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9:00 PM EST - World Briefing: Ukraine: Report Finds War Crimes - New York Times
6:15 PM EST - Amnesty International raises alarm over war crimes in Ukraine - Toronto Star
5:45 PM EST - A Brief History of Ukraine’s Churches - Ukrainian Chicago
5:30 PM EST - European cash to support Ukraine's energy reforms - UPI.com - via Google News
5:15 PM EST - Greenaway to shoot Russia film backed by sanction-hit Putin ally - Yahoo News
5:15 PM EST - Europe and Eurasia: Eastern Partnership Summit - U.S. Dept of State
4:45 PM EST - Ukraine Tries Adapting to Life Without Lenin - Wall Street Journal - via Google News
4:45 PM EST - Ukraine court orders arrest of two 'Russian soldiers' - Yahoo News
4:45 PM EST - 2 Men Captured in Ukraine Admit to Being Russian Soldiers, Monitoring Group Says - New York Times
4:15 PM EST - Poroshenko: legendary Donetsk airport 'cyborg' Kuzminykh released from captivity - UNIAN.info
4:15 PM EST - Russia – in ‘a state of war for survival with the US,’ says RT commentator close to Kremlin - Euromaidan Press
3:45 PM EST - Russia: EU Summit Missed Chance To Narrow Split - Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
3:30 PM EST - Depardieu At Cannes: 'I Like Putin Very Much' - Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
3:30 PM EST - Donetsk People's Republic, Luhansk People's Republic trying to sabotage work of Trilateral contact group's subgroups - Kyiv Post
3:30 PM EST - Financial Times: Ukrainian bondholders face an outbreak of 'Greek fatigue' - Kyiv Post
3:15 PM EST - Minsk to host next meeting of four subgroups on Ukraine settlement on June 2 - Tagliavini - Kyiv Post
3:00 PM EST - Depardieu 'Shocked' By Ukraine Situation - Sky News - via Google News
3:00 PM EST - Back to the drawing board on Ukraine? - The Hill (blog) - via Google News
3:00 PM EST - Information Policy Minister of Ukraine discusses information security with US Under Secretary of State - Kyiv Post
3:00 PM EST - SBU asks Amnesty International to provide information on torture of Ukrainian soldiers by pro-Russian separatists, Russian citizens - Kyiv Post
2:45 PM EST - Russia seeks release of alleged soldiers from Ukraine - CBS News
2:45 PM EST - Bodies of Ukrainian military were found in Donetsk airport - Kyiv Post
2:45 PM EST - Germany ready to channel EUR 200 mln into Ukraine's Energy Efficiency Fund - UNIAN.info
1:45 PM EST - Klitschko: Ukraine politics 'all fight, no rules' - Aljazeera America
1:45 PM EST - News Analysis: EU Eastern Partnership Summit Exposes Fault Line Between Members - Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
1:45 PM EST - Poroshenko asks Croatian prime minister to send experts with experience in overcoming consequences of aggression to Ukraine - Kyiv Post
1:30 PM EST - Kyiv court rules to arrest captive Russian soldiers until July 19 - UNIAN.info
1:15 PM EST - Finland Instructs Nearly 1 Million Reservists, Amid Tension With Russia - Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
1:15 PM EST - Metinvest says Avdiyivka coke plant suffers worst bombardment since ceasefire - Kyiv Post
1:15 PM EST - Kyiv Court arrests second Russian soldier detained in Luhansk Oblast Yerofeyev - Kyiv Post
1:00 PM EST - NATO says sets date for 2016 summit in Warsaw - Yahoo News
1:00 PM EST - Why Chechens Are Fighting Chechens in Ukraine’s Civil War - Time.com
12:45 PM EST - Moldova, Romania to create joint peacekeeping battalion involving Polish, Ukrainian soldiers - Kyiv Post
12:30 PM EST - Germany ready to funnel 200 million euro in Energy Efficiency Fund created by Ukraine - Zubko - Kyiv Post
12:30 PM EST - Defense Ministry denies Amnesty International's reports about alleged POW torture - UNIAN.info
12:15 PM EST - President had a meeting with Prime Minister of Croatia - President.gov.ua
12:15 PM EST - Anti-Maidan Activist Booed By Moscow Students - Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
