Latest Ukraine Headlines
All the headlines from our Ukraine Topic Page, ordered by recency.
European Insurers Wary of Rising Threat of Sanctions Against Nord Stream 2 Pipeline
Dec 2 2021 // A simmering threat of sanctions against the operator of the $11 billion Nord Stream 2 pipeline risks shutting off cover from European insurers for the politically sensitive project to bring Russian gas directly to...
Biden Administration Sanctions Russian Insurer for Nord Stream 2: Report
Aug 23 2021 // The Biden administration imposed sanctions on two Russian entities over their involvement in the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project, but is leaving in place a waiver that spared the company overseeing the construction and its...
Families of MH17-Crash Victims Prepare for Painful Phase of Dutch Trial
Jun 7 2021 // AMSTERDAM – Families of people who died in the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 said they were preparing to hear painful details when a critical stage of a trial over the crash starts on Monday. MH17 was...
Swiss Cyber Security Firm Says It Accessed Servers of a SolarWinds Hacking Group
Mar 23 2021 // A Swiss cyber-security firm says it has accessed servers used by a hacking group tied to the SolarWinds breach, revealing details about who the attackers targeted and how they carried out their operation. The firm,...
Iran Crash Victims May Need Political Backing in Fight for Damages
Jan 22 2020 // Families of the 176 people killed when Iran shot down a Ukrainian airliner face a complicated legal battle where backing from the victims’ governments may be crucial as they seek damages, legal experts said. Lawyers...
Tensions Between U.S. and Iran Hamper Probe of Boeing 737-800 Crash near Tehran
Jan 8 2020 // As investigators sift through the charred wreckage of a jetliner that crashed shortly after takeoff from Tehran, contradictory reports have emerged about what might have caused the Boeing Co. 737-800 to abruptly plunge out...
Was It an Act of War? That’s Merck Cyber Attack’s $1.3 Billion Insurance Question.
Dec 3 2019 // By the time Deb Dellapena arrived for work at Merck & Co.’s 90-acre campus north of Philadelphia, there was a handwritten sign on the door: The computers are down. It was worse than it seemed. Some employees who...
Ukrainian Cruise Ship Captain Involved in Recent Collisions in Hungary, Netherlands
Jun 7 2019 // The Ukrainian captain of the cruise ship involved in last week’s deadly collision with a sightseeing boat on the Danube River was also involved in a crash in the Netherlands on April 1, Budapest’s Chief...
UN Shipping Agency Seeks to Clamp Down on Rogue Shipping Companies
Apr 5 2019 // The United Nations’ shipping agency is working on tougher measures to clamp down on rogue shipping companies trying to use flag registries fraudulently to conceal their activities, officials said. All commercial...
Swedbank Money Laundering Scandal Deepens with Possible Ukraine Connection
Feb 27 2019 // Allegations of money laundering against Sweden’s oldest bank grew this week to draw in some of the former Soviet Union’s most notorious individuals. Viktor Yanukovych, the president of Ukraine until 2014, used...
U.S. Charges Traders, Ukrainian Hackers with Stealing SEC Filings on Corporations
Jan 16 2019 // U.S. authorities on Tuesday charged a suspected Ukrainian computer hacker and several traders with scheming to trade on market-moving corporate earnings news stolen from a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission...
Zurich Policyholder Dispute Highlights Danger of Calling Out Cyber Attackers: Opinion
Jan 11 2019 // The $100 million lawsuit that Mondelez, the maker of Oreos and Cadbury chocolate, has brought against Zurich Insurance Group shows that governments should be more careful about identifying the would-be culprits in putative...
