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Ukrainian Winter: Snipers, Fires, Riots, And My Four Days In Jail
Returning to Kyiv almost two weeks ago, was returning to a very different situation—one the western media has failed to report fully on. I’m writing this post from a hospital bed at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Washington, D.C. due to my injuries.
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Ukraine and the growing number of disappeared
As Ukraine's protest movement enters its third month, the opposition say that 36 activists have gone missing. David Blair talks to the families of the disappeared
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State Dept Official Caught on Tape: ‘Fuck the EU’
A senior U.S. State Department official’s private YouTube conversation is full of harsh words for her European Union counterparts as she plans a deal to end the crisis in Ukraine.
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Top U.S. diplomat launches f-bomb on EU
A leaked audio recording of a phone call allegedly catches the top U.S. diplomat to Europe working on a behind-the-scenes deal to end the Ukrainian political turmoil, and using profanity to express strong frustrations with inaction and indecision by the European Union in resolving the crisis.
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Alleged hijacker attempts to divert Turkish airplane to Sochi
A Ukrainian citizen claiming to have smuggled a bomb aboard an Istanbul-bound plane belonging to Turkish carrier Pegasus Airlines was apprehended Friday after attempting to divert it to Sochi, Russia, where the Winter Olympics are kicking off, a Turkish official said.
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The Standoff in Kiev: An overview
Early on the morning of December 25th, the muckraking journalist Tetiana Chornovil drove out of Kiev toward her home, outside the Ukrainian capital. Chornovil, who is thirty-four, had long been an irritant to the government of President Victor Yanukovych, and she is a leading figure in the mass protests that have dominated central Kiev since late November.
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Judge Who Sentenced Protesters Shot Dead in Ukraine
A Ukrainian judge who recently sentenced several political protesters to house arrest has been shot dead by unknown attackers, police said Wednesday.
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Ukraine protesters vacate city hall after 3 months of occupation
Ukrainian protesters vacated the capital's city hall Sunday in exchange for the government dropping charges against arrested demonstrators, an official said. Protesters vacated city hall, unblocked a major street and left other government buildings as part of an amnesty deal calling for the opposition to vacate government buildings in Kiev, opposition parliament member Arsen Avakov said. They had occupied the city hall for nearly three months.
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Riot police move in against Kiev protest camp
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Thousands of police armed with stun grenades and water cannons charged into the large opposition camp in Ukraine's capital that has been the epicenter of nearly three months of anti-government protests after at least nine people were killed in street clashes Thursday.
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Ukraine Revolution Erupts in New Wave of Violence
The revolution in Ukraine, now nearly three months old, has erupted in a new wave of violence. On Tuesday morning, huge columns of protestors marched out from their barricaded encampment in the center of the capital, Kiev, and surrounded the parliament building while the chamber was in session.
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Police storm main Kiev protest camp
With attention on the Olympics, the Ukrainian government, with Russian support, are using violence to crack down on the nonviolent protesters...
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Ukraine president to make announcement after at least 19 die in protests
Long-simmering tensions exploded anew in Ukraine as clashes between police and anti-government protesters left at least 21 people dead and the capital's central square afire into early Wednesday. President Viktor Yanukovych will address the nation after meeting with the opposition, Yanukovych's advisers told local media. The exact time for the address has not been announced.
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I Am a Ukrainian
To see more of the Maidan and the people who are protesting there, please visit this website: https://www.facebook.com/maidaners1
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Ukraine president sacks army chief
In the midst of the chaos, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has sacked the head of the armed forces
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Ukraine president, protest leaders agree to a truce
President Viktor Yanukovych, opposition leaders say they’ll resume negotiations toward a settlement.
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Why Can't The Former Soviet Republics Figure Out Democracy?
The Soviet Union collapsed more than 20 years ago, yet genuine democracy is still a stranger in most of the 15 former republics. Ukraine, where at least 25 people were killed on Tuesday, is just the latest bloody example.
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'New' Russia in Sochi: Same old Russia in Ukraine
Frida Ghitis says Russia's Putin is surely focusing more on the blazes in Ukraine than the torch in Sochi. The protesters may prevail against his bullying.
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NSFW Protesters being shot by snipers in Kiev
The protests are turning more deadly every day. This is a video from yesterday where protesters were being shot by police with sniper rifles. 28 confirmed dead yesterday alone.
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Hotels in Kiev Are Being Turned into Morgues As the Death Toll Mounts
An update from our news editor in Ukraine's blood-soaked capital.
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Ukraine: At least 18 dead as truce collapses - Boston.com
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Fierce clashes between police and protesters — some including gunfire — shattered a brief truce in Ukraine's besieged capital Thursday, killing at least 19 people.
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