Ukrainian Town Cut Off by Fighting Struggles to Survive KRASNOHORIVKA, EASTERN UKRAINE In eastern Ukraine, villages cut off by military front lines are on the brink of a humanitarian crisis. Ukraine's Kyiv government can't seem to get supplies in sup

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2015年(四月)

By Peter Fedynsky Kyiv 01 October 2007 An early exit poll for the special Ukrainian parliamentary election shows the party of President Viktor Yushchenko coming in a distant third against the political organization of the man he defeated for the pres

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By Peter Fedynsky Stariy Sokil, Ukraine 01 November 2007 The United Nations predicts Ukraine, Russia and Belarus will lose up to 50 percent of their people by the year 2050 due to declining birth rates, low life expectancy and emigration. All of thes

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The deterioration of relations between Ukraine and Russia accelerated after Kyiv sided with Georgia during last month's conflict in South Ossetia. Worsening ties coincide with next year's expiration of the bilateral Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation

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Ukraine lies in the geographic center of Europe, which gives the former Soviet republic the option of orienting its economy toward Russia and the east, or the European Union and the west. VOA Correspondent Peter Fedynsky recently visited both ends o

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Russian historians widely recognize June 27, 1709 as the date their country became a great power. Russia that day defeated an invading Swedish army at Poltava in Ukraine, where Ukrainian forces allied with Sweden were also vanquished. The Battle of

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Independent Ukrainian TV Station Struggles to Stay on the Air Ivan Artemenko is disappointed: The Kyiv students favorite channel - TVi - has vanished from the airwaves. I switched on my TV -- there is darkness on a channel TVi. The note says: 'The ch

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Ukrainian Businesses Look for Alternatives to Russia KHARKIV, UKRAINE With tensions continuing to rise with Russia, Ukrainian businesses are looking for opportunities elsewhere. In the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, near the Russian border, econo

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Analyst: Ukrainian Separatists Aim to Swap Hostages KYIV, UKRAINE Ukrainian officials are accusing separatists in Eastern Ukraine of using hostages as human shields to prevent the military from taking action against them. But some observers in Kyiv d

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Separatists Hold Ukrainian Cities; Local Defense in Kyiv Stands Firm KYIV In eastern Ukraine, separatists continue to seize and occupy government buildings, while in Kyiv, the capital, protesters continue their occupation of Maidan Square. Despite an

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Ukrainian Americans in Western Pennsylvania Reject Russian Aggression 西宾夕法尼亚州乌克兰籍美国人反对俄国入侵 PITTSBURGH As Ukrainians in Crimea prepare to vote on a hastily prepared referendum on secession, Ukrainian Americans a

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Chicago's Ukrainian Community Prays for Peace in Ukraine 芝加哥美籍乌克兰人社区为乌克兰和平祈祷 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS As Chicago's large Ukrainian American community begins to observe the Christian season of Lent, many are turning to t

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Obama Hosts Ukrainian PM in Signal to Russia WHITE HOUSE President Barack Obama welcomed interim Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk to the White House Wednesday as part of U.S. efforts to defuse the growing crisis between Washington and Mosco

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Political infighting has led to the collapse of Ukraine's governing coalition, raising the prospect of difficult negotiations to form a new government or a third parliamentary election in as many years. VOA correspondent Peter Fedynsky has been foll

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By Tetiana Koprowicz and Ruslan Petrychka New York 27 February 2008 Ukrainian fighter Wladimir Klitschko took another step toward becoming the undisputed heavyweight boxing champion on Saturday after a dominant decision over Russia's Sultan Ibragimov

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BERLIN, June 5 (Xinhua) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday met with Ukrainian president-elect Petro Poroshenko and pledged support for Ukraine's future development. Speaking at a joint press conference with visiting Poroshenko, Merkel pra

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KIEV, April 14 (Xinhua) -- The Ukrainian parliament approved the formation of a new cabinet on Thursday following a replacement of the prime minister. The 23-seat cabinet led by new Premier Volodymyr Groysman won the support of 239 lawmakers out of 3

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The Ukrainian government and rebel forces have exchanged dozens of prisoners. This is part of a ceasefire agreement worked out earlier this month. The transfer has taken place outside the main rebel stronghold in Donetsk under the watch of internatio

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Ceasefire Agreement Reached after Four-Way Marathon Talks Russian President Vladimir Putin has made the announcement after marathon talks in the Belarussian capital, Minsk. First, we agreed on the end of firing from midnight on the 15th of February.

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Conflict in Ukraine Divides University Russian-supported rebels seized control of the Ukrainian city of Donetsk two years ago. At the time, Marina Nagornaya was a first-year student at Donetsk National University. I remember that I was walking across

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