US patrol boats head to Black Sea as Ukraine raises fear of Russian attack
Nov 21, 2021, at 02:08 pm
Kyiv: The US has sent a ship with two Island-class patrol boats for the Ukrainian port of Odessa on November 8 days after it expressed fears of a possible Russian attack, media reports said.
Moscow sees Ukraine's possible NATO entry dangerous step, will react at dev: Diplomat
Oct 21, 2021, at 09:59 pm
Moscow/UNI/Sputnik: Ukraine's possible NATO entry would be an extremely dangerous step, which would force Moscow to react, the alliance was warned about the possible consequences, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko told Sputnik on Thursday.
Ukraine announces compulsory COVID-19 vaccination for civil servants, education workers
Sep 23, 2021, at 06:49 pm
Kyiv/UNI/Xinhua: The Ukrainian government announced Wednesday that it will introduce a compulsory COVID-19 vaccination for civil servants and education workers.
Instruction: Link Names in Bold
Sep 22, 2021, at 12:35 am
Rapid Trident 2021 military exercise kicks off in Ukraine
Ukrainian evacuation plane hijacked in Kabul, diverted to Iran: Report
Aug 24, 2021, at 08:21 pm
Kabul: A Ukrainian plane in Kabul to evacuate its stranded citizens from Afghanistan has been hijacked and diverted to Iran, a Ukraine Minister was quoted as saying in media reports.
Moscow, Ankara will soon discuss Turkish-Ukrainian Navy cooperation Plans: Lavrov
Jun 22, 2021, at 01:15 am
Moscow/Sputnik: Russia and Turkey will soon hold negotiations, and plans regarding the cooperation between Turkish and Ukrainian naval forces will be on the agenda, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday.
UN-led aid convoy brings 23 tonnes of humanitarian goods across contact line in east Ukraine
Apr 25, 2021, at 05:26 am
New York: Twenty-three tonnes of urgently needed aid items have reached the eastern Ukrainian province around Donetsk, after a humanitarian convoy crossed the contact line into non-Government-controlled territory, the UN said on Friday.
Ukraine aspiring to join NATO for many years, up to alliance to decide
Apr 07, 2021, at 07:18 am
Washington/Sputnik: Ukraine has aspired to join NATO for many years but it is up to the alliance to decide whether it will accept the country, White House spokesperson Jen Psaki said in a press briefing on Wednesday.
Former Ukrainian Minister accused of running global smuggling racket in Africa & S Asia
Apr 01, 2021, at 06:48 pm
Kiev: Oleksandr Onyshchenko, once an Assistant Minister in Ukraine, is today a fugitive charged with gold smuggling in various parts of the world including Africa and South Asia.
Experts accuse Iran of rights violations in shooting down Ukraine airlines flight
Feb 24, 2021, at 05:47 pm
New York: Iran committed multiple human rights violations in shooting downing Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) Flight PS752 last year and in the aftermath of the deadly attack, two independent experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council said on Tuesday.
Azerbaijan says consulate in Ukraine's Kharkiv attacked
Nov 07, 2020, at 11:00 pm
Baku/Sputnik: The Azerbaijani consulate building in Ukraine's city of Kharkiv has suffered a shooting attack, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said on Saturday, adding that no casualties were reported.
Ukraine confirms first case of coronavirus infection in man returning from Italy
Mar 03, 2020, at 05:17 pm
Kiev/Sputnik/UNI: Ukraine announced its first case of coronavirus infection in a man who returned from Italy, Deputy Health Minister Viktor Lyashko said Tuesday.
Iran Ukraine jointly decipher black box of crashed Ukrainian plane: Iranian minister
Feb 02, 2020, at 09:53 am
Tehran/Xinhua: Iranian Minister of Road and Urban Development Mohammad Eslami said on Saturday that Iran and Ukraine are jointly investigating the black box of the downed Ukrainian plane in Iran, Tehran Times daily reported.
Ukraine's president rejects prime minister's resignation
Jan 18, 2020, at 04:26 pm
Kiev/Xinhua/UNI: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky declined a resignation offer by the country's Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk, Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported on Friday.
Ukraine wants Iran's guilty plea over plane crash formalized: Foreign Minister
Jan 17, 2020, at 08:08 pm
Kiev/Sputnik: Kiev wants Iran’s guilty plea for shooting down a Ukrainian plane near Tehran be cemented in an internationally recognized document, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko said Friday.
