Son of Ukraine’s ousted leader drowns
A son of ousted Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovich has drowned after a mini-van he was driving plunged through ice on a Siberian lake, an aide...
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Fighting intensifies at Ukraine airport, two soldiers killed
By Natalia Zinets Fighting intensified around the international airport in the Ukrainian city of Donetsk on Thursday as pro-Russian separatists stepped up efforts to dislodge...
Ukraine steps up mobilisation, warns of renewed Russian ‘aggression’
By Richard Balmforth Ukraine’s parliament voted on Thursday to refresh its front-line forces and resume partial conscription after a top security official warned that Russian...
Interpol says Ukraine’s Yanukovich now wanted person
Interpol has put ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich on the international wanted list on Ukrainian charges of embezzlement and financial wrong-doing, according to a notice...
US Biden voices support for Ukraine, denounces Russia’s Putin
By Alessandra Prentice US Vice President Joe Biden on Friday condemned Russia’s behaviour in Ukraine as “unacceptable” and urged Moscow to abide by a September...
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...
Ukraine peace plan to call for 10-km buffer zone on Russia border
By Richard Balmforth President Petro Poroshenko will call for the creation of a 10-km buffer zone on the border with Russia under a 14-point plan to bring peace to east Ukraine, according to an unofficial copy published by media on Friday. Ukraine says...
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...
Moscow protesters declare separatist Republic; Kiev warns of invasion plan
By Richard Balmforth and Lina Kushch Pro-Moscow protesters occupying a government building in eastern Ukraine declared the creation of a separatist republic on Monday, in...
Ukraine protesters were killed under Yanukovich’s ‘direct leadership’ (updated)
By Pavel Polityuk and Alessandra Prentice THE UKRAINIAN authorities said on Thursday ousted President Viktor Yanukovich was involved in drawing up plans under which police snipers shot dead...
