Ukraine seeks to join NATO; defiant Putin compares Kiev to Nazis
By Alexei Anishchuk and Richard Balmforth Ukraine called on Friday for full membership in NATO, its strongest plea yet for Western military help after accusing...
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First trucks from aid convoy to Ukraine cross back into Russia
Five white-painted trucks from a Russian aid convoy that entered eastern Ukraine on Friday arrived at a border crossing on their way back into Russia...
Separatists inflict new losses on army in east Ukraine
By Pavel Polityuk Pro-Russian separatists killed at least 10 Ukrainian paratroopers in an overnight ambush in the region of east Ukraine where a Malaysian airliner...
Fighting complicates Ukraine crash probe, U.S., EU prepare Russia sanctions
By Aleksandar Vasovic Fierce fighting in eastern Ukraine where a Malaysian airliner was downed further complicated an investigation on Sunday as Europe and the United...
Ukraine says pro-Russian rebels abandon positions on Donetsk outskirts
Pro-Russian rebels are leaving their positions on the outskirts of the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk and retreating towards its centre, Ukrainian military officials said...
Ukraine accuses pro-Russian rebels of trying to destroy evidence at crash site
Ukraine’s government accused pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine of trying to destroy evidence at the site where a Malaysian airliner crashed and of removing 38...
Russia says Ukraine situation worsening, will submit UN resolution
By staff reporter Russia will submit a draft resolution to the UN Security Council on Monday calling for an immediate end to worsening violence in Ukraine and the...
Ukraine parliament removes Yanukovich, who flees Kiev in ‘coup’
Ukraine’s parliament voted on Saturday to remove President Viktor Yanukovich, who abandoned his Kiev office to protesters and denounced what he described as a coup after a...
Ukraine: Yanukovych’s last throw?
By Gwynne Dyer WHEN a government announces that it is going to launch an “anti-terror operation,” that generally means that it has decided to kill...
Ukraine police charge protesters after nation’s bloodiest day
Ukrainian riot police charged protesters occupying a central Kiev square early on Wednesday after the bloodiest day since the former Soviet republic, caught in a...
