By Stefan Bos Budapest 08 June 2008 At least 37 miners in Ukraine were trapped underground following a powerful explosion during maintenance work at a coal mine in the eastern city of Donetsk. Officials say the blast destroyed the main shaft of the...
By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 16 April 2008 The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has protested a series of recent statements by senior Russian officials that appear to threaten the integrity and security of Ukraine. VOA Moscow Correspondent Peter Fedynsky repor...
By Peter Fedynsky Kyiv 02 October 2007 With more than 97 percent of the vote counted in Ukraine's special parliamentary election, the country's leading political parties are maneuvering to be part of the ruling coalition. But a slow ballot returns fr...
By Jeff Swicord Washington 27 September 2007 After five months of political infighting, Ukraine will once again try to elect a parliamentary government. VOA's Jeff Swicord reports on what has been a difficult road to democracy in the former Soviet re...
By Lisa McAdams Moscow 10 April 2007 Ukraine's political crisis enters its second week, with no signs of a breakthrough. Pro-reform President Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, a supporter of closer ties with Moscow, have held mo...
By Lisa McAdams Moscow 22 November 2006 Ukraine is marking the second anniversary of the Orange Revolution - the mass street protests that ousted former President Leonid Kuchma and swept President Viktor Yushchenko to power. Mr. Yushchenko campaigne...
By Lisa McAdams Moscow 16 August 2006 Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and his Russian counterpart, Mikhail Fradkov, say they have reached agreement on the price Kiev will pay Moscow for natural gas. But the two leaders failed to secure te...
By Lisa McAdams Kiev, Ukraine 04 August 2006 Ukraine's parliament has voted to return Viktor Yanukovych to the post of prime minister, less than two years after he abandoned the job to make his failed bid for the presidency. Parliament also pushed t...
By Lisa McAdams Moscow 25 July 2006 A supporter of former Ukrainian PM Yulia Tymoshenko shouts slogans near Ukrainian parliament in Kiev, July 25, 2006 Ukraine's majority coalition has scheduled a special session to discuss the stalemate in forming...
By Parke Brewer Cologne 26 June 2006 Ukraine, playing in the World Cup football finals for the first time ever, has reached the quarterfinals in Germany. VOA Sports Editor Parke Brewer was in Cologne for the former Soviet Republics shootout win Mond...