In Two Eastern Ukraine Provinces, Bold Steps Toward Independence
Transcript MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Melissa Block. Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine declared independence for two regions today, after announcing...
View ArticleAfter Referendum In Eastern Ukraine, Different Visions Emerge
In eastern Ukraine, pro-Russian separatists are claiming independence based on a victory in a hastily organized referendum. Now, they're resisting a nationwide presidential election that's scheduled...
View ArticleAfter Eastern Ukrainian Steel Magnate Flexes Muscle, Barricades Fall
Barricades in the eastern Ukrainian town of Mariupol have been dismantled, following a deal between separatist leaders, police and steelworkers from the city's biggest steel mill. The deal came after...
View ArticleThe Blogging Battlegrounds Of Eastern Ukraine
As Ukraine prepares for presidential elections on Sunday, a social media struggle is underway in the country's eastern provinces.That's where pro-Russian separatists have seized government buildings in...
View ArticleUkraine's Richest Man Pushes Back Against Pro-Moscow Separatists
There are increasing signs of friction between pro-Moscow separatists and local residents in eastern Ukraine, as some local people demand an end to the violence and lawlessness in the region....
View ArticlePutin Sends Mixed Signals On His Attitude To Ukrainian Election
Russian President Vladimir Putin says Moscow will respect the outcome of the upcoming election in Ukraine but later said he still has concerns about the legitimacy of the vote.
View ArticleSeparatists Disrupt Ukraine's Election Preparations
Transcript SCOTT SIMON, HOST: This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Scott Simon. Teams of international observers are arriving in Ukraine ahead of tomorrow's presidential election. But in the...
View ArticleNow That Russia Has Crimea, What Is Moscow's Plan?
Less than three months after Russia annexed Crimea, Moscow is committing billions of dollars in aid and tax breaks to make the Black Sea peninsula a showcase of development.But there's at least one...
View ArticleAre 'Color Revolutions' A New Front In U.S.-Russia Tensions?
Moscow has been talking lately about "color revolutions" as a new form of warfare employed by the West. The name comes from the Orange and Rose Revolutions in Ukraine and Georgia, respectively, but...
View ArticleCiting Unpaid Debts, Russia Cuts Off Gas Supplies To Ukraine
Russia says it has cut natural gas supplies to Ukraine after Kiev missed a deadline to pay part of its huge outstanding energy debt. The Russians say that in the future the state-run company Gazprom...
View ArticleFrom Ukraine's President, A Promise Of Truce — With Conditions
Transcript MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: From NPR News this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Melissa Block.ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: And I'm Robert Siegel. Ukraine's new president says he will order a unilateral...
View ArticleUkrainian Rebels Reject Cease-Fire, As Russian Troops Line Border
Pro-Russian separatists in Eastern Ukraine have rejected a cease-fire plan offered by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.
View ArticleUkraine's Latest Turn Toward EU Has Moscow Glowering
Ukraine's president has signed a historic trade and economic pact with the European Union, a move his predecessor rejected. The conflict that the first rejection sparked still simmers, with violence...
View ArticleIn Long-Roiled Ukraine, War Mentality Turns Outward
Transcript MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: The Ukrainian military ramped up air and artillery strikes against pro-Russian separatists today. The offensive in Ukraine's eastern provinces resumed after President...
View ArticleDarkened By A Bloody History, Baltics Hope To Be Bolstered By NATO
Russia's recent involvement in Ukrainian political turmoil touched a raw nerve in the Baltic countries of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. All three are now members of the EU and NATO, but they have...
View ArticleThe Challenges Of Investigating The Malaysia Airlines Disaster
The crash site of the Malaysia Airlines flight in eastern Ukraine holds many important clues about what happened to the plane. But that site is under the control of pro-Russian separatists who are...
View ArticleInternational Observers Work To Keep Tabs On Site Of Malaysia Jet Crash
Transcript STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Secretary of State John Kerry spent a lot of time on TV yesterday, laying out what he says is extraordinary circumstantial evidence that rebels in Eastern Ukraine shot...
View ArticleNear Crash Site, Stories Of The Jet Cleave Closely To Russian Version
Transcript AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: U.S. intelligence officials outlined today what they know so far about the downing of the Malaysian Airlines flight in Ukraine. A U.S. spy satellite detected the launch...
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Fighting In Ukraine A Hurdle As Investigators Try To Access MH17 Site
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Fighting In Ukraine Continues; Russia Dismisses Threat Of Sanctions
Copyright 2014 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: Fierce fighting continued overnight in Eastern Ukraine on the Russian border. A new U.N. report says, the...
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