Ukraine
Fighting eases in Donetsk after Ukraine ‘reclaims airport from rebels’
Fighting eased in the Donetsk region on Monday after Ukraine launched a major offensive and claimed to clear pro-Russian rebels from most of the airport...
Ukraine leader vows to retake separatist-held east
Ukraine’s president vowed Sunday to reassert government control over eastern regions as the army unleashed a counter-offensive against Russian-backed...
Ten Ukraine civilians killed after ‘stray’ rocket hits bus at checkpoint
Ten Ukrainian civilians were killed and more than a dozen wounded on Tuesday when a long-range Grad rocket, apparently fired by pro-Russian insurgents,...
President Poroshenko tells Ukrainians: ‘We will win this war - God is on our side’
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has promised to defeat the “cruel-hearted foe” trying to break the former Soviet republic apart, in a...
Ukraine peace talks will not take place on Sunday, pro-Russian rebels reveal
A Ukrainian separatist leader said a new round of peace talks aimed at easing the conflict between the Kiev government and rebels will not take place on...
UN says death toll in eastern Ukraine nears 5,000
Fighting in eastern Ukraine has killed at least 4,707 people since the conflict began in mid-April and more than a quarter of the recorded deaths have...
Ukraine cheers U.S. vote for military aid, Russia cries foul
Ukraine welcomed a US bill that would allow Washington to provide lethal military assistance to the embattled country, but Russia expressed outrage at...
Ukraine buys Russian gas after 6 killed in cease-fire
With freezing temperatures gripping Kiev, Ukraine’s state energy firm Naftogaz said on Friday it had transferred $378 million to Russia’s Gazprom...
Ending the bloodshed? Ukraine and rebels agree to ‘truce’ in Luhansk
Ukraine’s military and separatist forces have agreed “in principle” on a new ceasefire from Dec.
EU sanctions and oil price fall ‘will cost Russia $140bn a year’
Russia is set to lose around $40 billion per year due to Western sanctions over the Ukraine conflict, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on Monday.
Ukraine’s Facebook revolution, 1 year later
Ukraine’s revolution began with a status update on Facebook. Angered by another high-handed move by an increasingly unpopular government, activist...
Two months after truce, peace seems impossible for Ukraine and Russia
Prospects for peace in eastern Ukraine are “bleak”, underscoring the need to uphold a shaky ceasefire between government forces and pro-Russian...
NATO leader sees ‘serious military buildup’ in Ukraine, urges Russia to pull back
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has denounced what he calls a serious Russian military buildup both inside Ukraine and on the Russian side of the...
Ukraine PM Yatseniuk insists: Building an army to stop Russia is our priority
Ukraine’s top priority is to build an army strong enough to stop Russian military aggression, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said on Friday,...
NATO says Russian troops in Ukraine as Ukrainian troops re-deployed
NATO on Wednesday accused Russia of sending tanks, troops and military hardware to east Ukraine, raising fears of renewed all-out fighting and calling...
Intense artillery fire in Ukraine’s rebel bastion Donetsk
Intense artillery fire broke out Sunday in the separatist bastion of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, according to AFP journalists in the area.
Teens playing football killed by shelling in Ukraine’s Donetsk; peace plan fizzles
Two teenagers were killed by shelling on Wednesday while playing football on a school field in the rebel-held city of Donetsk in Ukraine.
Ukrainian president sends more troops east after ‘farce’ election of rebels
Ukraine’s president said Tuesday that additional troops are being deployed to the east, where fighting continues to rage between government forces...
Ukraine ‘re-examines’ ceasefire plan after two rebel votes held in east
Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko threatened to scrap a peace plan with Pro-Russian separatist rebels, while calling an emergency meeting of his security...
Miner’s son, Lenin fan win presidencies in separatist Ukraine votes
Two pro-Russian separatists were confirmed as leaders in controversial elections in eastern Ukraine on Sunday—one a rebel chief who highlights his status...
EU says Ukraine rebel vote ‘new obstacle’ to peace
The European Union said elections held Sunday by pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine were illegal, would not be recognised and created a new hurdle to...
Ukraine separatists begin controversial polls as Western powers demur
Polls have opened in two regions of eastern Ukraine in controversial leadership elections held by pro-Russia separatists that Kiev and the West have refused...
Gas deal may be first sign of Russia-Ukraine cool-off
Ukraine, Russia and the European Union signed a deal on Thursday on the resumption of Russian natural gas supplies to Ukraine for winter after several...
The circle is complete: Darth Vader denied in Ukraine vote
The Force was not with Darth Vader this weekend. A candidate in Ukraine’s parliamentary elections who dressed as iconic Star Wars villain Darth Vader...
Pro-Western blocs win Ukraine election in first vote since February’s revolution
Pro-Western parties will dominate Ukraine’s parliament after the first elections to the body since February’s revolution, exit polls suggest.
Under cloud of war, Ukraine set to vote for pro-Western future
Ukraine braced for decisive parliamentary elections Saturday against the backdrop of unrest in eastern regions roiled by conflict between government troops...
Ukraine says Russia has agreed to supply gas
The Ukrainian president has said his country has reached an agreement with Russia on supplies of natural gas for the winter.
Ukraine’s Poroshenko says he will meet Putin in Italy next week
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said Saturday that he will meet Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin next week to discuss the six-month conflict between...
Ukraine gets drones to help monitor shaky truce
Ukraine’s prime minister says two drones have been delivered to the country so international observers can monitor the rocky cease-fire between government...
One month in, Ukraine truce exists in name only as fighting rages on
Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatist fighters marked one month on Sunday since the signing of a Kremlin-backed truce with one of the most heated...
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