12:15 PM EST - Zubko says 297 bodies found at Boeing crash site in Ukraine - Kyiv Post
12:00 PM EST - Petro Poroshenko, Werner Faymann and Martin Schulz discussed topical issues of European integration - President.gov.ua
11:45 AM EST - President: Eastern Partnership Summit enhanced the EU's support of Ukraine - President.gov.ua
11:45 AM EST - President had a meeting with Prime Minister of Greece in Riga - President.gov.ua
11:45 AM EST - US will continue to help Ukraine overcome humanitarian crisis - Kyiv Post
11:45 AM EST - Ukraine's European choice acknowledged at Riga's Eastern Partnership summit - UNIAN.info
11:30 AM EST - Podcast: States Within A State - Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
11:15 AM EST - Agence France-Presse: 'War crimes' rampant in Ukraine - Amnesty - Kyiv Post
11:15 AM EST - EU-Ukraine free trade area set for launch next January - Eastern Partnership statement - Kyiv Post
10:45 AM EST - EU embrace of eastern partners turns lukewarm - Yahoo News
10:45 AM EST - Tusk says Riga summit's final statements cause very serious discussion - Kyiv Post
10:45 AM EST - Vyshyvanka Day 100 years ago and today: interactive map of Ukrainian embroidered shirts - Euromaidan Press
10:30 AM EST - EU and Ukraine sign Memorandum of Understanding for €1.8 billion in financial ... - EU News - via Google News
10:30 AM EST - EU summit pledges €1.8bn to Ukraine but Russia remains elephant in room - The Guardian
10:30 AM EST - President: Ukraine will do everything to establish visa-free regime with the EU next year - President.gov.ua
10:30 AM EST - Russian newspaper exposes Moscow’s “federalization of Ukraine” hypocrisy - Euromaidan Press
10:15 AM EST - Ben Hodges - Ukrainian Сrisis Media Center
10:15 AM EST - Poroshenko says EU has given Ukraine, Georgia clear signal about prospects of visa-free regime - Kyiv Post
10:15 AM EST - Hr 160 million spent on European Wall project, it will be realized by 2018 - Yatsenyuk - Kyiv Post
10:15 AM EST - Ukraine cancels risky agreements with Russia - Euromaidan Press
10:15 AM EST - Zubko: 297 bodies found at Boeing crash site in Ukraine - Interfax Ukraine
10:15 AM EST - Germany ready to funnel EUR 200 mln in Energy Efficiency Fund created by Ukraine - Interfax Ukraine
10:00 AM EST - 'War crimes' rampant in Ukraine: Amnesty - Yahoo News
10:00 AM EST - No political obstacles to Ukraine-EU visa free regime - Poroshenko - Interfax Ukraine
10:00 AM EST - Riga summit's final statements cause very serious discussion – Tusk - Interfax Ukraine
9:45 AM EST - Russians know perfectly well what’s going on - UNIAN.info
9:45 AM EST - UAH 160 mln spent on European Wall project, it will be realized by 2018 - Yatseniuk - Interfax Ukraine
9:45 AM EST - Eastern Partnership could have been more instrumentally efficient – Poroshenko - Interfax Ukraine
9:45 AM EST - EU has given Ukraine, Georgia clear signal about prospects of visa-free regime - Poroshenko - Interfax Ukraine
9:30 AM EST - Experts name competition and business involvement critical for successful property rights registration reform - Ukrainian Сrisis Media Center
9:30 AM EST - President had a meeting with Prime Minister of Sweden in Riga - President.gov.ua
9:30 AM EST - Pro-EU Demonstrators At Riga Summit - Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
9:30 AM EST - Russia’s actions in occupied Crimea show how Moscow plans to destroy non-Russian languages in Russia itself - Euromaidan Press
9:15 AM EST - Russian troops in Ukraine: 'admit to being in Russian army' – OSCE - UNIAN.info
9:00 AM EST - Schedule of press briefings in Ukraine Crisis Media Center for May 23, 2015 - Ukrainian Сrisis Media Center
9:00 AM EST - Gérard Depardieu discusses Russia in Cannes: 'If Crimea had been American it would have been a different matter' - The Guardian
9:00 AM EST - Amnesty says torture is 'commonplace' for Ukraine war prisoners - Aljazeera America
9:00 AM EST - Putin spokesman says Russia aims to free 2 held in Ukraine, won't comment if they're soldiers - Fox News
