Russia has completed the issuance of passports to Ukrainians in seized territories, a move Kyiv deems illegal. More than 3.5 million passpo...

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu to press ahead with Moscow's offensive in Ukraine after troops took...

Later on Saturday, the Russian defence ministry's spokesman Igor Konashenkov announced the "total liberation" of Severodonetsk as well as n...

An officer in the separatist army of Lugansk -- a pro-Russian breakaway region in eastern Ukraine -- said their forces surrounded Ukrainian...

The cities of Severodonetsk and Lysychansk, which are separated by a river, have been targeted for weeks as the last areas still under Ukra...

"The situation in the region as a whole is extremely difficult. Fighting is now concentrated in Severodonetsk because, as we understand it,...

Russian President Vladimir Putin sent troops to Ukraine on February 24 under the guise of protecting the Russian-speaking population there,...

Dmitry Peskov said Moscow was demanding that Ukraine cease military action, change its constitution to enshrine neutrality, acknowledge Cri...

The ministry said in a statement that interim charge d'affaires Vasyl Pokotylo was returning to Kyiv in connection with Russia's "illegal d...

Openly backing the separatist regions of Donetsk and Lugansk in eastern Ukraine would effectively put to an end an already shaky peace plan...

Indian nationals are also strongly advised against travelling to these areas, the External Affairs Ministry said in an advisory here.

"With deep sorrow just learned about Lithuania's honorary consul in Lugansk Mr. Mykola Zelenec kidnapped and brutally killed by terrorists ...

The final batch of 500 Indians, mostly students, are leaving violence-hit Ukrainian city of Lugansk to Kyiv today in cooperation with Ukrai...

India last week issued an advisory asking its nationals to leave Donetsk and Lugansk regions which are witnessing frequent violent clashes.

India has made arrangements to evacuate all its nationals, mainly students, from violence-hit Ukrainian city of Lugansk to Kyiv, top offici...

In an advisory, it also asked citizens in the other parts of eastern and southern Ukraine to remain vigilant about their personal safety an...

President Vladimir Putin described regions of eastern and southern Ukraine as a "New Russia" that could one day return to Moscow's control.