New Ukraine president endures torrid first week
In his first week as Ukraine president, Volodymyr Zelensky (pictured) suffered a heavy defeat in parliament with legislators voting against…
Tag: President Petro Poroshenko
Ukrainian TV comic crushes Poroshenko
Ukrainian television comedian Volodymr Zelensky has crushed the incumbent, President Petro Poroshenko (pictured), by three votes to one. The political…
Ukraine set to elect comedian as president
Ukrainians are voting today (Sunday) in the presidential runoff after an ill-tempered campaign. Television comedian Volodymyr Zelensky, 41, (pictured) leads heavily…
Comedian tops Ukraine presidential polls
Ukrainian comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy remains the frontrunner in opinion polls ahead of the March 31 presidential election. The Kiev International…
Ukraine charges official with acid murder
Ukrainian prosecutors say they have charged a senior regional government employee with organising a deadly acid attack on a vocal…
Ukraine cancels martial law as election looms
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has announced the end of martial law introduced in November after a clash with Russia in the…
New Ukrainian church picks leader
Ukraine’s Orthodox church has selected a leader for a newly independent denomination in a split from Russia, further straining bilateral…
Nato and Merkel snub Ukraine pleas
European leaders and Nato have reacted with scepticism to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko requests for new measures to strengthen his…
Poroshenko warns of war over Kerch standoff
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has warned of “full-scale war” with Russia as tensions escalated between over the detention of Ukrainian…
Kiev church poised to cut Russia ties
Ukraine’s president, Petro Poroshenko, says senior members of the Orthodox clergy are ready to grant independence to the Kiev church,…
Crimea hunger-striker nearly dead: cousin
A Ukrainian filmmaker on hunger strike in a remote Russian prison is in “catastrophically bad” health, one of his cousins…
Pig’s blood used in fake death
Ukraine has rejected international criticism of its operation to fake the murder of dissident Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko to foil…
War hero turns coup villain in Kiev
Nadiya Savchenko (pictured), the Ukrainian helicopter pilot who had been taken prisoner by pro-Russian forces in the country’s east, returned…
End of road for globetrotting pioneer?
After a turbulent career in Georgian and Ukrainian politics, Mikheil Saakashvili is now exiled to neighbouring Poland with little apparent…
Exiled Saakashvili vows to fight on
Former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili (pictured) has vowed to push ahead with his battle against Ukraine’s president in defiant remarks…
Major Ukraine PoW swap completed
Ukrainian exchanged hundreds of captives yesterday (Wednesday) with Russian-backed rebels in the east of the country in the first major…
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