Ukraine

Watch: Northern Ireland beat Ukraine in first leg of Euro 2022 play-offNorthern Ireland scored two away goals to beat favourites Ukraine 2-1 in the first leg of the Euro 2022 play-off. Rachel Furness gave Kenny Shiels' side the lead inside five minutes before Daryna Apanaschenko brought the hosts level in…

German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Russian President Putin on Thursday to pull back the Kremlin’s military build-up near the border with Ukraine, while he in turn accused Kiev of “provocative actions” in the conflict region. The US, too, said it is increasingly concerned about what it sees as escalating Russian…

Ukrainian servicemen patrol along fighting positions on the front line with Russia-backed separatists near the town of Avdiivka in Donetsk region on April 5, 2021. STR/AFP/Getty Images Ukraine is looking to Ottawa for help in persuading the NATO military alliance to set it on a path to membership, a campaign…

Russia is gearing up for war again, local experts, state media propagandists, and government officials are all saying. The fight will begin once again on the real-world battlefield of Ukraine. But it will extend much, much further. And the real enemy? Thousands of miles from Kyiv. “Everything will start in…

Ukraine has been battling pro-Russian separatists in the eastern Donetsk and Lugansk regions since 2014 Ukraine has been battling pro-Russian separatists in the eastern Donetsk and Lugansk regions since 2014 Anatolii STEPANOV AFP/File Ukraine on Monday denied reports that its forces had killed a five-year-old child in an attack on…

CHISINAU (Reuters) - A Ukrainian judge who left the country in 2016 facing corruption charges was taken back across the border into Ukraine after being abducted outside a gym, the Moldovan interior minister said on Monday. Judge Mykola Chaus was accused by Ukrainian law enforcement of taking a $150,000 bribe…

FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks during a joint news conference with European Council President Charles Michel in Kyiv, Ukraine March 3, 2021. Sergey Dolzhenko/Pool via REUTERS KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine’s president said he had received assurances from U.S. President Joe Biden in a phone call on Friday that…

US President Joe Biden has expressed firm support for Ukraine in a call to President Volodymyr Zelensky  amid a buildup of Russian armed forces on the country's border, the White House said. Mr Biden "affirmed the United States' unwavering support for Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity in the face of…

Russia warned on Thursday that a serious escalation in the conflict in Donbass could “destroy” Ukraine as NATO voiced concern over what it said was a big Russian military build-up near eastern Ukraine. Unverified social media footage has suggested Russia has been moving large quantities of tanks, armoured personnel carriers…

KYIV, March 30 (Reuters) - Ukraine has made a lot of progress in negotiations for more loans from the International Monetary Fund and hopes to reach a “staff level” agreement soon, Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko told a news conference on Tuesday. Anti-corruption policy and judicial reform remained outstanding issues in…