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In an interview with Euronews, Vsevolod Chentsov says he's disappointed with Hungary for blocking the EU ban on Russian oil.
As tensions continue to rise in Ukraine, Moscow and Kiev are blaming each other for the collapse of the Geneva agreement, signed on April 17. Ukraine's Ambassador to the EU, Kostiantyn Yelisieiev, says there is no doubt that Russia has been using undercover military forces to back separatists in the east of the country. He urges the EU to adopt tougher sanctions against Moscow, likening Europe's response so far to a "mosquito bite".
Ukraine's parliamentary election on October 28th was marred by a delayed vote count and many irregularities. To discuss this issue, Melissa Bell speaks to the Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Kostyantyn Gryshchenko.
Ukrainian soldiers are receiving urban combat training at military bases in England as part of a programme to train 10,000 recruits, many of whom have little military experience.
Explosions and fires ripped through an ammunition depot in Russian-occupied Crimea on Tuesday in the second suspected Ukrainian attack on the peninsula in just over a week, forcing the evacuation of more than 3,000 people. Russia blamed the blasts in the village of Mayskoye on an “act of sabotage,” without naming the perpetrators. FRANCE 24's Chief Foreign Editor Rob Parsons reports from Kyiv, Ukraine.