Iran to take US to Int'l criminal court in The Hague over Soleimani killing
Jan 14, 2020, at 05:13 pm
Tehan/Sputnik/uUNI: Iran intends to hold the US government and armed forces accountable for the killing of its top military commander, Qasem Soleimani, bringing a case against it to the International Criminal Court in The Hague, judicial spokesman Gholam Hossein Ismaili said on Tuesday.
Ukrainian plane downing: Several people detained
Jan 14, 2020, at 04:24 pm
Tehran/IBNS: Iran's judiciary said several people have been detained in connection with the crash of a Ukrainian plane in Tehran last week.
Netanyahu accuses Iran of deliberately lying about downed Ukrainian plane
Jan 12, 2020, at 10:57 pm
Telaviv/Sputnik/UNI: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday accused Iran of deliberately misleading the world about true causes of Ukraine's Boeing 737 fatal crash as it knew but failed to say right away that the jetliner was shot down by the Iranian military by mistake.
Black boxes of plane crashed in Iran to be deciphered in Ukraine: French Bureau BEA
Jan 12, 2020, at 08:26 am
Moscow/Sputnik: Black boxes of a plane that crashed in Iran will be deciphered in Ukraine, while French experts will participate in the technical work, France's Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety (BEA) said on Saturday, adding that Tehran was responsible for communication and the investigation process.
Ukrainian plane brought down due to human error: Iran
Jan 11, 2020, at 09:59 am
Tehran/IBNS: Iran's military on Saturday said it shot down the Ukrainian passenger flight this week due to 'human error', reported Iran's state TV.
Intelligence indicates Ukrainian international airlines jet shot down by missile - Trudeau
Jan 10, 2020, at 08:59 am
Toronto/Sputnik/UNI: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced at a press conference on Thursday that Canada has intelligence that the ill-fated Ukrainian International Airlines flight was shot down by a surface-to-air missile. He added that the strike may have been unintentional.
Ukraine jet crashes in Iran, killing 176: UN chief offers deepest condolences
Jan 09, 2020, at 06:59 pm
New York/IBNS: A Ukrainian airliner crashed shortly after takeoff from Tehran on Wednesday morning, killing all 176 passengers and crew members on board. In a statement, UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ offered his deepest condolences, saying he was “deeply saddened by the crash”.
Iran: Ukrainian Boeing-737 flight crash leaves 176 passengers killed
Jan 08, 2020, at 05:11 pm
Tehran/IBNS: The crash of a Ukrainian Boeing-737 flight in Iran's Tehran city left all its 176 passengers killed on Wednesday, media reports said.
Ukraine's embassy in Iran says plane crashed due to engine malfunction, not terror act
Jan 08, 2020, at 03:53 pm
Kiev/Sputnik/UNI: The preliminary investigation into the Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) Boeing 737 plane crash earlier in the day shows that the aircraft experienced an engine malfunction and the tragedy was not the result of a terrorist act as some speculations have suggested, the Ukrainian Embassy in Iran said on Wednesday.
Vladimir Putin says Ukraine could get 25 percent cheaper gas
Dec 10, 2019, at 10:13 am
Paris/Sputnik/UNI: Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that Ukraine could get 25 percent cheaper gas if it can reach an agreement with Russia.
Death toll from Ukraine's Odessa college fire rises to 10 - Emergency Service
Dec 08, 2019, at 06:48 pm
Kiev/Sputnik/UNI: The death toll from a major blaze at a college in the southern Ukrainian city of Odessa rose to 10 on Sunday as two bodies were pulled from under the debris, Ukraine's State Emergency Service said.
Political solution ‘long overdue’ to protect the children of eastern Ukraine
Dec 03, 2019, at 10:23 am
New York/IBNS: Nearly half a million children in eastern Ukraine continue to face “grave risks” to their physical health and psychological well-being, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Monday.
Two people die in explosion in Ukraine's Kiev dormitory: Police
Nov 17, 2019, at 08:46 am
Moscow/Sputnik: Two people have died in an explosion in a dormitory in Kiev in Ukraine, the city's police announced.
Donald Trump just expressing opinion, not threatening former ambassador to Ukraine: White House
Nov 16, 2019, at 06:52 am
Washington/Sputnik/UNI: President Donald Trump’s Twitter messages attacking ex-US Envoy to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch while she was testifying to the House impeachment probe was not an attempt to intimidate her, White House spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham said on Friday.
Top UN court will consider Ukraine allegations against Russia of treaty violations
Nov 09, 2019, at 09:31 am
New York/IBNS: The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has agreed to hear claims by Ukraine related to the conflict in the east of the country, where Government forces have been fighting mostly pro-Russian separatists, for more than five years.