Ukraine
Ukraine cease-fire unravels: rebels kill 10 near Donetsk airport
Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine advanced Wednesday on the government-held airport in Donetsk, pressing to seize the key transportation hub even as...
Seven Ukrainian soldiers killed by separatist attack at Donetsk
Seven Ukrainian soldiers were killed when Russian separatist shelling hit their armoured vehicle near Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine, a military spokesman...
Russia’s Lavrov says icy relationship with U.S. needs ‘reset 2.0’
Moscow called on Sunday for a new “reset 2.0” in relations with Washington, saying the situation in Ukraine that had led to Western sanctions...
Russia makes significant withdrawals from Ukraine, NATO says; shaky truce holds
NATO has observed a significant withdrawal of Russian forces from inside Ukraine, but many Russian troops remain stationed nearby, an alliance military...
Poroshenko warns Ukraine will defend itself if truce fails
President Petro Poroshenko warned Sunday that Ukraine must be ready to defend itself should a peace plan aimed at ending a five-month war with pro-Russian...
Ukraine peace talks yield buffer zone and agreement to withdraw foreign troops
Kiev and pro-Russian separatists on Saturday signed a deal to create a demilitarised zone in conflict-torn eastern Ukraine after fresh talks aimed at ending...
'One cannot win the war with blankets': Ukraine asks for lethal aid from U.S.
President Barack Obama welcomed new Ukraine president Petro Poroshenko to the White House, but stopped short of fulfilling his visitor’s urgent request...
Residents emerge in shell-shocked Ukrainian city
Despite repeated violations of the cease-fire and tough talk on all sides, the peace deal has allowed for a return to some kind of normalcy for cities...
As second Russian convoy rolls into Ukraine, PM warns ‘Putin trying to destroy us’
Russian President Vladimir Putin is aiming to destroy Ukraine as an independent country, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has said, adding that...
Ukraine ceasefire threatened by shelling near Mariupol
Explosions have been heard near the south-eastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol on Saturday evening, just a day after the government and rebels agreed a ceasefire...
In Ukraine flashpoint cities, residents doubt lasting peace
In flashpoint cities of eastern Ukraine, uneasy residents voiced doubt Saturday that the ceasefire deal would bring lasting peace after five months of...
Ukraine ceasefire: Kiev working toward truce, rebels deny deal
The office of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin are in agreement on a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine,...
More than a million have fled the Ukraine conflict: United Nations
More than a million people have left their homes because of the escalating conflict in eastern Ukraine, a United Nations official says.
No military solution to Ukraine crisis, says UN secretary-general
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned Western powers Tuesday that “there is no military solution” to the Ukraine crisis, as NATO prepares...
Russia warns Ukraine troops to pull back as ceasefire talks continue
Ukrainian forces must pull back from areas of eastern Ukraine where they can harm civilian targets, Russia’s foreign minister has warned.
Ukraine and Russia swap soldiers as Mariupol prepares for rebel advance
Ukraine and Russia have swapped soldiers who had entered each other’s territory near the battlefield in eastern Ukraine.
Merkel sets sanctions ultimatum as Ukraine fears full-scale war with Russia
German Chancellor Angela Merkel told reporters that the EU would impose new sanctions against Russia in one week if there was no change in the situation...
EU poised to slap new sanctions on Russia over Ukraine incursion
The crisis in Ukraine is reaching the point of no return, EU Commission head Jose Manual Barroso said on Saturday, after reports Russian troops were fighting...
EU’s Barroso warns Ukraine crisis nearing ‘point of no return’
The crisis in Ukraine is reaching the point of no return, EU Commission head Jose Manual Barroso said on Saturday, after reports Russian troops were fighting...
Ukraine-Russia peace talks fail to provide solution to conflict
Talks between the leaders of Ukraine and Russia have ended without a major breakthrough toward ending fighting between government forces and pro-Moscow...
'Accidental' invasion: Ukraine captures Russian troops who crossed border
Ukraine has captured 10 Russian soldiers near the Russian-Ukrainian border, military officials are saying.
Ukraine government dissolved as Poroshenko announces snap elections
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko has dissolved parliament and will hold elections Oct.
Ukraine accuses Russian forces of opening new front in separatist war
A column of Russian tanks and armoured vehicles has crossed into Ukraine in the far southeast, a Ukrainian official says.
Rebels parade captured soldiers on Ukraine independence day
Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine paraded dozens of captured soldiers before a jeering crowd on Sunday in mockery of the country’s independence...
Russian convoy into Ukraine prompts Western anger
The United States demanded Russia withdraw its equipment and personnel from Ukraine after Moscow sent in a convoy of trucks on Friday in what Kiev called...
Russia: Convoy not destroyed in Ukraine because it ‘never existed’
A spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry insists that no Russian military vehicles have been destroyed in the Ukraine because none had crossed the...
Ukraine sets conditions for Russian convoy as death toll soars
Ukraine set conditions for letting in Russian aid shipments to rebel-held eastern regions as the U.N.
Battle of Donetsk: Shells heard in rebel-held city as aid convoy nears border
Heavy shelling has pounded the centre of Ukraine’s separatist-held city of Donetsk, as a large Russian aid convoy rumbled towards the border.
Pro-Russian rebels say they’re ready for ceasefire as Ukraine gains ground
Pro-Russian separatists said on Saturday they were ready for a ceasefire with the Kiev government after increasing gains by Ukrainian forces against rebel...
Fears rising that Russia will invade Ukraine: U.S. defence secretary, NATO
Russia’s troop build-up on the Ukrainian border increases the threat of an invasion by President Vladimir Putin’s army, Defence Secretary Chuck...
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