Geopolitics
Kiev (Xinhua/UNI): The national exit poll showed on Sunday that Ukrainian actor Volodymyr Zelensky won the country's presidential election by gaining 73.2 percent of the votes in the second round as of 1800 hrs local time (1500 GMT), the Ukrainian government-run Ukrinform news agency said. more
Top UN official urges Russia and Ukraine to step away from further confrontation at sea

New York,  An “immediate de-escalation” of tensions is needed in the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea, the United Nations top political official has said, underlining the im ...

Ukraine: Temperatures plunge amid rising humanitarian needs

New York, Amidst an ongoing active conflict that seems to have fallen off the international community’s radar, temperatures in eastern Ukraine dropping well below zero and leaving m ...

Exercise ‘utmost restraint’ in eastern Ukraine to safeguard civilian life, top UN official urges fighters on the ground

New York,  After a lull in fighting in Ukraine over the summer, the last few weeks have seen a sharp rise in civilian deaths, more than half of which are due to landmines and explosi ...

In UN address, Ukraine President denounces Russia's ‘aggressive expansionist policies’

New York,  Devoting most of his speech before the United Nations General Assembly to castigating Russia for what he said was its “2014 annexation of Crimea” and backing s ...

UN experts urge Ukraine to stop ‘systematic persecution’ of Roma minority

New York: Ukraine must take immediate action to stop what amounts to a “systematic persecution” of the country’s Roma minority, who have been targeted in a series of vio ...

UN calls for ‘new political energy’ to end the conflict in eastern Ukraine

New York: The United Nations top political affairs official on Tuesday stressed the need to breathe life back into ongoing efforts to end the conflict in eastern Ukraine, now in its fifth ...

Ukraine: 200,000 children forced to learn in bullet-riddled classrooms

New York: Some 200,000 girls and boys in eastern Ukraine are commuting to schools whose classroom walls are often riddled with bullets, and playgrounds scattered with metal remnants of wa ...

Ukraine: UN calls for protection of civilians after attacks on water facility workers

New York: Following recent shelling of water treatment workers in eastern Ukraine, a senior United Nations official has called on all parties to the conflict to protect those civilians wh ...

Ukraine: UN agencies stepping up aid to most vulnerable as temperatures plummet

New York, Dec 19(Just Earth News): As temperatures plummet across Ukraine, the United Nations refugee and migration agencies said Tuesday that they are stepping up assistance to the most ...