9:00 AM EST - Kremlin Spokesman: Russia Wants to Free 2 Held in Ukraine - ABC News
9:00 AM EST - Ukrainian parliament allows use of video and audio records in official bribery cases - UNIAN.info
9:00 AM EST - Exclusive Interview: Expert Taras Kuzio tells Ukraine Today why Novorossiya project failed - UNIAN.info
9:00 AM EST - EU remains supportive of Ukraine's territorial integrity, sovereignty – Riga summit statement - Interfax Ukraine
8:45 AM EST - Three Ukrainian soldiers killed, 12 injured - Kyiv Post
8:45 AM EST - Ukraine, Georgia could get visa-free travel in case of favorable 2015 European Commission report - Kyiv Post
8:45 AM EST - Ukrainian army spots record number of militant drones in Donbas overnight - UNIAN.info
8:45 AM EST - Riga summit participants confirm sovereignty, territorial integrity of Eastern Partnership countries - Interfax Ukraine
8:30 AM EST - Amnesty International: Overwhelming new evidence of prisoners being tortured and killed amid conflict - UNIAN.info
8:15 AM EST - Amnesty: Torture of POWs is Rife in Ukraine Conflict - Voice of America
8:15 AM EST - President: Europe urgently needs solidarity with Ukraine - President.gov.ua
8:15 AM EST - Hollande Says Russia And Rebels Need To Be Pressured To Respect Truce - Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
8:15 AM EST - Parliament plans to ban advance payment of central bank's profit to national budget - Kyiv Post
8:00 AM EST - EU, Ukraine Agree to $2 Billion Loan Deal at Summit - Voice of America
8:00 AM EST - Kremlin Trying To Free Russians Held By Kyiv - Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
8:00 AM EST - Poroshenko and Cameron discuss possibility of Donbas peacekeeping mission - Kyiv Post
8:00 AM EST - Three bodies of Ukrainian military personnel found in Donetsk airport - Kyiv Post
8:00 AM EST - Three Ukrainian soldiers killed, 12 wounded in conflict zone in last day - UNIAN.info
8:00 AM EST - Deposit Guarantee Fund prolongs liquidation of Brokbusinessbank for one year - Interfax Ukraine
7:45 AM EST - Fresh fighting erupts in east Ukraine, three Ukrainian soldiers killed - Yahoo News
7:45 AM EST - Are Chinese/Russian Military Exercises an Effort to Offset US Primacy? - Voice of America
7:45 AM EST - Amnesty Says Torture Of Ukraine War Prisoners Widespread - Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
7:45 AM EST - Russian activists to give NATO evidence of soldiers dying in Ukraine - Kyiv Post
7:45 AM EST - Amnesty International urges UN agencies, experts to send mission to Ukraine to visit prisoner detention sites - Interfax Ukraine
7:45 AM EST - Ukraine bondholders must consider haircuts, says Blackrock executive - Interfax Ukraine
7:45 AM EST - Poroshenko meets Swedish, Croatian, Austrian premiers, EP president in Riga - Interfax Ukraine
7:45 AM EST - Parliament plans to ban advance payment of NBU's profit to national budget - Interfax Ukraine
7:45 AM EST - Merkel sees prospect of Ukraine getting visa-free travel with EU if all conditions are met – Poroshenko - Interfax Ukraine
7:30 AM EST - Ukraine crisis makes EU eastern partnership more important: Merkel - Yahoo News
7:30 AM EST - Deutsche Welle: Amnesty says 'ongoing' war crimes by both sides in eastern Ukraine conflict - Kyiv Post
7:30 AM EST - Kyiv, Brussels sign memorandum on granting EUR 1.8 billion in aid to Ukraine - UNIAN.info
7:30 AM EST - Mogherini: Countries of Eastern Partnership reach level of ‘normal relations’ with EU - UNIAN.info
7:15 AM EST - Amnesty Says Torture Of Ukraine War Prisoners Is Rife - The Epoch Times
7:15 AM EST - Amnesty International urges UN agencies, experts to send mission to Ukraine to visit prisoner detention sites - Kyiv Post
7:15 AM EST - Novaya Gazeta interview with Russian soldiers captured in Ukraine: English translation - UNIAN.info
7:00 AM EST - Amnesty says torture of Ukraine war prisoners is rife - U.S. News & World Report - via Google News
