Ukrainian oligarch shows opposition to separatistsPro-Russian insurgency faces growing opposition and lack of volunteer fightersWed May 21 2014 - 01:00
Clashes as ‘Donetsk People’s Republic’ names PMSeparatist ‘defence minister’ bemoans shortage of local volunteersMon May 19 2014 - 01:00
Battle of the oligarchsAs Ukrainians prepare to vote in next week’s presidential elections, the region’s richest people are fighting to keep power and influenceSat May 17 2014 - 01:00
Nato denounces Russia as UN focuses on rights in UkraineEmployees of Ukraine’s richest man help police restore order in port citySat May 17 2014 - 01:00
Ukraine sceptical as Russia softens rhetoricCountry ‘as close to civil war as you can get’, says Russian foreign ministerThu May 15 2014 - 01:00
Deadly ambush shakes European peace efforts in UkrainePoland rallies EU and Nato, saying Ukraine’s fate to be decided in “days or weeks”Wed May 14 2014 - 01:01
Masked gang kills civilians and feeds fears of a fascist KievLocals in east Ukraine bewildered by surge in violence and proliferation of armed groupsTue May 13 2014 - 01:00
Big majority vote for independence in DonetskKiev says voters deceived by Russian propogandaMon May 12 2014 - 01:08
Silent suffering for Donetsk critics of ‘Kafka-esque’ pollOpponents of referendum stay away from poll they consider fixedMon May 12 2014 - 01:00
Clashes and Putin visit raise tensions before Ukraine pollFighting in Mariupol leaves up to 20 pro-Moscow activists dead on eve of separatist voteSat May 10 2014 - 01:00
Roadblocks, gunfire and fear on the road to DonetskEastern Ukraine is adapting to a volatile and uncertain way of lifeFri May 09 2014 - 01:00
Ukraine’s rebels prepare for independence vote amid Victory Day fearsMoscow says May 25th presidential vote “senseless” in current circumstanceThu May 08 2014 - 22:02
Ukraine unmoved by Russian appeal to separatist rebelsWest makes renewed demands on Russia to withdraw troops from border zoneThu May 08 2014 - 06:38
Kharkiv an island of calm in Ukraine's turbulent eastUkraine’s second city appears stable despite shooting of powerful mayorThu May 08 2014 - 01:00
Death toll rises in Ukraine firefightsMoscow warns crisis could sunder peace in Europe and trigger humanitarian disasterTue May 06 2014 - 01:00
Deadly blaze drags Odessa into Ukrainian quagmireRussia says violence makes prospect of May 25th presidential elections ‘absurd’Mon May 05 2014 - 01:00
Divided Ukraine accelerates towards catastrophe predicted by all sidesAnalysis: tension expected to rise ahead of rebel referendum and presidential electionSat May 03 2014 - 01:00
Threat of more sanctions as scores die in Ukraine38 people die in fire and street fighting in OdessaSat May 03 2014 - 01:00
Ukraine readies troops and warns of Russian invasionEastern rebels take more official buildings and vow to boycott May 25th electionThu May 01 2014 - 01:00
Ukraine’s president laments police inaction and 'treachery' in restive eastKiev’s grip loosens as police bow to pro-Russian militantsWed Apr 30 2014 - 22:39
Small islands of rebel power make big trouble for UkraineMilitants plan independence referendum on May 11th and vow to boycott May 25th presidential voteSat Apr 26 2014 - 01:00
Ukraine rebels seize mediators as West readies sanctionsUkrainian PM says Russia risks starting ‘third World War’Sat Apr 26 2014 - 01:00
Russia starts war games after Ukraine strikes rebelsUN warns situation could ‘spin out of control’ as Kiev’s top diplomat says country ‘ready to fight’ any Russian invasionFri Apr 25 2014 - 01:00
Ukraine pro-Russian rebels threaten another ‘Stalingrad’ if stronghold stormedRebels release US reporter Simon Ostrovsky, others still believed to be heldFri Apr 25 2014 - 01:00
Killings and kidnappings stoke terror in eastern UkraineMasked militants now control several towns and cities, writes Daniel McLaughlin in DonetskThu Apr 24 2014 - 11:02
