Ukraine ’s volunteer battalions a ‘Nato legion’, Putin claimsKremlin tells West to drop threat of more sanctions and increase pressure on KievTue Jan 27 2015 - 01:00
Ukrainian militants blamed for attack on MariupolRocket strikes by rebels backed by Moscow claim 30 civilian livesSun Jan 25 2015 - 19:59
Ukraine's rebels go on the attack and reject truce talksPutin says Ukraine’s ‘criminal’ push in the east prompted latest surge in bloodshedSat Jan 24 2015 - 01:01
At least 24 dead in rocket attack on Donetsk airport, say rebelsSeparatists in east Ukraine warn they intend to continue advances and take more territoryFri Jan 23 2015 - 11:19
Bus carnage and tank battles smash hopes for Ukraine peaceKilling continues despite foreign ministers’ claims to have made some progress in talksFri Jan 23 2015 - 01:00
West accuses Russia of fuelling latest surge in Ukraine fightingMoscow rejects allegations ahead of key foreign ministers’ meetingWed Jan 21 2015 - 20:19
Claims of Russian attack overshadow Ukraine peace talksKiev says Russian forces are fighting alongside rebels and troops by Ukraine borderWed Jan 21 2015 - 01:00
Russia issues grim warning to Ukraine over rebel crackdownFighting continues as Kiev claims fresh Russian forces have crossed the borderTue Jan 20 2015 - 01:00
Russia lambasts Ukraine over move on rebels at Donetsk airportFears grow over further escalation as separatists appeal for international helpMon Jan 19 2015 - 15:24
Fierce battle for Donetsk airport dims Ukraine peace hopesWorld Health Organisation warns of growing humanitarian crisis in disputed regionsSat Jan 17 2015 - 01:00
Rocket strike in Ukraine kills 11 bus passengersCrisis summit postponed due to worsening situation in east of countryWed Jan 14 2015 - 01:00
Renewed bloodshed in Donetsk clouds hopes for Ukraine summitPlanned January 15th talks in doubt as Kiev seeks urgent financial aidSat Jan 10 2015 - 01:04
Conflict between Ukraine and Russia spreads to stage and screenWar, politics and propaganda affect TV, film, music and now ballet starsWed Jan 07 2015 - 01:00
No thaw in sight as Putin drives Russia towards new cold war over UkraineEconomic hardship likely to feed stronger bunker mentality in Russia’s leadershipWed Dec 31 2014 - 08:24
Baltic states eye Russia as they prepare for bigger EU rolesNew year sees Latvia take on EU presidency and Lithuania adopt the euroWed Dec 31 2014 - 01:00
Ukraine warns of martial law if fresh peace efforts failPetro Poroshenko to meet Russian, German and French leaders in bid to end ceasefireMon Dec 29 2014 - 19:09
Ukraine a ‘frozen conflict’, not a cold warTwenty-five years after the Berlin Wall fell and communist regimes collapsed across central Europe, Ukraine is being torn apart by a new East-West rivalrySat Dec 27 2014 - 01:00
Kiev Letter: Ukraine’s army of helpers fulfil fighters’ Christmas wishesVolunteers often quicker than the state to fund, buy, make and deliver kit to eastern front-lineTue Dec 23 2014 - 01:00
Rebels accuse Ukraine as peace talks postponedRussian-backed separatist rebels accuse Kiev of sabotaging the halting peace processSun Dec 21 2014 - 22:00
Hopes for Ukraine peace talks resumption as Russia softensEU and US see slight shift in Russian stance as Ukraine’s leader eyes Nato membershipThu Dec 18 2014 - 01:00
Chechens join Ukraine fight against Russian-backed separatistsKremlin opponents based in Ukraine are planning how they can to topple PutinTue Dec 16 2014 - 07:11
Ukraine, rebels and Russia eye peace talks as fighting wanesRussia restarts gas supplies to Ukraine and chides Germany over criticismWed Dec 10 2014 - 01:00
Putin vows that West will never destroy resurgent RussiaUkrainian leader says ceasefire with eastern rebels could start on December 9thThu Dec 04 2014 - 19:17
West and Russia step up diplomatic efforts over UkraineEU council president Donald Tusk pledges support for Ukraine’s new reformist cabinetWed Dec 03 2014 - 17:20
Russia queries Moldova’s EU path after tight electionPro-Russia party wins, but West-leaning parties best placed to form coalitionTue Dec 02 2014 - 07:14
