Tag: Ukraine

Los Angeles: Ukraine has banned American action movie star Steven Seagal as a part of national security threat, after the actor received Russian citizenship. The Ukrainian security service said it had forbidden Seagal entry to the country for five years, in a letter published by the news site Apostrophe. The service’s press secretary later confirmed […]

Thousands of people who fled to underground shelters in the city of Donetsk are still there, waiting for a diplomatic solution that will allow them to resume a normal life in eastern Ukraine, currently the stronghold of the pro-Russian militias opposing the government in Kiev

Kiev (Ukraine): Comedian Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday sworned in as the new President of Ukraine at a ceremony here. In his inaugural speech, he said ending the conflict with Russian-backed rebels in the east would be his top priority, the BBC reported. Zelensky, who has no previous political experience, scored a landslide victory in last […]

Toronto: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that his government had intelligence indicating that Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) flight PS752 was shot down by an Iranian missile. “We have intelligence from multiple sources, including our allies and our own intelligence. The evidence indicates that the plane was shot down by an Iranian surface-to-air missile. This […]