Yuschenko Sets Up National Defence Force As Kiev City Council Wouldn't Recognise Him President Elect
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A National Self-defence Force is being established, announced Victor Yuschenko, who issued his maiden decrees today as National Salvation Committee chief.
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Ukraine looked ahead to Western-leaning Viktor Yushchenko assuming power after he was declared president-elect, with the withdrawal of Kiev's troops from Iraq and strained relations with Russia topping the agenda.
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President-elect Viktor Yushchenko, wearing a fur riding cloak, participated Saturday in a traditional Ukrainian Cossack ceremony, accepting a golden mace as a symbol of leadership on the eve of his official inauguration as president of this ex-Soviet state.
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Ukrainian troops supporting President Yushchenko are defying orders and heading for Kiev, officials say.
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KYIV -- Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko defiantly insisted Friday that a new presidential election was the only way to resolve the crisis gripping Ukraine that has put tens of thousands of protesters into the streets and around government buildings in
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Ukraine's President Yushchenko claims command of interior ministry troops as the country's crisis deepens.
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KYIV, Ukraine  - A convoy of supporters of Ukrainian presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko moved deeper Sunday into the hostile eastern strongholds of his rival, who has ignored requests for safe passage.
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The police is not expecting any incidents involving supporters of Ukrainian presidential candidates Viktor Yushchenko and Viktor Yanukovych, but is prepared to take action if such incidents occur, said ...
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Opponents of incoming Ukraine President Viktor Yushchenko are organizing around an Orthodox cathedral in Odessa, vowing that they will not recognize the country's new government.
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Ukraine kicked off a traditional New Year holiday week with no officially-confirmed president-elect, as Viktor Yanukovich kept up an admittedly hopeless appeal over his election loss to "orange revolution" hero Viktor Yushchenko.
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Ukraine's new PM says Kiev is not ready to join Nato because of public opposition to such a move.
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Ukrainians began casting their ballot Sunday in the presidential election to choose a successor to President Leonid Kuchma. A total of 24 candidates were on the ballot to succeed
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KIEV : Ukraine stepped up security nationwide as it braced for a landmark presidential election fraught with East-West rivalries certain to impact the course of one of Europe&#39;s largest states for years ahead.
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Tension was high in Ukraine Saturday as the nation prepared to vote for a new president in an election that pits West against East.
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Ukrainians Sunday began choosing a new  president in a landmark poll offering a choice between the  ex-Soviet state's prime minister, backed by Russia, and a  liberal rival seeking gradual integration with the West.
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KIEV -- Ukraine's Supreme Court yesterday blocked the inauguration of Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, the declared winner of Sunday's presidential election, agreeing to hear arguments that the vote was tainted by fraud and shifting some momentum to supporters of opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko.
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MOSCOW, May 26 -- Thousands of Interior Ministry troops were ordered to the Ukrainian capital by President Viktor Yushchenko on Saturday as a power struggle with his rival Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych ballooned into a potentially grave clash over who controls sections of the country's security...