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UKRAINE REBELS
Explainer-Talks on Ukraine: peace deal or more Russian war?Turkey, which is trying to mediate, has said the two sides are nearing agreement on critical issues. Britain has warned that President Vlad...
Kremlin thinks Russians will 'support' Ukraine operationKremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said a "solid majority" of Russians support Moscow's recognition of east Ukraine's rebels. "That is why we ...
Russia urges other countries to recognise Ukraine rebel republicsPutin's decision to recognise the rebels, the foreign ministry said, was "dictated primarily by humanitarian considerations" and "intended ...
Vladimir Putin says to decide 'today' on recognising Ukraine rebelsA Russian recognition of the breakaway Donetsk and Lugansk territories would bury a fragile peace process regulating the long-running confl...
Explained: The story behind the rebel-controlled territories in eastern UkrainePutin's move to recognise the independence of Moscow-backed rebel regions follows days of heightened tensions in Ukraine's eastern industri...
Ukraine's Zelenskyy calls on Putin to meet as tensions soarZelenskyy spoke hours after separatist leaders in eastern Ukraine ordered a full military mobilization on Saturday while Western leaders ma...
Ukraine officials come under shelling attack on frontUkraine and the two regions held by the Russia-backed rebels each accused the other of escalation. Russia on Saturday said at least two she...
Ukraine rebels mobilise troops amid Russia invasion fearsDenis Pushilin, the head of the pro-Russia separatist government in Ukraine's Donetsk region, released a statement announcing a full troop ...
Ukraine rebels order troop mobilisation amid invasion fearsThe move comes amid a spike in violence along the line of contact between Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed rebels in the region in recent...
Ukraine, rebels accuse each other of fresh shellingKyiv and the rebels blamed each other for the escalation after artillery and mortar attacks on Thursday, prompting fears that Russia, which...
What are the key parts of Ukraine's peace deal?A peace agreement for the separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine that has never quite ended is back in the spotlight amid a Russian militar...
Explained: What's behind the conflict in eastern Ukraine?Ukraine and the West have become worried about the Russian troops' concentration and have urged Moscow to pull them back. Russia has argued...
Ukraine's Petro Poroshenko: Vote needed in pro-Russia strongholdsUkranian President Petro Poroshenko today stressed the need for legitimate elections in the country's separatist regions in order to eventu...
Germany, UK, France ask Vladimir Putin to ensure access to crash siteThey urged Putin to use his influence over pro-Russian rebels to ensure unrestricted access to the crash site for an independent commission.
Missile system used to down MH17 came from Russia: John KerryKerry said the US had extraordinary circumstantial evidence of the incident that killed 298 people on board the Malaysia Airlines plane.
MH17 crash: US believes Russia gave missiles to Ukrainian rebelsRussia has denied any involvement, and President Vladimir Putin said Ukraine's military campaign against the rebels was to blame.
MH17 crash: Ukraine accuses rebels of removing bodies from crash siteThe Ukrainian government has complained that pro-Moscow rebels have removed 38 bodies from the MH17 crash site.