7:00 AM EST - President had a meeting with Prime Minister of the United Kingdom - President.gov.ua
7:00 AM EST - Infrastructure minister signs Ukrzaliznytsia's financial plan with UAH 47 bln revenue - Interfax Ukraine
6:45 AM EST - Amnesty says torture of Ukraine war prisoners is rife - STLtoday.com - via Google News
6:45 AM EST - EU Eastern Partnership Summit Hangs On Wording - Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
6:45 AM EST - Three Ukrainian servicemen killed in fighting in eastern Ukraine: Kiev military - Reuters
6:45 AM EST - Poroshenko, Merkel, Hollande reiterate all clauses of Minsk agreements should be observed - Interfax Ukraine
6:15 AM EST - President had a meeting with Federal Chancellor of Germany and President of France - President.gov.ua
6:15 AM EST - Pyatt says US wants Russia to comply with Minsk agreements commitments - Kyiv Post
6:15 AM EST - No promises, but EU wants to stay friends with its eastern partners - Kyiv Post
6:15 AM EST - Ukraine Contact Group, its political sub-group to meet in Minsk on May 22 - Kyiv Post
6:15 AM EST - EU agrees €1.8bn loan to Ukraine - BBC News
6:00 AM EST - Ukraine's Arseniy Yatseniuk urges EU leaders not to fear Russia - Financial Times - via Google News
5:45 AM EST - Amnesty International: All sides in Ukraine fighting are perpetrating war crimes almost daily - Fox News
5:45 AM EST - Parliament extends term to submit information on beneficiaries by companies by four months - Kyiv Post
5:45 AM EST - Ambassador Pyatt says US insists on extradition of Firtash for trial - Kyiv Post
5:45 AM EST - Merkel: Visa-free prospects for Ukraine to come closer once necessary criteria fulfilled - UNIAN.info
5:30 AM EST - Amnesty International says prisoners in Ukraine's war are tortured on both sides - Kyiv Post - via Google News
5:30 AM EST - Amnesty Says Torture of Ukraine War Prisoners Is Rife - ABC News
5:30 AM EST - Bloomberg: Ukraine debt restructuring talks scheduled as tensions thaw - Kyiv Post
5:30 AM EST - Captured Russian soldier: Kremlin doesn’t want to admit presence of Russian army in Donbas, but it's there - UNIAN.info
5:30 AM EST - Moody's: Metinvest missing $114 million repayment of outstanding 2015 notes is credit negative - Interfax Ukraine
5:15 AM EST - Ukraine, EC sign memo on 1.8 billion euros macro-financial aid - Kyiv Post
5:00 AM EST - EU Careful Not to Tread on Moscow's Toes at Eastern Summit - Voice of America
5:00 AM EST - Commissioner says EU visa-free travel for Ukraine, Georgia dependent on their compliance with terms - Kyiv Post
5:00 AM EST - Militants fire on Shastya: One soldier seriously wounded, several houses burned, power lines damaged - UNIAN.info
5:00 AM EST - U.S. insists on extradition of Firtash for trial - Ambassador Pyatt - Interfax Ukraine
4:45 AM EST - EU, Ukraine sign $2 billion loan deal at Eastern Partnership summit - Fox News
4:45 AM EST - EU, Ukraine Sign $2 Billion Loan Deal at Eastern Summit - ABC News
4:45 AM EST - Armenian president says consensus can hopefully be reached to resolve Ukraine crisis - Kyiv Post
4:45 AM EST - NATO: Russia deploys systems that can be used with nuclear weapons - UNIAN.info
4:45 AM EST - Chornomorsky shipyard attracts order worth $170,000 from Belize's Concord Shipbuilding Corp. - Interfax Ukraine
4:45 AM EST - Ukraine, EC sign memo on EUR 1.8 bln macro-financial aid - Interfax Ukraine
4:30 AM EST - ATO Headquarters: Militants continue to ruin Donbas, firing artillery and mortars - UNIAN.info
4:30 AM EST - US to send missile destroyer to Black Sea - UNIAN.info
4:15 AM EST - One Worker Killed In Shelling Of Industrial Site In Ukraine - Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
4:15 AM EST - The Moscow Times: Russian soldiers captured in Ukraine feel 'abandoned' by Moscow - Kyiv Post
4:15 AM EST - Second day of EU summit starts in Riga with differences over declaration wording - UNIAN.info
