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Euro 2020 highlights: Belgium in pre-quarters, beats Denmark in a thriller

Belgium beats Denmark 2-1 as de Bryune scores and Belgium takes lead in second half. Check Denmark vs Belgium highlights and match reports here

Ukraine, North Macedonia need points after Euro 2020 losses

Both Ukraine and North Macedonia conceded late goals in their opening matches at the European Championship, and both lost because of them. The teams will next play each other at Euro 2020 on Thursday, knowing another loss just might end their chances of advancement. The top two teams in each of the six groups advance to the round of 16, along with the four best third-place teams. Ukraine managed to recover from two goals down against the Netherlands in Amsterdam on Sunday, but Denzel Dumfries headed in an 85th-minute winner for the Dutch. We come back after 2-0 down and it's so frustrating to lose a game in the last minutes, said Ukraine captain Andriy Yarmolenko, who scored one of his team's goals. We have two more games to go and we will still play with the same energy, he said. If we (advance), then it will be great. North Macedonia, one of the two tournament newcomers at Euro 2020 along with Finland, had been holding Austria to a 1-1 scoreline before substitutes Michael ...

Pentagon announces $150mn in security assistance package for Ukraine

The Pentagon has announced $150 million of security assistance package for Ukraine to enhance its defense capability

Ukraine's Euro 2020 shirt to keep Crimea design, lose slogan

Ukraine must modify its team shirt for the European Championship after UEFA on Thursday upheld part of a Russian complaint about slogans and a map that included Crimea. The yellow-and-blue shirt design unveiled on Sunday angered Russian officials by including an outline of Ukraine's land territory with the Crimea region which Russia annexed in 2014. The fresh UEFA ruling allows the map to stay on the shirt, in line with international law which recognizes the Russian annexation as illegal. However, one of the two slogans woven into the inside of the shirt collar Glory to the heroes must be removed. Glory to Ukraine can remain visible on the back of the shirt's neck. Russian lawmakers linked the two slogans together as being used by Ukrainian nationalists, some of whom fought with the Nazis against the Soviet Union in World War II. UEFA said it approved Glory to the heroes last December, separate from the other slogan which was allowed two years earlier. Following further analysi

Prez Joe Biden invites Ukrainian president to White House this summer

President Joe Biden has invited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for a White House visit this summer

Ukraine's first shipment of 184 oxygen concentrators arrives in India

An aircraft carrying the first shipment of 184 oxygen concentrators arrived from Ukraine to India on Monday, as the country battles the second wave of coronavirus pandemic

Ukraine coronavirus cases: Daily high of 20,000 virus cases reported

Ukraine recorded a new daily high of more than 20,000 coronavirus cases

Ukraine gets first vaccine shipment from India as hospitals struggle

Ukraine on Tuesday received its first shipment of vaccine, raising hopes that authorities can start beating back the virus' spread in a country where cases have strained the fragile health care system

Russia clashes with US and Wester allies over conflict in Ukraine

The United States and European allies France, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Norway, Belgium and the United Kingdom blamed Russia for fueling the conflict

Five coronavirus strains circulating in Ukraine, says Health Ministry

Five strains of new coronavirus infection are circulating in Ukraine, the countries health ministry has said

Rift between Russia and Ukraine creates a potential dilemma for India

A Russian press release on Tuesday formally objected to the overhaul in Ukraine of military equipment built and sold by Russia

Ukraine becomes 17th country to have air bubble arrangement with India

India has established a separate bilateral air bubble arrangement with Ukraine for operation of special international passenger flights between the two countries, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Wednesday. Till now, India had formed such arrangements with 16 countries -- Afghanistan, Bahrain, Oman, Canada, France, Germany, Iraq, Japan, the Maldives, Nigeria, Qatar, the UAE, Kenya, Bhutan, the UK and the USA. Under an air bubble pact between the two countries, special international passenger flights can be operated by their airlines into each other's territories under restrictive conditions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. "To further widen the scope of international air connectivity, an air bubble arrangement is now in place for flights between India & Ukraine, taking the number of such arrangements to 17,"Puri said on Twitter. "Carriers of India & Ukraine will operate between the two countries,"he added. Scheduled international flights have been suspended in ..

Iran says Ukraine jet's black boxes 'inoperable' minutes after strike

Three pilots can be heard for 19 seconds in the flight data recordings after the Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737 was hit by the first Iranian missile on Jan. 8

Ukraine, Iran begin negotiations on compensation for Ukrainian jet crash

Kuleba noted that the process would not be easy, but Ukraine will do everything to achieve maximum compensation for the relatives of the victims of the plane crash

Putin's key Kremlin aide responsible for Ukraine unrest resigns, says ally

The Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said there was no official decree on Vladislav Surkov's resignation and that there had been no change in policy

US Secretary of State Pompeo snaps at journalist over Ukraine question

"Do you owe Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch an apology?" Kelly asked Pompeo.

Iran's aviation authority confirms two missiles fired at Ukrainian airliner

"Investigators... discovered that two Tor-M1 missiles... were fired at the aircraft," it said, adding an investigation was ongoing to assess the bearing their impact had on the accident.

Iran won't take downed plane's recorders abroad, to inspect itself: Report

Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency had said on Saturday the black boxes were being sent to Ukraine. It reported that Iran would not seek to read them at home.

Iran sending black boxes of downed plane to Ukraine, says news agency

Iranian authorities prepared for experts from France, Canada and the United States to examine the data from boxes.

Dozens arrested over Iran airline downing protests in Tehran: Judiciary

The Ukraine International Airlines plane was brought down by a missile shortly after takeoff from Tehran last Wednesday, killing all 176 passengers and crew