In a gym in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, not far from the frontline with Russia-backed separatists, 20 women fall to the floor and pull back the rifle bolts of dummy Kalashnikovs. The free courses -dubbed “White angels” – were put together by police officers and former members of a far-right battalion who fought against the separatists in the east of the ex-Soviet country.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warns Hungary against letting Russia “drive wedges between friends in NATO”, as he urges Budapest to support Ukraine “in its request for sovereignty”. SOUNDBITE of Mike Pompeo, US Secretary of State
Inside a traditional Orthodox church topped with a gold cross, instead of icons, visitors can see a lunar rover and the helmet of the first man in space Yuri Gagarin. The 19th-century wooden church in central Ukraine is one of thousands of buildings that were repurposed or simply destroyed during an anti-religion campaign in the Soviet era, and has been the home of the “Space museum” since the 1970s.
Last summer, Vitaliy Ustymenko was brutally attacked by two men in broad daylight, in an assault he believes was linked to his work as an anti-corruption activist in Ukraine. ATTENTION: CONTAINS IMAGES OF BLOOD
The leader of the new independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church is enthroned in a ceremony in Kiev, formalising a break with the Russian Orthodox Church that has enraged Moscow.
The construction of the #NordStream2 pipeline – to deliver #gas from Russia directly to #Europe – is causing geopolitical concerns. Negotiations in Brussels between Russia, Ukraine and the EU regarding the current gas route through Ukraine – have failed to produce a concrete agreement.
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Former Ukrainian Prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko officially launches her bid for the country’s presidency, with polls showing her as the frontrunner. IMAGES
Ukraine’s newly created independent Orthodox Church holds its first service in Kiev after a historic break with the Russian Orthodox Church that has enraged Moscow.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko takes part in Ukraine’s newly created independent Orthodox Church’s first service in Kiev after a historic break with the Russian Orthodox Church that has enraged Moscow. The service came a day after the Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew based in Istanbul handed over a formal decree that finalised recognition of Ukraine’s new Church. IMAGES
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