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The Russian government missed the deadline on Jan. 15 for paying $50 billion to the shareholders of defunct oil company Yukos in what has been called the largest commercial lawsuit in history.
Jan. 16, 2015
As Ukraine steps up its military mobilization, Russian-backed separatists increased their military activity.
Jan. 15, 2015
An artillery strike hit a bus in eastern Ukraine on Jan. 13, killing 11 people in the largest civilian death toll in months and further dampening hopes for reviving peace efforts. The explosion – whic
Jan. 13, 2015
Ten people have been killed and 13 injured as the result of a shell hitting a bus near the Buhas roadblock, not far from the town of Volnovakha, Donetsk Regional State Administration spokesperson Olen
Jan. 13, 2015
After more than four hours of discussion in Berlin late last night, the foreign affairs ministers of Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany decided to postpone a key peace summit planned for Jan. 15 in A
Jan. 13, 2015
Fighting around Donetsk intensified over the weekend with heavy shelling on both sides as a series of peace talks planned for Berlin and Astana this week were overshadowed by increasingly combative rh
Jan. 12, 2015
(Read the update to this story <a href="https://www.kyivpost.com/content/kyiv-post-plus/interpol-rejects-ukrainian-murder-charges-against-ex-officials-377233.html)">here</a>.)
Interpol finally issued
Jan. 12, 2015
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An unexpected recruit turned up to a military training for civilians in Zhdachyv on Jan. 11, a town in Lviv Oblast, and she seemed surprisingly comfortable with a submachine gun. Kateryna Apolinariyiv
Jan. 12, 2015
A report
released today by German investigative group CORRECT!V
concludes that a Buk surface to air missile launcher operated by the 53rd
Russian Air Defense Brigade shot down passenger jet MH17.
Jan. 10, 2015
Ukrainian coal mining enterprises in 2014 saw a 22.4% decline in production of raw coal from 2013, to 64.976 million tonnes, according to rough estimates, the Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Minist
Jan. 8, 2015
The leadership of the Kremlin-backed unrecognized Luhansk People’s Republic is now facing a violent crisis, waging an effective war with rival insurgent groups in the same region.
Jan. 7, 2015
Ukrainian Facebook users have set a goal to compile a full list of the fake news about Ukraine that appeared in Russian media in 2014, as well as the most ludicrous rumors shared on social media.
Jan. 5, 2015
Leaders of the
self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR) announced they had liquidated an “illegal” torture centre in
Luhansk on Jan. 2, highlighting recent infighting between various groups of
Jan. 3, 2015
The isolated region of Ukrainian Bessarabia, which is also known as Budjak, has become one of the latest places for Ukraine-watchers to worry about. Many of the inhabitants fear a spread of the war fr
Dec. 30, 2014
Tensions have mounted in the army operation area in eastern Ukraine over the
past 24 hours, operation spokesman Andriy Lysenko said at a press briefing in
Kyiv on Dec. 30.
Dec. 30, 2014
The real decline in Ukraine’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2014 was 7.5% amid
the double devaluation of the national currency due to the accumulation of
previous years’ macroeconomic imbalances, th
Dec. 30, 2014
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The alleged peace plan also suggests freezing the current front lines by establishing a demilitarized zone without using US or UN forces to police it.
Nov. 7