Right-wing surge in European elections threatens Ukraine’s Western path
In Ukraine’s presidential election on Sunday, pro-European candidates swept the balloting. But in Europe that day, voters flocked to parties
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Donetsk remains lawless place on May 28
Donetsk remained a lawless place on May 28, with the airport closed, the railway station open and a big question
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At least 45 Kremlin-backed insurgents killed in Donetsk; government in control of airport, railway
A trip on May 27 to the morgue in Donetsk, the capital of Ukraine’s most populous oblast, confirms that the
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Analysis: Ukraine’s likely president leans toward West but must face Moscow
Billionaire Petro Poroshenko, Ukraine’s likely new president, wasted little time in exhibiting his pro-Western leanings. “We need to do all
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Kyiv elects a mayor for the first time since 2008
For the residents of the Ukrainian capital, a lot more was at stake than just the presidency on May 25.
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Ukraine: High voter turnout propels Poroshenko to presidency
Ukrainians elected Petro Poroshenko to be their fifth president in a vote that was dubbed “the second independence referendum.” Poroshenko
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High turnout in Ukraine vote
An estimated 38.53 per cent of Ukrainians voted in the early presidential elections by 3pm, according to the Central Election
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Voting opens in Ukraine amid fear and violence in Donetsk, Luhansk oblasts
Polls opened in Ukraine at 8am on May 25 for an early presidential election ordered by parliament after Viktor Yanukovych
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Worries grow over Ukraine ‘Yugoslav Scenario’
When Russian President Vladimir Putin reclaimed Crimea for Moscow, he called the territory “inseparable” from the motherland. Putin justified the
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