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New York Times: Tillerson meets Russian counterpart in first trip as top US diplomat

BONN, Germany – By the time Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson decided that he wanted to join his counterparts at an important global gathering in …
New York Times

Associated Press: Tillerson says Russia must honor Ukraine deal

BONN, Germany – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Feb. 16 that Russia must abide by a 2015 deal aimed at ending fighting between Ukrainian …
Associated Press

Reuters: Tillerson says US expects Russia to meet Ukraine commitments

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Feb. 16 that the United States was ready to work with Russia if there were common areas for cooperation, …
Reuters

Reuters: Sources say Germany urges Russia to influence separatists in Ukraine

German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel has told Russia to exert its influence on separatists in eastern Ukraine to withdraw their weapons from the …
Reuters

Reuters: Media reports Lavrov to discuss Ukraine with Tillerson

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will discuss Ukraine and other topics during talks in Bonn on Feb. …
Reuters

Peter Dickinson: Multiculturalism is the answer to Ukraine’s identity crisis

Celebrating diversity: that’s the official theme of the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest, which will take place in Kyiv this May. This is an inspired …
Peter Dickinson

RFE/RL: Crimean journalist’s trial to start in Simferopol

Ukrainian journalist Mykola Semena, an RFE/RL contributor accused of separatism in the Russian-controlled Ukrainian region of Crimea, is preparing to …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

RFE/RL: Ukraine says Russian hackers targeting Kyiv’s power grid, financial system

Ukraine has accused Russian hackers of targeting its power grid, financial system, and other infrastructure with thousands of attacks and a new type …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

UNIAN: Russia says US becoming party to conflict in Donbas

Russia believes that by supporting the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the United States “becomes a party to the Ukrainian conflict,” head of the …
UNIAN

Separatists fire Avdiyivka at night, one house burned, eight damaged

Russia-backed separatists launched an artillery strike on the residential sector in the old part of Ukrainian eastern city of Avdiyivka on Feb. 16 …
Interfax-Ukraine

New York Times: Fake news, fake Ukrainians – how Russians tilted a Dutch vote

THE HAGUE – Harry van Bommel, a left-wing member of the Dutch Parliament, had persuasive allies in convincing voters that they should reject a trade …
New York Times

Alexander J. Motyl: Arm Ukraine now

The case against providing lethal weapons to Ukraine has rested on a simple argument: If the United States provides arms to Kyiv, Moscow will escalate …
Alexander J. Motyl

Kyiv reports one soldier killed in Donbas over past day

The Russia-backed separatists fired on the positions of the Ukrainian military 49 times in Donbas over the past day, the press service of the Ukraine …
Interfax-Ukraine

Halya Coynash: Ukraine seeks extradition of aviation enthusiast sentenced by Russia for ‘spying’

Ukraine has initiated the extradition proceedings which could get Valentin Vyhivsky returned to Ukraine well over two years after he was seized by …
Halya Coynash

Reuters: German official says Trump undermines joint position towards Russia

The German government’s point man on Russia, Gernot Erler, has accused U.S. President Donald Trump of undermining the joint position of Western …
Reuters

RFE/RL: Mediator says warring sides in Ukraine agree to pull back heavy weapons

An international mediator says Ukraine’s warring sides have agreed to withdraw heavy weapons from the front line by Feb. 20 in line with the Minsk …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Bellingcat: Identifying Khmuryi, the major general linked to the downing of MH17

This article was collaboratively researched and written by the Bellingcat MH17 Investigation Team. On July 18, 2014, the Security Service of Ukraine …
Bellingcat

Sides to Contact Group on Ukraine agree to withdraw heavy weapons

MINSK – The sides have agreed to withdraw weapons and special equipment from the line of separation in Donbas by Feb. 20, the envoy of the …
Interfax-Ukraine
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