Новости за 26.04.2016

This time, Vladimir Putin has out-Putined himself.

A Russian recurrence is going on in Odesa. Tonight, a squad of around 50 separatists attacked the campground of protesters who demand that Russian citizen Gennady Trukhanov to leave the post of Odesa mayor.

CHORNOBYL, Ukraine — Telling the story of Chornobyl in numbers 30 years later involves dauntingly large figures and others that are even more vexing because they're still unknown.

Two of the world's most advanced warplanes have touched down in Romania for the first time, near the shores of the Black Sea and just a short hop from Ukraine, the Crimean Peninsula and Russia.

Ukraine's most prominent political talk show host was stripped of his work permit on April 26 in what he described as a politically-charged case.

Moscow investigators levied criminal charges against the man considered to be the godfather of Russia's blogosphere, accusing him of extremism for a post that called for "wiping Syria off the face of the Earth."

Forty-eight people lost their lives in clashes between pro-unity supporters and pro-Russian backers and a fire in Odesa on May 2, 2014. Only hours later, Russia attempted to portray the mass riots and ensuing fire as a massacre, and that has continued regardless of several investigations, including one by the Council of Europe’s International Advisory Panel.

The top court in Crimea has banned the ruling body of the Crimean Tatar community, the Mejlis, branding it an extremist organisation in the latest move against the peninsula’s ethnic minority.

Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada Speaker Andriy Parubiy, and United States Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia, Victoria Nuland, met in Kyiv on Tuesday, to discuss bilateral cooperation and reforms in Ukraine.

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko in a telephone talk with President of European Council Donald Tusk has discussed a comprehensive support of Ukraine to overcome the consequences of Chornobyl nuclear disaster.

The United States Department of State insists on changes to the Ukrainian Constitution regarding a special status for the breakaway parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, on elections being held in the breakaway areas as early as July, and amnesty granted to armed group members, Samopomich parliamentarian Viktoria Voitsitska has said.

Ukraine’s State Employment Service has annulled the work permit of television journalist Savik Shuster, who has Canadian citizenship, Pavlo Yelizarov, Shuster’s business partner, told journalists on April 26.

The Samopomich Party's press service says that the United States insists on introducing amendments to Ukraine's Constitution, pressing for the so-called special status of the militant-occupied areas in Ukraine's Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts, militant amnesty, local elections in July.

The Samopomich Party's press service says that the United States insists on introducing amendments to Ukraine's Constitution, pressing for the so-called special status of the militant-occupied areas in Ukraine's Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts, militant amnesty, local elections in July.

Ukraine has demanded that Russia "immediately overturn the illegal ban" on the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People in Crimea, the country's Foreign Ministry has said.

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has said he hopes that appropriate agencies will promptly settle the incident related to journalist and TV host Savik Shuster.

Three decades after the world’s worst nuclear accident, the home of the shuttered Chornobyl power plant remains more reliant than ever on nuclear power.

The governor of the Odesa region, Mikheil Saakashvili, called on Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to introduce additional National Police and National Guard units into the regional center.

BRUSSELS - Turkey has promised to protect all asylum-seekers sent back from Europe, not just Syrians, the European Union said on April 26, hoping to ease concerns about the main EU strategy to stem the migrant flow into Greece.

Crimea's supreme court banned Crimean Tatars' highest ruling body on April 26, declaring it an "extremist" organisation in a move one exiled leader said was part of a Kremlin drive to crush the minority ethnic group on the Russia-annexed peninsula.

Ukraine on April 26 marks 30 years since the world’s worst nuclear accident at Chornobyl killed thousands and forced a global rethink about the wisdom of relying on atomic fuel.

Following the outcome of the third sitting of the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Association Committee in Brussels, MEPs expressed Ukrainian colleagues a consistent support, Rada First Deputy Chairperson Iryna Gerashchenko said.

Ukraine has declassified almost 50 previously top secret documents related to the meltdown of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant, Russian news website Rosbalt.ru reported.

MOSCOW — One of the most influential journalists on Ukrainian television has been denied a work permit in Ukraine.

Several dozen people carrying sticks attacked and beat demonstrators who were protesting against Odesa Mayor Gennady Trukhanov early on April 26.