4:15 AM EST - Merkel: Eastern Partnership not instrument of EU expansion - Interfax Ukraine
4:15 AM EST - Consensus can hopefully be reached to resolve Ukraine crisis - Armenian President - Interfax Ukraine
4:15 AM EST - Ukrgazvydobuvannia removes seven projects from agreements on joint operation with Karpatygaz - Interfax Ukraine
4:00 AM EST - Shelling kills one worker at east Ukraine coke plant: Metinvest - Yahoo News
4:00 AM EST - Government ‘has to simplify procedure for Donbas residents entering Ukrainian-controlled territory’ - UNIAN.info
4:00 AM EST - Father of captured Russian soldier: My son is former soldier - UNIAN.info
4:00 AM EST - Poroshenko lists conditions to gain visa-free regime in 2016 - UNIAN.info
4:00 AM EST - Verkhovna Rada Committee for Economic Policy recommends Ukrainian Parliament adopt as a basis and on the whole draft law on introduction of amendments into Article 16 of Law of Ukraine "On privatizati - Rada.gov.ua
4:00 AM EST - Verkhovna Rada Committee for Industrial Policy and Entrepreneurship recommends Ukrainian Parliament adopt on the whole draft law "On introduction of amendments into some Laws of Ukraine" (as to data o - Rada.gov.ua
4:00 AM EST - Verkhovna Rada adopts Resolution "On validation of Verkhovna Rada Statement "On departure from some obligations enshrined in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and Convention fo - Rada.gov.ua
4:00 AM EST - Verkhovna Rada adopts number of laws on denunciation of agreements between Government of Ukraine and Government of Russian Federation - Rada.gov.ua
3:45 AM EST - One worker killed in heavy shelling of Avdiyivka coke plant in east Ukraine: Metinvest - Reuters
3:45 AM EST - Groysman: sending draft law on restructure of obligations on loans in foreign currency for third reading will allow adoption of high-quality document that will really improve situation for people - Rada.gov.ua
3:45 AM EST - Ukrenergo sells access to 545 MW of Burshtyn Island electricity for UAH 33,000 to export in June - Interfax Ukraine
3:45 AM EST - Eastern Partnership countries not ready for getting EU membership prospect - Juncker - Interfax Ukraine
3:15 AM EST - Captured Russians visited by lawyer in Kyiv - Kyiv Post
3:15 AM EST - Eastern Partnership countries not ready for getting EU membership prospect - Kyiv Post
3:15 AM EST - Ukraine imports gas from Europe at $288.50 in March – statistics - Interfax Ukraine
3:15 AM EST - Ukraine, Georgia may get visa-free regime with EU in 2016, if all criteria are met in 2015 – Latvian PM - Interfax Ukraine
3:00 AM EST - Ukraine Officially Bans Communist Symbols, Propaganda - NBC News
3:00 AM EST - Amnesty International says prisoners in Ukraine’s war are tortured on both sides - Kyiv Post
2:45 AM EST - Raiffeisen predicts Ukraine's GDP fall by 10% in 2015 - Interfax Ukraine
2:15 AM EST - Bloomberg: Ukraine bonds rise as BlackRock says don't dismiss principal cut - Kyiv Post
2:00 AM EST - Ukraine wants ECHR to continue consideration of abduction of Donbas orphans to Russia - UNIAN.info
1:45 AM EST - Verkhovna Rada Chairperson Volodymyr Groysman welcomes residents of town of Voznesensk in Mykolaiv region on 220th town foundation anniversary - Rada.gov.ua
1:45 AM EST - Verkhovna Rada Committee for Legal Policy recommends Ukrainian Parliament adopt as a basis and on the whole draft law "On introduction of amendments into some legislative acts of Ukraine as to improve - Rada.gov.ua
1:45 AM EST - Verkhovna Rada Committee for Free Speech and Information Policy recommends Ukrainian Parliament adopt as a basis draft law on introduction of amendments into some Laws of Ukraine (as to improvement of - Rada.gov.ua
1:00 AM EST - Probing in Savchenko case over, court hearing may take place in August – lawyer - UNIAN.info
1:00 AM EST - 'Russian soldiers' confess to OSCE - BBC News
12:15 AM EST - Ukraine fears spread of separatist conflict amid hostility towards Kiev - The Guardian
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