Armed, pro-Russian rebels continued to block access to the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash site in eastern Ukraine over the weekend, but the BBC reports that three Dutch investigators were able to inspect bodies found at the site today. Their findings haven't been released, but they said the rebel-controlled train…
"There are a lot of corpses of women and children," the rebel commander said. "It has a Malaysia Airlines logo on it, they say." He seemed to seek advice. "That means it was carrying spies," came the response. "[Expletive] them, got it?" So spoke one of the most influential and well-connected Cossacks in Russia.
Dropping from 33,000 feet above Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crashed yesterday, detonating into a dark plume of smoke upon impact with a field of bloomed wheat. The second tragedy to befall Malaysia Airlines this year, following the unresolved vanishing of flight 370, dude, it was aliens.
An Australian woman, Kaylene Mann, tragically lost her brother and her sister-in-law in the Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 disappearance in March. In an unbelievable twist of fate, Mann's stepdaughter was killed yesterday when MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine.
The apparent missile shootdown of a Malaysian Airlines jet over Ukraine this morning will likely go down as one of the worst—and, if initial reports are true, most avoidable—disasters in air-travel history. But it's not unprecedented. A similar infamous incident happened 30 years ago, also involving Russian military…
President Obama announced today that the U.S. will be expanding its sanctions against Russia for the country's intervention in Ukraine. The sanctions target banks and energy producers, as well as several defense firms.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has released a statement saying that after a night of fighting, government troops have recaptured eastern Ukraine's key rebel stronghold, Slovyansk, from pro-Russian separatists.
As tensions rise in Ukraine in their battle against pro-Russian separatists, a group of Ukrainian astronomers have come up with a way to deliver a cosmic burn: by naming a star "Putin-Huilo!" after Russian President Vladimir Putin. "Huilo" (or as it is sometime seen, "khuilo") is a useful Ukrainian word that roughly…
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has called an end to Ukraine's ceasefire agreement with pro-Russian separatists, announcing, "we will attack, and we will free our country." The initial ceasefire agreement between the groups ended Monday after 10 days of accusations and attacks from both sides. According to …
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko signed an historic free-trade agreement with the European Union today, bringing the country closer to the West and snubbing Russia. The deal is the same that former Ukranian President Viktor Yanuknovych refused to sign in November; his refusal triggered a change of government and…
The Ukrainian military claims that a helicopter carrying nine of its men was shot down by pro-Russian separatists, despite a ceasefire agreement reached last Friday. All nine men died in the attack and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, reports the BBC, is considering ending the ceasefire ahead of its Friday…
One of Ukraine's pro-Russian rebel leaders, Alexander Borodai, announced today that the rebels will honor the cease fire ordered last week by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. Over 350 people have been killed in the conflict between Kiev and the eastern rebels since May.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko ordered his troops Friday to cease fire for one week in an attempt to end the ongoing conflict between his government in Kiev and pro-Russian rebels in the country's east. Over 350 people have been killed in the fighting since May.
Shit's getting serious in the world now. Fortunately, there's plenty of toilet paper.
The Russian energy company Gazprom cut off natural gas supplies to Ukraine on Monday, claiming Ukraine owes the company $4.5 billion. Tensions between the two countries have reached a boiling point — over the weekend, Ukraine's foreign minister reportedly called Russian President Vladimir Putin a "dickhead."
Pro-Russia separatists shot down a Ukrainian military transport plane today, killing all 49 people on board.
A Ukrainian military helicopter was shot down on Thursday by pro-Russian rebels near Slovyansk in eastern Ukraine, killing 14 troops, including a general, according to the country's acting president.
Alexander Borodai, prime minister of self-declared Donetsk People's Republic in eastern Ukraine, announced Tuesday that 50 pro-Russian military had been in killed in a turf battle over an airport. "This is war," Borodai said. "Our losses are serious. But our opponents losses are not less, and maybe even more."
