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8 die of measles in Ukraine this year as outbreak worsens

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UN: 2015 peace accord for Ukraine’s east not implemented

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Ukrainian comedian and presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks during his interview with The Associated Press, in Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019. Zelenskiy, who has taken the lead in Ukraine’s presidential race, says his popularity reflects the public disillusionment with the nation’s politicians. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Volodymyr Zelenskiy, comedian who plays Ukraine’s president on TV, leads real race

By Yuras Karmanau - Associated Press

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko gestures while speaking at a meeting with supporters in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019. Poroshenko declared his intention to run for re-election in March's presidential vote. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Ukraine’s parliament votes to support NATO, EU aspirations

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Ukrainian lawmakers bar Russians from observing election

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Former Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovych speaks during a news conference in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Ukraine’s exiled ex-president claims possible vote rigging

By NATALIYA VASILYEVA - Associated Press

Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko is registered as a candidate for the presidency at the Central Election Commission Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019. Presidential vote in Ukraine is to take place on March 31. (Mikhail Palinchak, Presidential Press Service via AP)

AP Interview: Ukraine ex-PM accuses president of corruption

By YURAS KARMANAU - Associated Press

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko gestures while speaking at a meeting with supporters in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019. Poroshenko declared his intention to run for re-election in March's presidential vote. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Ukraine’s president announces re-election bid for March vote

By YURAS KARMANAU - Associated Press

Ukraine put its military forces on high combat alert and announced martial law in November after Russian border guards fired on and seized three Ukrainian ships in the Black Sea, one of the hot spots where U.S. engagement this year can tilt the trajectory of Europe. (Associated Press/File)

Europe changes give U.S. opportunity in 2019

By Daniel Kochis

Iran's forward Sardar Azmoun, right, fights for the ball against Japan's midfielder Genki Haraguchi, left, during the AFC Asian Cup semifinal soccer match between Iran and Japan at Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Jan. 28, 2015. Japan beat Iran 2-0. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

In Ukraine, a football election and alleged intimidation of journalists cause a stink

By L. Todd Wood

Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko addresses supporters during campaign rally in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019. Tymoshenko has announced her presidential bid. Opinion polls have placed the 58-year-old, who was the country's prime minister between 2007 and 2010, as a front-runner in the presidential election set for March 31. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Ukraine’s ex-PM announces presidential bid

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Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, center, crosses herself during the service marking Orthodox Christmas and celebrating independence of Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the St. Sophia Cathedral in Kiev, Ukraine, Monday, Jan. 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Ukraine OKs property law that could affect 12,000 churches

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Donald Trump and his Republican team backed Ukraine against Russia in stronger terms in the final platform language during the 2016 campaign. (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump campaign sided with Ukraine over Russia

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Ukraine FM: Russia will do everything to break up

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Timeline: Life and death of ex-Nazi guard deported from US

By MICHAEL R. SISAK - Associated Press

Metropolitan Epiphanius, the head of the independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church, conducts the Christmas service in the St. Sophia Cathedral in Kiev, Ukraine, Monday, Jan. 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Ukraine’s Orthodox Christmas marked with bloodshed

By L. Todd Wood

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, third right, his wife Maryna, second right, and his son cross themselves during the service marking Orthodox Christmas and celebrating independence of Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the St. Sophia Cathedral in Kiev, Ukraine, Monday, Jan. 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

President: Ukraine’s new church throws off Russia’s chains

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Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, center left, and Metropolitan Epiphanius, the head of the independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church, center right, attend a religion service at the Patriarchal Church of St. George in Istanbul, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2019. An independent Ukrainian Orthodox church has been created at a signing ceremony in Turkey, formalizing a split with the Russian church it had been tied to since 1686. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Independence decree presented to Ukrainian Orthodox bishop

By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY and JIM HEINTZ - Associated Press

Campaigning in ambiguous presidential race starts in Ukraine

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This undated photo provided by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington shows a painting of Ivan the Terrible that was exhibited in art museum in Ukraine. The painting, stolen in World War II and found in a Connecticut home, is being returned to an art museum in Ukraine. Court records filed Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018, by U.S. officials say the painting of Ivan the Terrible was scheduled to be auctioned by a couple in Ridgefield, Conn., last year when a Ukrainian museum intervened. The museum said the work was a 1911 oil painting that had been stolen during Nazi occupation. (U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington via AP)

Painting stolen in WWII is heading from US to Ukraine

By COLLIN BINKLEY - Associated Press