Ukraine cuts power, cancels trains to Crimea
Ukraine cut power and cancelled trains to Crimea on December 26 2014, operator companies said in their statements. The peninsula
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Ukraine peace talks break down
Ukrainian officials and pro-Russian rebels will not be meeting in Belarus’ capital Minsk for a round of peace talks scheduled
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Israel: large increase in Jewish immigrants from Ukraine
About 230 Jewish immigrants from Ukraine, including dozens of families fleeing the fighting in eastern Ukraine, arrived in Israel this
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Ukraine’s parliament drops country’s non-aligned status
Ukraine took a further step toward seeking NATO membership Tuesday, when the country’s parliament passed a law abolishing Kyiv’s neutral,
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Ukraine peace talks to resume this week
The leaders of Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany have reached an agreement to hold a new round of peace talks
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EU leaders on Russia: After sanctions, what next?
It’s a rare occasion when European Union leaders end a summit in just one day, but that’s what happened Thursday
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Poroshenko orders new mobilisation, military spending increase
Ukraine is to hike military spending and undergo further mobilisation in 2015, according to President Petro Poroshenko. In 2015 the
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EU needs long-strategy on Russia instead of being reactive – Tusk
The European Union needs a long-term strategy on Russia instead of simply reacting to events, European Council President Donald Tusk
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European leaders tighten sanctions on Crimea and Sevastopol in latest move against illegal annexation by Russia
European Union government leaders have imposed substantial additional sanctions on investment, services and trade with Crimea and Sevastopol, to reinforce
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