Oleksandr Turchynov

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  Kiev Evacuates Hundreds From Site of Deadly Kiev Fuel Blasts

  Ukraine urgently evacuated hundreds of residents today from the site of a series of fuel depot blasts near Kiev that set off a ferocious fire and left several people missing and at least one confirmed dead.

• Ukraine Seeks to Ban Communist Party

  Ukraine sought on Tuesday to ban the Communist Party more than two decades after the Soviet Union's collapse because of its alleged support for pro-Russian insurgents battling government forces in the separatist east.

• 14 Ukraine Soldiers Killed in Rebel Attacks: President

  Ukrainian President Oleksandr Turchynov said on Thursday that 14 troops had been killed in two overnight attacks by rebel forces in the separatist east of the country.

• Ukraine Will Not Bow to Rebel 'Blackmail': Interim President

  Ukraine's interim President Oleksandr Turchynov said on Wednesday that Kiev was ready to listen to pro-Russians in the restive east but would not bow to rebel blackmail.

• Ukraine military recaptures eastern airport

  In the first Ukrainian military action against a pro-Russian uprising in the east, special forces on Tuesday recaptured a small airport that had been occupied by militiamen, the government said.

• Ukraine leader signals support for national referendum on status

  Ukraine's interim president on Monday signalled support for a national referendum on turning the ex-Soviet republic into a federation with broader rights for its heavily Russified east.

• US urges Russian President Vladimir Putin to stop destabilizing Ukraine

  The United States told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday to stop destabilizing Ukraine, warning it had evidence that clashes involving pro-Kremlin forces were incited by outsiders and raised the threat of new sanctions.

• Ukraine orders withdrawal of armed forces from Crimea

  Ukraine's acting president announced on Monday that the ex-Soviet nation's troops have been given orders to withdraw from Crimea following the peninsula's seizure and annexation by Russia.

• Ukraine won't intervene in Crimea, says president

  Ukraine's acting president has said the country will not use its army to stop Crimea from seceding, the latest sign that a Russian annexation of the strategic peninsula may be imminent.

• Ukraine makes first contacts with Russia to avert war

  Ukraine's interim Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said on Tuesday that his government had made the first "timid" contacts with Russian leaders aimed at resolving the crisis in his ex-Soviet state.

• US Secretary of State John Kerry pledges $1 billion for Ukraine

  US Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday became the highest-profile foreign diplomat to visit Ukraine's interim government, offering a $1 billion support package in the face of an escalating crisis with Russia.

• Ukraine navy chief switches allegiance to Crimea pro-Russia authorities

  Ukraine's navy chief announced Sunday he had switched allegiance to the pro-Russian authorities of the flashpoint peninsula of Crimea, a day after he was appointed to the post by interim leader Oleksandr Turchynov.

• Ukraine disbands riot police as leaders seek to unite country

  Ukraine's new pro-Western leaders on Wednesday disbanded the country's feared riot police as they sought to win confidence from the splintered and economically ravaged nation in their efforts to forge a unity government.