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4:3 Security forces surrender, governor in handcuffs, as protesters seize key buildings
Anti-government protesters in the western Ukrainian city of Lutsk on Wednesday dragged the regional governor out of his office and into a square, where they handcuffed him to a pole after he refused to resign.
Oleksandr Bashkalenko was...
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Lawmakers finally elect a speaker after scuffles
1. Scuffles between opposition and members of the ruling Party of Regions in the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's Parliament)
2. Mid shot of scuffles
3. Wide shot of parliamentary session hall
4. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Vitaly Klitchko, leader of...
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NEW AIRPORT TERMINAL FOR EURO 2012 OPENS
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych opened a new terminal at Kiev's Boryspil International Airport on Monday, less than two weeks before the country co-hosts the Euro 2012 football championship with Poland.
Built at a cost of 42 (m)...
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Gunmen in camouflage uniforms stood guard on Tuesday outside seized government offices in Luhansk, one of the largest cities in eastern Ukraine. (April 30)
Gunmen in camouflage uniforms stood guard on Tuesday outside seized government offices in Luhansk, one of the largest cities in eastern Ukraine.
Armed militias are now in control of most government offices in the city, including the...
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Opposition deputies block parliament chairman from entering session hall for debate
Ukrainian opposition leaders said on Tuesday that they have collected nearly all the required signatures to force President Viktor Yanukovych's cabinet to resign.
However, the government was likely to block any vote of no-confidence...
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President calls for coalition talks as 5 parties make it to parliament
1. Wide of Ukrainian president Victor Yushchenko outside of presidential office
2. Close up of sign on wall reading (Ukranian): President of Ukraine
3. Wide of media
4. President Yushchenko coming out of the office towards media
5....
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Yushchenko supporters in opposition heartland
Day shots
1. Wide shot exterior of National Bank of Ukraine
2. Sign and flag
3. Wide shot people by bank's entrance trying to get in
4. People by bank's entrance
5. Close up people at entrance pan to bank employee not letting people...
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AP pix of Turkish delegation arriving, paying respects to Niyazov
1. Wide of Turkish delegation arriving at Presidential Palace of Turkmenbashi
2. Soldiers carrying wreath
3. Wide of Turkish delegation walking, zoom in
4. Soldiers guarding coffin of of President Saparmurat Niyazov
5. Various of...
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US undersecretary of state visits Parliament building
Deputy Secretary of State William Burns met political figures at Ukraine's Parliament on Tuesday, as part of a series of meetings senior US officials are taking part of in Kiev.
Burns, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew and other US officials...
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Morning scenes in Kiev, Canadian FM comment
Canada's foreign minister visited Kiev's Independence Square on Friday, laying flowers for those killed during recent violence.
John Baird said he was in the country to "do a lot of listening" and to help Ukraine's transition to a new...
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Riot police disperse protest rally in Independence Square
Police in the Ukrainian capital Kiev broke up a large anti-government demonstration in the city centre before dawn on Saturday, swinging truncheons and injuring many.
The riot police used tear gas when they dispersed the crowd of about...
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Ukrainians take an icy river swim to mark Epiphany, President Yanukovich attends service
Orthodox Christians in Ukraine celebrated the festival of Epiphany on Sunday by taking a dip in the ice cold waters in the capital of Kiev.
Braving the chilly temperatures, a group of winter swimmers plunged into the Dnieper River, a...
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French FM Fabius comments on Ukraine during visit to China
France's Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Sunday that it was important that Ukrainians remain united and there should be no more violence as the country looks ahead to presidential elections in May.
Fabius, who along with his...
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New cabinet of Ukraine seeks way out of economic crisis
Ukraine's new Cabinet met on Friday to seek a way out of the country's economic crisis.
The finance ministry has said it needs 35 (b) billion US dollars over the next two years to avoid default.
In a bid to shore up Ukraine's fledgling...
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Ukraine's parliament fails to pass Tymoshenko release bills
Ukraine's parliament on Thursday failed to pass bills that would have enabled the release of jailed former premier Yulia Tymoshenko, dealing a harsh blow to this ex-Soviet republic's chances of integration with the European Union.
The...
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Arrivals for security summit, German and Swedish FM comments
1. Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych arriving at the Munich Security Conference
2. Mid of UK Defence Secretary Philip Hammond arriving for the conference
3. Mid of US delegation with Senators John McCain and Joe Lieberman arriving...
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Protesters seize regional offices, Kiev activists angry with president
Anti-government protesters on Saturday seized a regional administration building in the city of Vinnytsia, and officials warned that police could storm the Kiev city hall to free two policemen allegedly captured by demonstrators, as...
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+4:3 Ukraine doesn't exclude use of force to free govt buildings seized by pro-Russian protesters in eastern cities
As pro-Russian separatists continued to occupy a regional security services headquarters in the eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk, the country's deputy interior minister refused to rule out the use of force to liberate it.
The building...
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Pro-EU protesters march with cabbages to show disdain for Yanukovych, rival pro-govt demo
Rival marches to support and denounce Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych's decision not to sign an association agreement with the European Union (EU) took place on Friday in Kiev.
The anti-government protesters brought cabbages to...
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News conference after talks, adds reaction
1. Ukrainian officials including Viktor Yanukovych and Viktor Yushchenko enter room
2. Ukrainian officials standing behind microphones
3. SOUNDBITE: (Ukrainian, with English translations) Leonid Kuchma, Ukraine President:
"When the...
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Anti-Russia protesters demonstrate outside parliament, react to Yanukovych comments
Hundreds gathered outside Ukraine's Parliament on Tuesday to demand the release of protesters arrested during clashes in Independence Square in Kiev.
Some played drums or trumpets, others rallied the crowd with a loudspeaker.
"We want to...
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Tymoshenko voting in Ukrainian parliamentary elections
1. Wide of Yulia Tymoshenko, leader of opposition party and former ally of President Victor Yushchenko arriving at polling station
2. Various of Tymoshenko registering for her vote
3. Tymoshenko casting her ballot
4. Press outside...
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Daughter reads out statement by ex-PM who says president killing EU hopes
Ukraine's jailed former premier Yulia Tymoshenko accused President Viktor Yanukovych of killing the country's hopes to sign a landmark integration agreement with the European Union by going after her lawyer.
Tymoshenko's top attorney,...
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Orange parties in coalition deal, back Tymoshenko as PM
1. Wide of Ukrainian parliament
2. Former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, speaking with other parliament colleagues
3. Ukrainian parliament members
4. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Yulia Tymoshenko, Former Ukrainian Prime Minister:
"I am sure...