Tag: Ukraine

Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko, center, poses with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, left, and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, right, during an EU Summit in Brussels on Friday, June 27, 2014. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed up to a trade and economic pact with the European Union, saying it may be the "most important day" for his country since it became independent from the Soviet Union. (AP Photo)

Ukraine signs historic EU pact, snubbing Russia

JOHN-THOR DAHLBURGVLADIMIR ISACHENKOV · June 27, 2014 10:28 pm

Russia warns Europe over re-selling gas to Ukraine

Nataliya Vasilyeva · June 27, 2014 4:23 pm

UN: 110,000 fled Ukraine for Russia this year

John Heilprin · June 27, 2014 11:24 am

People carry their belongings as they walk to cross the border into Russia at the Ukrainian-Russian border checkpoint in Izvaryne, Luhansk region, eastern Ukraine Thursday, June 26, 2014. Thousands of Ukrainians in cars stuffed with belongings lined up Thursday at the eastern border to cross into Russia, with some saying they felt betrayed by their government and vowing never to return. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

Thousands flee Ukraine for Russia; truce nears end

Balint Szlanko · June 27, 2014 1:21 am

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin, left, speaks with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, center, and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, second right, during a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Commission at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday, June 25, 2014. Wednesdayâs meeting will discuss how NATO can help build Ukraineâs military capacities, including by creating targeted trust funds. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

West to Putin: Prove commitment to Ukraine peace

Lynn Berry · June 25, 2014 7:51 pm

Ukraine to sign EU deal that sparked revolution

David McHugh · June 25, 2014 7:06 pm

In this June 24, 2014, photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Swiss President and OSCE chairperson in office Didier Burkhalter during talks with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, OSCE, in Vienna, Austria. The United States and its European allies are finalizing a package of sanctions on Russia's key economic sectors that could be levied as early as this week, though the package might be delayed because of positive signals from Putin, administration officials and others close to the decision-making said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

Officials: Sanctions on Russia could be delayed

leebradley-klapper, julie-pacematthew · June 25, 2014 6:49 pm

In this June 24, 2014, photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Swiss President and OSCE chairperson in office Didier Burkhalter during talks with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, OSCE, in Vienna, Austria. The United States and its European allies are finalizing a package of sanctions on Russia's key economic sectors that could be levied as early as this week, though the package might be delayed because of positive signals from Putin, administration officials and others close to the decision-making said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

West readies package of sector sanctions on Russia

leebradley-klapper, julie-pacematthew · June 25, 2014 12:45 am

UN estimates 423 killed in Ukraine’s east

Edith Lederer · June 24, 2014 8:56 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a news conference after his meeting with Austrian President Heinz Fischer in the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria, Tuesday, June 24, 2014. The Russian President visited Vienna on Tuesday, where he met with the Austrian leadership and officials from the Organization for Security and Co-operation who had helped broker peace talks between Kiev and Moscow. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)

Ukraine’s cease-fire jeopardized by deadly attack

Vladimir Isachenkov · June 24, 2014 8:52 pm

Austrian President Heinz Fischer, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, left,talk during a welcoming ceremony in front of the Hofburg palace in Vienna, Austria, Tuesday, June 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

Putin says US trying to derail gas pipeline plan

Washington Examiner · June 24, 2014 6:12 pm

Pro-russian troops in tanks, several armored vehicles, and tracks drive on a road in the direction of Donetsk not far from Debaltseve, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Friday, June 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

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Meanwhile in Ukraine: Russia sends tanks to rebels, deploys troops to border

Blake Seitz · June 23, 2014 10:22 pm