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The Russian resolution, which was submitted in the Security Council on Thursday, urges Ukrainian authorities to “immediately start consultations with the representatives” and local leaders in the troubled east ... Senior officials in Moscow have strongly objected to Kiev’s requirement that before winning autonomy, the eastern regions must hold local elections under Ukrainian law. ....
Press TV 2015-03-20The fighting escalated in mid-summer after the first failed cease-fire, and to the surprise of most observers -especially the Russians - the Ukrainian military and informal volunteer militias achieved a great deal of operational success, most notably in the re-taking of the city of Slovyansk on July 6. The Ukrainians could launch air strikes against ......
Real Clear Politics 2015-03-20A priest blesses fighters of the Ukrainian Donbass volunteer battalion during a ceremony this week in Kiev before their departure for ‘anti-terrorist’ operations in the east ... But rather than join the Ukrainian army, he travelled east and signed up with a volunteer battalion ... An elite British soldier of Ukrainian descent, who resigned to train Kiev’s ......
The Guardian 2015-03-20Moscow says Washington is pushing Ukraine toward war by supporting a bill that has been passed by the Ukrainian parliament and that gives limited self-governance status to some regions in the restive east ... Kiev says the US has expressed readiness to start training Ukrainian armed troops....
Press TV 2015-03-20Crimean clubs are not currently an active part of Ukrainian football ... “To be pragmatic, we have to say that Crimean clubs are not even currently an active part of Ukrainian football,” Laurinec continued ... Ukrainian authorities have not taken a strong stance on Russian efforts to establish a separate Crimean football league. But, given the myriad problems facing Ukrainian authorities in Kiev, the silence does not mean acquiescence....
The Guardian 2015-03-20Published March 19, 2015Associated Press. Facebook0 Twitter0 Email Print ... ADVERTISEMENT ... Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk met Thursday with Tusk ahead of the summit and accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of trying to divide Europe over Ukraine ... More than 6,000 people have been killed in the year-long conflict between the Ukrainian army and Russia-backed separatists ... 5 Ukrainian rebels make new threat to abandon cease-fire....
Fox News 2015-03-20Jelena Jankovic eased into the last four at the BNP Paribas Open on Thursday when Ukrainian qualifier Lesia Tsurenko retired from their quarterfinal with an ankle injury while trailing 6-1 4-1. Former champion Jankovic broke an error-prone Tsurenko twice to breeze through the opening set in 22 minutes and twice more in the second before the Ukrainian walked across to her opponent and told her the match was over as they shook hands ... ....
The Times of India 2015-03-20Jelena Jankovic eased into the last four at the BNP Paribas Open on Thursday when Ukrainian qualifier Lesia Tsurenko retired from their quarter-final with an ankle injury while trailing 6-1 4-1. Former champion Jankovic broke an error-prone Tsurenko twice to breeze through the opening set in 22 minutes and twice more in the second before the Ukrainian walked across to her opponent and told her the match was over as they shook hands ... ....
DNA India 2015-03-20"We have to maintain our sanctions until the Minsk agreement is fully implemented," Tusk said ... sanctions unjustified. Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk met Thursday with Tusk ahead of the summit and accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of trying to divide Europe over Ukraine ... More than 6,000 people have been killed in the year-long conflict between the Ukrainian army and Russia-backed separatists ... ....
Fresno Bee 2015-03-20They came on to Red Square in their thousands this week to mark the first anniversary of Russia's annexation of the Ukrainian region of Crimea ... This is thanks to a combination of the collapse in oil prices and sanctions imposed by the United States and the European Union in response to the annexation of Crimea and Russia's conduct in the eastern Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Luhansk....
BBC News 2015-03-20The 24th seed advances to face Jelena Jankovic in the semi-finals on Friday after the Serb progressed when Ukrainian qualifier Lesia Tsurenko retired from their last eight encounter with an ankle injury while trailing 6-1 4-1 ... 22 minutes and twice more in the second before the Ukrainian walked across to her opponent and told her the match was over....
Reuters 2015-03-20Foremost among the objections is a requirement for elections — to be held under Ukrainian laws — to take place before the special status can come into effect.Politics & ......
Yahoo Daily News 2015-03-20Crimean Tatar leader Mustafa Dzhemilev on Thursday urged the West to maintain strong sanctions against Russia over last year's annexation of the Ukrainian peninsula to pressure the Russsian "aggressors" to leave without using military force. ....
Star Telegram 2015-03-20Ukrainians (Ukrainian: Українці, Ukrayintsi, [ukrɑˈjinʲtsʲi]) are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine, which is the sixth-largest nation in Europe. The Constitution of Ukraine applies the term 'Ukrainians' to all its citizens. According to some dictionary definitions, a descriptive name for the "inhabitants of Ukraine" is Ukrainian or Ukrainian people.Russians and Belarusians are considered the closest relatives of Ukrainians, while Rusyns are either considered another closely related group, or an ethnic subgroup of Ukrainians.
Ethnonym Ukrainians became widely accepted only in the 20th century, so modern Ukrainians identify their ancestry with differently named historical Slavic groups, who are often called Ukrainians too, in retrospect. The oldest recorded ethnonyms used for Ukrainian ancestors are Rusy, Rusyny, and Rusychi (from term Rus'). From the 9th to 12th centuries those names applied to the population of Kievan Rus', as the united state of Rusy is restrospectively called. Similar names were adopted by the proto-Russian and proto-Belarusian inhabitants of the northern principalities of Rus', reflecting the common origin of all those East Slavic peoples.