Putin puts Russia’s nuclear forces on high alert as Ukraine defends key citiesEU to buy arms for Kyiv and aim sanctions at banks, media, air travel and oligarchsSun Feb 27 2022 - 20:45
‘This is our place’: besieged Kyiv prepares to fight as Russian troops reach outskirtsUkrainian civilians given guns as explosions shatter eerie silence of curfewed capitalSun Feb 27 2022 - 17:30
Battle for Kyiv intensifies as Ukraine’s capital braces for ‘very difficult’ nightMissile strikes shake city as Kremlin urges its troops to oust ZelenskiyFri Feb 25 2022 - 23:29
‘The situation now is threatening for Kyiv’, says mayor as Russian missiles pound the cityUkrainian guards fire warning shots to prevent stampede at railway stationFri Feb 25 2022 - 21:10
‘We don’t want to leave’: Fear and defiance in Ukraine as country faces all-out warCivilians given weapons and urged to make petrol bombs as Russian onslaught continuesFri Feb 25 2022 - 20:14
Ukraine invasion: Fighting reaches outskirts of Kyiv as Russian troops advanceHeavy gunfire and explosions heard as president Zelenskiy vows to defend countryFri Feb 25 2022 - 10:45
Ukrainians torn over whether to escape or hunker down as Russia invadesUN estimates some 100,000 Ukrainians fled their homes on first day of Russian onslaughtFri Feb 25 2022 - 10:24
Scores killed as Russia invades Ukraine from land, sea and airWest aims new sanctions at Moscow as US says Kremlin seeks to ‘re-establish Soviet Union’Fri Feb 25 2022 - 00:38
Ukraine’s second city wakes to war: Daniel McLaughlin’s report from Kharkiv the day the war started in 2022Kharkiv’s 1.4 million people decide whether to stay or go as Russia launches missile strikesThu Feb 24 2022 - 11:26
Ukraine declares state of emergency before possible Russian invasionEU calls emergency summit as US warns that Moscow’s troops are ‘ready’ to attackThu Feb 24 2022 - 00:00
Move towards war footing shakes Ukrainians as Russian threat loomsPreparations in strategic city Kharkiv include network of bomb sheltersWed Feb 23 2022 - 19:00
Russia moves closer to war with Ukraine despite western sanctionsKyiv ‘used by third countries to create threats towards Russia’, Putin saysWed Feb 23 2022 - 00:09
Ukraine president says ‘we’re not afraid’ as Putin orders troops over borderColumns of military vehicles including tanks seen on outskirts of city of DonetskTue Feb 22 2022 - 06:38
Ukraine honours Maidan's dead as threat of bigger war with Russia loomsKremlin still not reconciled to neighbour's revolution and integration with WestMon Feb 21 2022 - 15:24
France pushes to defuse Ukraine crisis as US sees Russia ‘on brink’ of invasionKremlin blames Kyiv as Donbas shelling intensifies and militants evacuate civiliansSun Feb 20 2022 - 19:55
Extended Russia-Belarus war games fuel fears for Ukraine and MinskRussian troops to stay on amid ‘whiff of gunpowder’, Belarusian defence chief saysSun Feb 20 2022 - 19:32
Biden ‘convinced’ Putin has decided to invade Ukraine, including attack on KyivRussian president to oversee nuclear missile drills as Ukraine tension soarsFri Feb 18 2022 - 22:51
Ukraine accuses Moscow-led militia of stoking tension with mass evacuation orderUS says Russia still massing troops near Ukraine and seeking ‘pretext to justify invasion’Fri Feb 18 2022 - 19:03
Donetsk’s fate haunts Ukrainians as they fight off fears of a bigger warUkraine’s EU neighbours expect an influx of refugees if Russia launches a major attackFri Feb 18 2022 - 17:00
Russia may stage ‘violent event’ to justify Ukraine invasion, says USKremlin accuses Biden of ‘stoking tension’ as president warns of attack in coming daysFri Feb 18 2022 - 01:00
Shelling surges in eastern Ukraine as Russia restates security demandsMoscow expels US diplomat and warns again of ‘military-technical’ response to crisisThu Feb 17 2022 - 19:48
Unity day in Ukraine: ‘I think there’s only a 1% chance of something happening’Many in Kyiv are sceptical about dire western predictions of a Russian onslaughtWed Feb 16 2022 - 22:00
Ukraine will not bow to Russian pressure or new attack, president saysKyiv suspects Moscow's hand in cyber attack and sees no withdrawal of Russian forcesWed Feb 16 2022 - 20:31
Russia says some troops leaving Ukraine’s border as hopes for diplomacy risePutin says Moscow wants talks with West to ensure security and avoid warTue Feb 15 2022 - 21:11
What could Russia win and lose in high-stakes standoff over Ukraine?Donbas war and Nord Stream 2 pipeline are elements in complex international crisisTue Feb 15 2022 - 17:00
