Tag: Ukraine

Ukrainians stand in line for receive their ballots at a polling station during presidential and mayoral elections in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, May, 25, 2014. Ukraine's critical presidential election got underway Sunday under the wary scrutiny of a world eager for stability in a country rocked by a deadly uprising in the east. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

A long line signals hope in a Ukraine neighborhood

Tim Sullivan · May 25, 2014 3:35 pm

Ukrainian presidential candidate Petro Poroshenko, left, casts his ballot as his daughter Eugenia, son Mykhailo and daughter Alexandra look on at a polling station during the presidential election in Kiev, Ukraine, on Sunday. (AP/Sergei Chuzavkov)

Kelly Ayotte: Russia disrupting Ukrainian election

Zack Colman · May 25, 2014 2:42 pm

A passport of Italian photojournalist, 30-year old Andrea Rocchelli, killed Saturday near Slovyansk, is photographed in Slovyansk, Ukraine, Sunday, May 25, 2014. Italy's foreign ministry says an Italian photojournalist has been killed in eastern Ukraine, where he was covering the conflict ahead of the presidential election. The ministry said in a statement that Andrea Rocchelli, 30, was killed Saturday in the area of Slovyansk, a hotbed of pro-Russia, anti-Kiev sentiment. It stressed that the journalist's body, taken to a hospital along with that of a Russian citizen, was awaiting official identification and that Rocchelli's family was arriving in Kiev later Sunday. (AP Photo/Pool)

Italian journalist killed in eastern Ukraine

alexander-zemlianichenko · May 25, 2014 12:49 pm

A Pro-Russian activist carries a ballot box away from a polling station preparing to smash it, in Donetsk, Ukraine, Friday, May 23, 2014. Ukraine's acting government has admitted that authorities will not be able to organize the voting in parts of eastern Ukraine, overrun by pro-Russian insurgents. (AP Photo/Photomig)

Ukraine’s presidential vote: a step out of crisis

Jim Heintz · May 25, 2014 4:08 am

Putin: West ignores Russia’s interests in Ukraine

John Daniszewski · May 24, 2014 11:18 pm

Pro-Russian armed militants guard a checkpoint blocking the major highway which links Kharkiv, outside Slovyansk, Ukraine, Saturday, May 24, 2014. Ukrainians vote Sunday in an early presidential election that could be a crucial step toward resolving the country's crisis, but separatists in the east are threatening to block the vote. The election, which comes six months after the outbreak of protests that led to the president's ouster and a deepening chasm between pro-Europe and pro-Russia Ukrainians, aims to unify the fiercely divided country or at least discourage further polarization.(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Election under threat in eastern Ukraine

Nataliya Vasilyeva · May 24, 2014 4:11 pm

In Ukraine heartland, politics second to money

Tim Sullivan · May 24, 2014 12:06 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Investment Forum Friday, May 23, 2014. Putin said Friday at an investment forum that Russia will "respect the choice of the Ukrainian people." He said that Russia wants peace and order to be restored in Ukraine. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti Kremlin, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

Putin promises to respect Ukraine’s election

LAURA MILLSPETER LEONARD · May 23, 2014 9:00 pm

US: Some Russian troops moving away from Ukraine

Washington Examiner · May 23, 2014 8:25 pm

Oil above $104 ahead of US holiday, Ukraine vote

The Associated Press · May 23, 2014 7:24 pm

Ukraine: 500 pro-Russia insurgents clash with soldiers in the east; 20 rebels killed

Washington Examiner · May 23, 2014 4:18 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin's foreign policy actions suggest that he wants to restore the old Soviet Union, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said when asked about U.S. intelligence reveals about the former KGB spy's "calculus."ÃÂ (AP/Mandel Ngan)

Beltway Confidential

Chuck Hagel: Vladimir Putin wants to restore Soviet Union

Joel Gehrke · May 23, 2014 3:37 pm