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Veteran marks VE Day in Ukraine and remembers his grandson killed in Donbas

As VE Day marks the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe. In Ukraine the commemoration has extra significance as young

08/05/2015

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Two wars that left a 96-year-old hero to mourn for his grandson

07/05/2015

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Ukraine adopts May 8 and poppy to remember WWII victims

Ukraine is changing the way it commemorates World War II, as euronews correspondent Maria Korenyuk reports from Kyiv. “For the first time in

07/05/2015

Ukraine

Kyiv Communists celebrate May Day, perhaps for the final time

A few hundred communist activists, mostly pensioners, gathered in Kyiv with their red flags and soviet symbols to celebrate May Day. It could be the

01/05/2015

Ukraine

Ukraine blaze 'under control' near Chernobyl

Ukrainian fire fighters have now managed to contain a huge forest fire which was headed for the abandoned Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

29/04/2015

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Ukraine: massive forest fire threatens abandoned Chernobyl nuclear plant

Emergency crews in Ukraine are trying to stop a massive forest fire from spreading towards the abandoned Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Prime

29/04/2015

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Rebels in eastern Ukraine carry out summary justice amid vacuum

Amid the unrest in eastern Ukraine, rebel fighters are carrying out their own form of summary justice. One rebel fighter was tied to a road sign in

28/04/2015

Ukraine

Chernobyl Children: what makes Ukrainians born in 1986 different?

On April 26, 1986 a series of unsuccessful tests at the 4th reactor of Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the north-west of Ukraine caused an explosion

27/04/2015

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Ukraine marks anniversary of 1986 Chernobyl disaster

Victims of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster are remembered on the 29th anniversary of the nuclear accident.

26/04/2015

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Ukraine crisis has created more than 2 million refugees, UN reports

More than 800,000 people have fled Ukraine as the conflict made towns and villages uninhabitable and destroyed vital infrastructure, according to

22/04/2015

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Ukraine miners demand help for their industry in Kyiv protest

Amid a country in conflict, their industry is in crisis…and Ukraine’s miners are making themselves heard. From the west and war-torn east, hundreds

22/04/2015

Ukraine

US troops in Ukraine to train soldiers, angering Russia

Some 250 American troops are in Ukraine to help train local soldiers

20/04/2015

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Nationalist groups claims responsibility for Ukraine killings

A Ukrainian nationalist group has claimed responsibility for the murders of two public figures in Kiev earlier this week. Journalist Oles Buzyna was

18/04/2015

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Russia and Ukraine at loggerheads after Buzyna and Kalashnykov murders

A war of words has erupted between Ukraine and Russia after the second murder in two days in Kyiv of a prominent pro-Moscow figure. Journalist Oles

16/04/2015

Ukraine

Investigators comb new field of Malaysia Airlines MH17 debris

Nine months after Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine, investigators have returned to the crash site, after gaining

16/04/2015

Ukraine

Journalist with pro-Russian views shot dead in Kyiv

A journalist known for his pro-Russian views was shot dead in Kyiv on Thursday (April 16). Oles Buzyna was gunned down near his home by two masked

16/04/2015

Ukraine

Hundreds protest as top Ukrainian court examines challenge to civil service purge

Hundreds of Ukrainians demonstrated in Kyiv on Thursday in support of a controversial law that aims to cleanse the new government of any remnants of

16/04/2015

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Ukraine: Russian journalist severely injured by roadside bomb

15/04/2015

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A further strain on a shaky truce: Fighting escalates in eastern Ukraine

The Minsk ceasefire is once more on shaky ground, with the outbreak of fresh fighting in eastern Ukraine. Both the Ukrainian military and

14/04/2015

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Ukraine: street water fight to celebrate "Wet Monday"

14/04/2015

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Hundreds of Kyiv citizens celebrated Easter

Hundreds of Kyiv citizens celebrated Easter at St Michael’s Cathedral over the weekend. The blue church has become a symbol of Ukraine’s Maiden

12/04/2015

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Normandy group to discuss Minsk agreement in Berlin

German foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has invited his counterparts from France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine to Berlin on Monday evening

09/04/2015

Culture news

Okean Elzy - rocking to reunite Ukraine

Ukraine’s most successful rock band Okean Elzy (Elza’s Ocean) is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a world tour. Euronews’ Iryna Tymchyshyn

08/04/2015

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Ukraine soldiers fighting in Donbass get Easter muffins

Ukraine celebrates the Orthodox festival of Easter this Sunday (April 12). Many Ukrainian soldiers fighting in the Donbass region will be away from

07/04/2015

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Ukrainian president lifts objections to referendum on state structure

The Ukrainian President says he is ready to hold a referendum on the future structure of the state, apparently lifting earlier objections. But Petro

06/04/2015

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Ukraine, when eastern protests developed into war

Several thousand angry demonstrators gathered on 6th April one year ago, outside the regional government building in Donetsk, in eastern Ukraine

06/04/2015