German leader reassures embattled Ukraine before Kremlin crisis talksRussia’s top diplomat says there is ‘always a chance’ for diplomacy to break deadlockTue Feb 15 2022 - 00:35
Russia unmoved by West’s diplomacy over UkraineAnalysis: Moscow persists in security demands that it knows Nato states will refuseFri Feb 11 2022 - 17:04
Russia’s Black Sea war games to pile more pressure on UkraineRussia and Belarus launch major military drills as West urges Kremlin to talk peaceThu Feb 10 2022 - 20:01
Ukraine and West on alert for start of major Russia-Belarus war gamesUkraine to hold military drills in parallel as intense crisis diplomacy continuesWed Feb 09 2022 - 17:54
France sees diplomatic path out of Russia crisis as Ukraine seeks ‘concrete steps’Macron says Putin pledged not to escalate tension but Kremlin denies deal on military movesTue Feb 08 2022 - 18:22
Western leaders warn Russia as diplomacy intensifies around UkraineUS and German leaders show united front as Macron and Putin make no headwayMon Feb 07 2022 - 22:25
Belarus’s pro-democracy leader warns against using it to attack UkraineLukashenko and Putin warned as China backs Russia on Nato and European securityFri Feb 04 2022 - 17:32
New Russia attack fears add to economic woes in Ukraine’s frontline portEight-year war disrupts shipping and deepens poverty in strategic MariupolFri Feb 04 2022 - 11:19
Kremlin says US stoking tension as 2,000 troops to fly to EuropeTurkish president visits Kyiv and offers to mediate in Russia-Ukraine conflictThu Feb 03 2022 - 21:11
US to send 2,700 troops to eastern Europe amid Ukraine standoff with RussiaPentagon insists deployment is only temporary move to ease fears of Nato alliesWed Feb 02 2022 - 20:00
Kremlin says West ignoring its security fears as UK sees ‘gun to head’ of UkraineKyiv warns of ‘full-scale war in Europe’ if massed Russian forces attackWed Feb 02 2022 - 09:48
US and Russia cross swords at UN as diplomacy over Ukraine intensifiesMoscow decries western ‘hysteria’ and US and UK threats to sanction Russian eliteMon Jan 31 2022 - 19:57
Kyiv women boost survival skills and solidarity as Russia threat loomsVolunteers help Ukrainians prepare for worst but air of calm defiance prevailsMon Jan 31 2022 - 10:15
Britain to widen sanctions threat against Russia amid Ukraine attack fearsMoscow seeks clarification of West's security plans as tension remains highSun Jan 30 2022 - 16:28
Russia says security impasse remains as Ukraine decries ‘panic’ over war fearsKyiv says invasion warnings overblown and could damage stability and economyFri Jan 28 2022 - 19:18
War-scarred towns in eastern Ukraine dread return of ‘Russian world’Fears of new Russian attack rekindle memories of dangerous months under militia controlThu Jan 27 2022 - 15:45
US rejects key Russian security demand as Ukraine tensions soarNato ‘prepared for the worst’ as Kremlin warns of ‘military-technical’ responseThu Jan 27 2022 - 01:00
US sees ‘every indication’ Russia will launch new attack on UkraineMoscow warns of ‘appropriate response’ if talks fail as US citizens urged to leave countryWed Jan 26 2022 - 22:01
Ukraine says no Russian attack imminent as military build-up continuesDiplomacy struggles for traction amid Russian war games and western arms deliveries to KyivTue Jan 25 2022 - 19:10
Nato reinforces eastern Europe as fears mount for Russian attack on UkraineConcerns that Russian naval drills off Ireland could impact on communications cablesTue Jan 25 2022 - 03:16
Kharkiv letter: Russia looms large for Ukraine’s ‘complex’ second cityKharkivites at Unity Day events say Kremlin aggression strengthens the city’s Ukrainian identityTue Jan 25 2022 - 01:00
Russia denies plotting to place puppet ruler in Ukraine as military build-up continuesUS warns Kremlin of ‘massive consequences’ if it launches new attack on UkraineSun Jan 23 2022 - 18:41
Ukrainians calm in eye of international storm over Russia attack threatMajor city near Russian border accustomed to tension after eight years of conflict with KremlinFri Jan 21 2022 - 16:00
Massed Russian forces could strike Ukraine ‘on very short notice’, US saysWest boosts assistance to Kyiv as Moscow awaits US response to security demandsWed Jan 19 2022 - 19:10
Kyiv Letter: Russia threat stirs memories and defiance in Ukraine’s capitalThe city has often felt insulated from the eight-year conflict and 14,000 death toll in DonbasWed Jan 19 2022 - 01:00
