Russia says it downed Ukrainian drones trying to attack Moscow
- 30-Jul-2023
Russia’s Defence Ministry said it had brought down three Ukrainian drones early on Sunday that had been trying to attack Moscow. Nobody was hurt and there was only minor damage to the facade of two office buildings in the Moskva-Citi business district, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said. The area, several miles from the Kremlin, is […]
Ukrainian plane carrying international evacuees ‘hijacked’ in Afghanistan
- 24-Aug-2021
KYIV: An evacuee plane of Ukraine carrying international passengers from Kabul has reportedly been hijacked after it took off earlier this and has allegedly been redirected towards Iran, ARY News reported Tuesday quoting the Ukrainian deputy foreign minister. Yevhenii Yenin, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, confirmed their plane has been hijacked by unidentified […]
Iran says misaligned radar led to Ukrainian jet downing
- 12-Jul-2020
Iran said that the misalignment of an air defence unit's radar system was the key "human error" that led to the accidental downing of a Ukrainian passenger plane in January.
Sakharov prize awarded to jailed Ukrainian filmmaker Sentsov
- 25-Oct-2018
The European Parliament awarded the prestigious Sakharov human rights prize to jailed Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov, Russia's most famous prisoner.
Spain arrests billion-euro cyber criminal ‘mastermind’
- 26-Mar-2018
Spain and Europol announced the arrest of a Ukrainian man dubbed the mastermind of a gang behind hundreds of cyberattacks that have netted around a billion euros from banks.
Ten die in Russia minibus crash
- 04-Feb-2015
MOSCOW: Ten people were killed in a head-on collision in Russia not far from the Ukraine border Wednesday when a minibus drove into a truck, police said.
Protesters throw Ukrainian lawmaker in trash
- 17-Sep-2014
KIEV: Dozens of angry protesters near the Ukrainian parliament seized a prominent opposition deputy on Tuesday and dumped him in a trash container, accusing him of failing to back laws to end the turbulence in the country.
Kiev says separatists shoot down Ukrainian warplane
- 17-Aug-2014
KIEV: Pro-Russian separatists shot down a Ukrainian warplane in eastern Ukraine overnight into Sunday while at least 10 civilians were killed in fighting involving artillery and mortar in the rebel-held city of Donetsk, local authorities said.
Merkel warns Russia on sanctions ahead of Berlin talks on Ukraine
- 02-Jul-2014
BERLIN/KIEV: Germany’s Angela Merkel warned Moscow ahead of talks on Ukraine on Wednesday that economic sanctions remained an option unless it backed peace efforts, as Ukrainian government forces pressed on with an offensive against pro-Russian rebels. The Ukrainian, Russian, German and French foreign ministers went into the Berlin meeting at 4.30 p.m. (1430 GMT) to […]
NATO commander accuses Russia of destabilizing eastern Ukraine
- 04-Jun-2014
BRUSSELS: NATO’s top military commander accused Russia on Wednesday of destabilizing eastern Ukraine through the use of Russian-backed forces and demanded that it stop interfering. While a majority of the troops Russia had close to the Ukrainian border – previously estimated by NATO at 40,000 – had withdrawn or were in the process of withdrawing, […]