Election pulls tense Moldova between EU and RussiaPro-Russian Patria party barred over funding ahead of Sunday’s voteFri Nov 28 2014 - 01:00
Ukraine’s new parliament convenes in blizzard of crisesGovernment needed quickly to face Russian-backed insurgency and dying economyThu Nov 27 2014 - 01:00
West backs Georgia as Russia stokes new annexation fearsMoscow’s far-reaching deal with Abkhazia comes months after Crimea seized from UkraineTue Nov 25 2014 - 18:20
A year in UkraineTwelve months ago a revolution was sparked in Kiev and Ukraine’s identity was recast. On its anniversary it’s still not clear who started the uprising – or whySat Nov 22 2014 - 01:00
Ukrainian upheaval: key events of the past yearFrom the first protest on Independence Square – aka Maidan – in November 2013 to Russia’s massing of troops this month on its border with UkraineSat Nov 22 2014 - 01:00
Joe Biden visits Kiev as pro-EU parties sign coalition dealUS and Nato denounce Russia as Ukraine marks uprising anniversaryFri Nov 21 2014 - 20:25
Spirit of 1989 inspires voters and protesters in central EuropeBig rallies in Hungary and Czech Republic bemoan leaders’ soft stance on RussiaWed Nov 19 2014 - 01:00
Romanians choose change in stunning election upsetLutheran, ethnic-German outsider beats PM Ponta with pledge to cleanse a corrupt systemTue Nov 18 2014 - 01:00
Putin leaves G20 early as workers start removing MH17 debrisRussian president skips leaders’ lunch after sharp criticism over UkraineMon Nov 17 2014 - 09:04
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania bristle as Russia rattles its sabreNato sees sharp rise in warplanes and ships approaching Baltic states’ territorySat Nov 15 2014 - 01:00
Ukraine braced for major attack by Russia and eastern rebelsRussian ‘occupiers’ shooting at Ukrainian positions, says Kiev spokesmanFri Nov 14 2014 - 01:00
Ukraine shelling continues as top rebels visit MoscowSecurity study warns of potentially ‘catastrophic’ Nato-Russia stand-offTue Nov 11 2014 - 12:18
Germany worried by claims Russia is aiding Ukraine’s rebelsKiev says up to 200 militants killed at airportSat Nov 08 2014 - 01:00
Donetsk theatre dances to its own tune amid war drumsOpera and ballet forge on despite death of a director, destruction of sets and no paySat Nov 08 2014 - 01:00
Ukraine ceasefire deal in tatters as fighting intensifiesKiev tightens security at ‘border’ with separatist-held areasFri Nov 07 2014 - 01:00
Ukraine tensions rise as Kiev stops funding rebel areasTwo teenagers killed as both sides accuse each other of wrecking ceasefire dealWed Nov 05 2014 - 23:15
Ukraine readies political and security response to rebel voteEU and Nato issue warnings as Russian-backed militants inaugurate new leadersWed Nov 05 2014 - 13:48
Russia key player as Ukraine rebels look to the futureLocal warlords not controlled by separatist leaders in Donetsk and LuhanskTue Nov 04 2014 - 01:00
Rebels prepare for election as Kiev inks gas deal with RussiaEU, Germany and France condemn Ukraine separatists’ Russian-backed voteSat Nov 01 2014 - 01:00
Donetsk miners dream of peace amid din of airport battleShells and bullets rain down on Oktyabrskaya coal mine in UkraineFri Oct 31 2014 - 01:00
In bomb shelters, homeless of Donetsk prepare for cruel winterLittle help is being given, by rebels or by Kiev, to those driven from homesThu Oct 30 2014 - 01:00
Moscow support for illegal east Ukraine polls denouncedSeparatists in Donetsk and Luhansk to hold elections in ‘people’s republics’Wed Oct 29 2014 - 10:06
West hails Ukraine vote as pro-EU coalition takes shapeRussia bemoans ‘violations’ and fears ‘chauvinist forces’ will fuel more bloodshedMon Oct 27 2014 - 19:52
Russia urges new Ukraine leaders to enter talks with rebelsMain pro-western parties expected to launch coalition talks after dominating electionMon Oct 27 2014 - 08:52
President’s party leads as Ukraine elects pro-EU parliamentDespite anti-Russian shift, party of ex-Yanukovich allies is set to win seatsSun Oct 26 2014 - 19:57
