ukraine

Minsk talks: Petro Poroshenko and Vladimir Putin agree on need to end Ukraine bloodshed

Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko says a "roadmap" will be prepared to end fighting between troops and pro-Russian separatists in the…

10 years ago

Russian paratroopers captured in Ukraine

Russia has admitted for the first time that ten Russian soldiers captured in eastern Ukraine had crossed the border "by…

10 years ago

Ukraine: President Petro Poroshenko dissolves parliament and calls for snap elections

Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko has dissolved parliament and called snap elections for October 26, as government forces continue to fight…

10 years ago

Russia to send second aid convoy into eastern Ukraine

Russia is planning to send a second humanitarian convoy into eastern Ukraine "in the next few days", Foreign Minister Sergei…

10 years ago

Russian aid convoy leaves Ukraine as Angela Merkel arrives in Kiev

All Russian trucks from an unauthorized aid convoy have now crossed back over the border from Ukraine. The convoy returned…

10 years ago

Ukraine: Lithuania’s honorary consul Mykola Zelenec killed in Luhansk

Lithuania’s honorary consul in Luhansk, Mykola Zelenec, has been killed in the rebel-held Ukrainian city. Lithuania's Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius…

10 years ago

Russian aid convoy starts to move towards Luhansk without permission

The Russian aid convoy has moved across the Ukrainian border, without permission, after Russia accused Ukraine of obstructing it. Russia's…

10 years ago

Ukraine refugee convoy attacked by pro-Russian rebels in Luhansk

Ukraine military claims rockets and mortars hit vehicles moving refugees from the Luhansk area of eastern Ukraine killing dozens of…

10 years ago

Russian aid convoy reaches Ukraine border

Russian convoy trucks carrying aid to eastern Ukraine have reached a border post controlled by rebels. The trucks seem unlikely…

10 years ago

Igor Strelkov: Ukraine rebel military chief resigns

Igor Girkin, the military leader of pro-Russian rebels in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, also known as Igor Ivanovich…

10 years ago

Russian aid convoy trucks stalled in Voronezh

At least some of Russian aid convoy’s 280 trucks are stalled in the Voronezh area, some 300 miles from Moscow…

10 years ago

Ukraine sets conditions for receiving Russian humanitarian aid convoy

Ukraine has set conditions for receiving Russian aid in the east, after a huge convoy of food and medicine set…

10 years ago

Russia accused of using humanitarian convoy as pretext for military intervention in Ukraine

The Kremlin announced it was working with the Red Cross on sending a humanitarian aid convoy to Ukraine and EU…

10 years ago

Russia imposes full embargo on food imports from EU and US

Russia has imposed a "full embargo" on food imports from the EU, US and some other Western countries, in response…

10 years ago

Vladimir Putin’s decree bans agricultural imports from countries imposing sanctions on Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued a new decree banning or curbing agricultural imports from countries imposing sanctions on Russia…

10 years ago

Ukraine troops defect to Russia during clashes at Gukovo checkpoint

Over 400 Ukrainian troops have crossed into Russia during heavy fighting with pro-Russian separatists at the Gukovo checkpoint in eastern…

10 years ago

Malaysia Airlines crash: New clashes hamper MH17 crash probe

New clashes in eastern Ukraine have forced the international forensics team to halt operations in part of the vast crash…

10 years ago

MH17 crash: Forensic experts find human remains at crash site

Dutch and Australian forensic experts have found human remains at the site of the flight MH17 crash in east Ukraine.…

10 years ago

Russia bans imports of fruit and vegetables from Poland in apparent retaliation for sanctions

Russia has banned the imports of fruit and vegetables from Poland, depriving it of a major export market. Russia's food…

10 years ago

Malaysia Airlines crash: International forensic scientists reach plane crash site

International forensic scientists have reached the crash site of Malaysia Airlines plane in east Ukraine after the government halted military…

10 years ago

Ukraine: US and EU announce new economic sanctions against Russia

President Barack Obama has announced new economic sanctions against Russia over Ukrainian crisis, saying they will make Russia's "weak economy…

10 years ago

Ukraine: Black boxes show Malaysia Airlines MH17 flight downed by missile shrapnel

The downed Malaysia Airlines plane in eastern Ukraine suffered an explosive loss of pressure after it was punctured by shrapnel…

10 years ago

Navi Pillay: Taking down Malaysia Airlines plane in eastern Ukraine may be a war crime

According to the UN's human rights chief, Navi Pillay, the downing of the Malaysia Airlines plane in Ukraine may be…

10 years ago

Malaysia Airlines crash: Military mission to secure site of downed MH17 flight is unrealistic

According to Dutch PM Mark Rutte, sending out an international military force to secure the site of the downed Malaysian…

10 years ago

Russia: EU sanctions could jeopardize security co-operation against terror

Russia has warned that new EU sanctions against it over the Ukraine crisis will jeopardize security co-operation against terror. The…

10 years ago