Shortly before its residents rang in the New Year, the Russian-annexed peninsula of Crimea again found itself entirely without Ukrainian electricity. As in November 2015, this was caused by unidentified saboteurs who blew up a power transmission line tower in Ukraine’s Kherson Oblast, which borders Crimea. However, this time, Kyiv is unlikely to restore the power supply.
KYIV – It’s the new year, but the Procurator General’s Office of Ukraine is still resisting the U.S. government’s anti-corruption recommendations.
Mutual accusations tainted a Gaidar Forum panel discussion between Russian and European Union officials. Russian participants cited economic sanctions and political conditionality as impediments for constructive trade relations between Moscow and Brussels.
They are the scenes you rarely see splashed across the newspaper’s front page: a soldier lazily stretches in the shade beside an artillery tank; servicemen in T-shirts gamble for cigarettes; a man reads a book while guarding artillery poised to blast at the onset of a trigger. For photojournalist Evgeniy Maloletka, the fallout of the Ukrainian revolution hits close to home — Berdyansk city in southeast Ukraine, to be exact. As the war zone expands, inching closer to his hometown, he documenting not only the historical changes as they unfold — massive riot attacks and anti-government protests that have left disheveled city centers and countless deaths — but also the quiet moments of men who volunteered to be involved in the conflict.
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KYIV, January 15 (Sputnik) – Ukraine has more than doubled its natural gas imports from Slovakia to 27.1 million cubic meters over 24 hours, the country’s gas transportation system operator Ukrtransgaz said Friday.
Ukraine’s president Petro Poroshenko has vowed to win back control of Crimea as well as the rebel-held land in the east of the country but says he needs help from the EU and the US.