Obama says more sanctions against Russia ‘teed up’Russia promised in an agreement in Geneva last week to ease tensions in UkraineThu Apr 24 2014 - 09:31
Kiev claims town ‘liberated’ from rebelsLocals say Svyatogorsk had not been seized by gunmen opposed to governmentThu Apr 24 2014 - 01:00
Ukraine’s future is unclear in Viktor Yanukovich’s grimy hometownDeep suspicion of Kiev’s new leaders in heart of Russian-speaking eastWed Apr 23 2014 - 01:01
US warns Russia of tougher sanctions as Ukraine restarts ‘anti-terrorist’ driveUkraine’s acting president says two ‘patriots’ tortured and murderedWed Apr 23 2014 - 01:00
US warns Russia of ‘mounting costs’ over UkraineMoscow brushes off sanctions threat and tells Washington to rein in ‘hotheads’Tue Apr 22 2014 - 01:00
Ukraine fears more bloodshed before eastern rebels’ independence referendumAttack attributed to Right Sector nationalists was carried out by Russian agents, says KievTue Apr 22 2014 - 01:00
Ukrainian militants ask Russia for protectionSeparatists say fatalities in checkpoint attack caused by Ukrainian nationalistsMon Apr 21 2014 - 01:00
Five people shot dead in eastern UkraineKillings will inflame an already extremely tense situation writes Daniel McLaughlin in DonetskSun Apr 20 2014 - 11:13
Diehards denounce deal to calm Ukraine tensionsLegitimacy of ‘Kiev junta’ rejected by backers of ‘Donetsk People’s Republic’Sat Apr 19 2014 - 01:00
Ukraine accuses Russia of creating ‘terrorist network’ to wreck electionsPutin insists he has right to send troops into Ukraine to protect Russian speakersFri Apr 18 2014 - 01:00
Three pro-Russian militants killed ahead of Ukraine talksPutin says ‘there are no Russian agents in Ukraine’Thu Apr 17 2014 - 08:40
Nato vows to boost forces ahead of Ukraine talksKiev loses more ground in restive regions near RussiaThu Apr 17 2014 - 06:42
Ukraine’s anti-terror operation undone by villagersArmoured vehicles taken by pro-Russian gunmen and blocked by angry civiliansThu Apr 17 2014 - 01:00
Donetsk’s pro-Russians ‘defending our people from fascists and the West’Industrial region of Ukraine on edge as Kiev pledges to retake official buildingsWed Apr 16 2014 - 01:00
Ukrainian army rendered lame by Yanukovich’s neglectDisloyalty and corruption hamper Kiev’s crisis responseTue Apr 15 2014 - 01:00
Ukrainian tensions rise as key buildings still heldActing president calls on UN to send troops to eastern cities as separatists tighten gripTue Apr 15 2014 - 01:00
Kiev tells pro-Russian groups to surrender or face assaultMoscow calls for urgent UN Security Council meeting after clashes in east of UkraineMon Apr 14 2014 - 01:00
Russia seeks to reassure West over Ukraine and energy suppliesKiev premier’s assurances fail to dislodge pro-Moscow protesters from buildingsSat Apr 12 2014 - 01:00
Ukrainians leave annexed Crimea for new lives in pro-western LvivCity close to Poland fiercely pro-revolutionary and pro-EUSat Apr 12 2014 - 01:00
Russia warns EU on gas and berates Nato over UkrainePro-Moscow protesters reject Kiev’s calls to leave occupied buildings as deadline loomsFri Apr 11 2014 - 01:01
Ukraine warns protesters and receives energy ultimatum from RussiaUS and Russia expect little from next week’s four-way talksThu Apr 10 2014 - 01:00
Russia sparks fears over Kiev gas route to EUUS accuses Moscow’s agents of stoking protests, while Russia warns of civil warWed Apr 09 2014 - 01:00
Orban set for re-election in Hungary after riding out criticism from EUFar-right Jobbik party seeks second place as centre-left strugglesSat Apr 05 2014 - 01:01
Piecing together the remains of UkraineViktor Yanukovich’s enormous estate, now open to the public, does not have the fabled golden toilet, but thousands of shredded documents speak volumes to the journalists who are working to decipher themSat Apr 05 2014 - 01:00
Ukraine says Yanukovich and Russia behind shooting of protestersAmid exchange of accusations, Russia again hikes gas price for UkraineFri Apr 04 2014 - 01:00
