11:50
25.5.2014
During Ukraine's mass antigovernment protests early this year, the Trofanyuk family traveled to Kyiv to join the Maidan movement on Independence Square. Now back in their village in western Ukraine, the Trofanyuks are hoping that the early presidential election on May 25 will bring the stability the country needs. Avideo by Anastasia Moskvychova of RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service.
11:53
25.5.2014
More from the Akhmetov residence in Donetsk:
11:54
25.5.2014
After casting her vote in the presidential election in the eastern Ukrainian city Dnipropetrovsk, presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko said that, if elected president, she will seek full NATO membership for Ukraine. A video from RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service)
11:55
25.5.2014
Voters in Luhansk, in eastern Ukraine, were unable to cast their ballots in the presidential election as most of the city's polling stations were closed. Pro-Russian rebels seized or blocked the offices of many election commissions in the area, in some cases kidnapping and intimidating election officials. A video from RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service.
12:01
25.5.2014
From our news desk:
Two Russian journalists held for a week after being detained by pro-government forces in eastern Ukraine have been released.
Oleg Sidyakin and Marat Saichenko were detained on May 18 near the eastern town of Kramatorsk.
The two journalists for website LifeNews were released early on May 25 and first flew to Chechnya's capital, Grozny, where they met with leader Ramzan Kadyrov.
Speaking to reporters later in the day in Moscow, Sidyakin and Saichenko denied claims that they were carrying antiaircraft missiles when detained.
On May 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed the accusation as "nonsense and delirium."
Life News is owned by News Media Holding – a private Russian firm controlled by Kremlin-loyalist Aram Babrelyanov and whose major shareholders include members of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle.
Oleg Sidyakin and Marat Saichenko were detained on May 18 near the eastern town of Kramatorsk.
The two journalists for website LifeNews were released early on May 25 and first flew to Chechnya's capital, Grozny, where they met with leader Ramzan Kadyrov.
Speaking to reporters later in the day in Moscow, Sidyakin and Saichenko denied claims that they were carrying antiaircraft missiles when detained.
On May 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed the accusation as "nonsense and delirium."
Life News is owned by News Media Holding – a private Russian firm controlled by Kremlin-loyalist Aram Babrelyanov and whose major shareholders include members of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle.
12:10
25.5.2014
12:17
25.5.2014
Its early (1300) and its unofficial. But an (illegal) exit poll shows Poroshenko with a very strong lead:
12:33
25.5.2014
Residents of the village of Velyky Dalnyk near Odesa, in southern Ukraine, said they were hoping for peace and prosperity as they went to the polls to elect the country's new president on May 25. A video from RFE/RL's Moldova Service.
12:34
25.5.2014
12:36
25.5.2014
RFE/RL's Glenn Kates' lunch in Mezhova