies, Libya
Moscow, Dec 30 (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday discussed by telephone the exchange of prisoners in east Ukraine,...
Ukraine to buy more US anti-tank missile systems
Kiev, Dec 27 (IANS) Ukraine has signed fresh contracts with US to buy more Javelin anti-tank missile systems, the advanced fire-and-forget portable anti-tank missiles, Ukraine’s...
US missile destroyer visits Ukraine’s seaport
Kiev, Dec 25 (IANS) US Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross has entered Ukraine’s southern seaport of Odessa, Ukrainian Navy command’s pree service reported....
US to provide $300 mn military aid to Ukraine in 2020
Kiev, Dec 24 (IANS) The US national defence policy bill for fiscal year 2020 has authorised $300 million in military aid to Ukraine, the US...
Ukraine aid withheld 91 mins after Trump-Zelensky call
Washington, Dec 23 (IANS) Ninety-one minutes after US President Donald Trump called his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky in July this year, the White House asked...