Supporters free ex-Georgian leader Saakashvili from police
Ukrainian supporters of former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili freed him from a police van on Tuesday, after his detention on suspicion of assisting a criminal...
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Paradise Papers reveal limited activity in Cyprus – so far
By Stelios Orphanides The Paradise Papers, the new data leaked from the Bermuda-based Appleby law firm, so far show that Cyprus has played only a...
Russia announces war games after accusing Ukraine of terrorist plot
Vladimir Putin summoned his security council and the Russian Navy announced war games in the Black Sea a day after the Russian president accused Ukraine...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko hints at deal with Russia to swap pilot Savchenko
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Tuesday he had agreed with Russian President Vladimir Putin a framework for a deal to secure the release of...
‘Glimmer of hope’ for Ukraine after deal at Minsk peace summit (Update 3)
By Vladimir Soldatkin and Pavel Polityuk Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine agreed a deal offering a “glimmer of hope” for an end to conflict in...
Ukraine peace summit overshadowed by some of war’s worst fighting
By Aleksandar Vasovic The leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine were due to attend a peace summit on Wednesday, but Ukraine’s pro-Moscow separatists diminished...
Ukraine leader sees prospects of ceasefire from next Minsk meeting
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and leaders of Russia, France and Germany expect their talks in Minsk, Belarus, on Wednesday to lead to a “swift and...
German, French leaders head for Moscow to press for Ukraine peace
By Timothy Heritage and Richard Balmforth The leaders of Germany and France are expected to take peace proposals to Moscow on Friday on the second...
Pro-Russian rebels vote for leaders in eastern Ukraine
By Thomas Grove Pro-Russian rebels elected a separatist leadership in eastern Ukraine on Sunday in a vote President Petro Poroshenko called “a farce.” Mining electrician-turned-rebel...
Ceasefire in east Ukraine frays, woman killed by shelling
By Gabriela Baczynska and Aleksandar Vasovic A woman died and at least four people were wounded when fighting flared again in eastern Ukraine overnight into...
Merkel dampens hopes of breakthrough at Putin-Poroshenko talks
German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned on Sunday that closely watched talks next week between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine’s Petro Poroshenko in Minsk were...
Merkel says tightening Ukraine-Russian border is key to peace deal
By Natalia Zinets and Richard Balmforth German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday the standoff over Ukraine could be solved but only if control was...
Rebels seen fleeing eastern town as Kiev savours military victory
By Maria Tsvetkova Pro-Russian rebels were pulling out of a flashpoint area of easternUkraine on Saturday as authorities in Kiev savoured a major military success...
Russia, Ukraine agree to work on ceasefire
By Ingrid Melander The leaders of Russia and Ukraine have agreed to work on a ceasefire between separatists and the Ukrainian authorities and on quickly...
Ukrainian forces reclaim port city from rebels
By Pavel Polityuk and Timothy Heritage Ukrainian government forces reclaimed the port city of Mariupol from pro-Russian separatists in heavy fighting on Friday and said they had regained control of a long stretch of the...
Crimea was, is and will be Ukrainian – new President Petro Poroshenko
By Richard Balmforth Petro Poroshenko took the oath on Saturday as Ukraine’s president, buoyed by Western support but facing an immediate crisis in relations with...
Rebels down Ukraine army plane on eve of Poroshenko’s swearing-in
By Thomas Grove and Alissa de Carbonnel Pro-Russian separatists shot down a Ukrainian army plane as fighting raged in the eastern town of Slaviansk on Friday, a...
Putin, Ukraine leader break crisis ice at D-Day event
By John Irish and Jeff Mason The leaders of Russia and Ukraine held their first talks on Friday since Moscow annexed Crimea, discussing ways to end their four-month conflict in a brief encounter during...
Hollande bids to use D-Day encounters for Ukraine thaw
By John Irish and Jeff Mason President Francois Hollande urged world leaders arriving in France on Thursday to mark the 70th anniversary of World War Two’s D-Day landings to use the occasion...
Battle at Donetsk; new Ukraine leader says no talks with ‘terrorists’ (update three)
By Alastair Macdonald and Yannis Behrakis UKRAINE LAUNCHED air strikes and a paratrooper assault against pro-Russian rebels who seized an airport on Monday, as its...