5-YR UKRAINE BAN PROPOSED FOR LE PEN AFTER HER 'NO ILLEGAL ANNEXATION' COMMENT ON CRIMEA

5-yr Ukraine ban proposed for Le Pen after her 'no illegal annexation' comment on Crimea -- RT News... READ MORE›

NEW YORK TIMES ADMITS UKRAINE'S YANUKOVICH WAS RIGHT NOT TO SIGN EU DEAL

Especially the poultry business, which due to miserly EU quotas, and the loss of the Russian market, has been decimated... READ MORE›

U.S. BLACKLISTS 15 RUSSIAN ENTITIES LINKED TO UKRAINE AND CRIMEA

Administration officials said these sanctions were not related to the Russian hacking of the Democratic National Committee... READ MORE›

EU SUMMIT: RUSSIA SANCTIONS TO STAY, DUTCH UKRAINE DEAL

EU leaders have agreed to extend sanctions against Russia over Ukraine for a further six months... READ MORE›

WORST INSURGENT CLASH IN MONTHS CLAIMS FIVE UKRAINE TROOPS

Kiev military spokesman Leonid Matyukhin told AFP that another six soldiers were wounded in the battle for control of the strategic city of Debaltseve... READ MORE›

MOST RUSSIANS WANT UKRAINE INDEPENDENT BUT FRIENDLY POLL SHOWS

In early 2015, 26 percent of Russians estimated the probability of a full-scale war between Russia and Ukraine as very high... READ MORE›

UKRAINE'S MISSILE TEST PLANS NEAR CRIMEA HEAT UP ROW WITH RUSSIA

Ukraine's planned missile tests come against a backdrop of Moscow is building up its military presence in Crimea... READ MORE›

OUTRAGE IN UKRAINE AS 24-YEAR-OLD FORMER GLAMOUR MODEL IS MADE INTERIOR MINISTERS DEPUTY

The rows come as Petro Poroshenko, Ukraine's president, met with officials in Brussels on Thursday to discuss closer trade and economic ties with the European Union... READ MORE›

DONBAS GROOVE: PHOTO EXHIBITION WILL TELL EUROPE ABOUT "WAR AND PEACE" IN EASTERN UKRAINE

Donbas Groove will be on display in the Ukrainian Culture and Information Centre in Paris from November, 29th till December, 9th... READ MORE›

PRANK CALL MYSTERY SURROUNDS UKRAINE PRESIDENT

Poroshenko asked his counterpart about potential support for a forthcoming Ukrainian initiative at the UN to condemn Russian human rights abuses in annexed Crimea... READ MORE›

'CRIMEA WILL BE UKRAINIAN AGAIN', UKRAINE PM SAYS

Volodymyr Groysman took over as Ukrainian prime minister in April... READ MORE›

NO PLANS TO DENOUNCE UKRAINE FRIENDSHIP TREATY SAYS RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER

No plans to denounce Ukraine friendship treaty says Russian Foreign Minister -- RT Russian politics... READ MORE›

PUTIN, MERKEL, HOLLANDE & POROSHENKO TO DISCUSS UKRAINE CRISIS AT BERLIN MEETING

The meeting on Wednesday will be the first time Russian President Vladimir Putin has visited the German capital since the political crisis in Ukraine began in 2014... READ MORE›

PRO-RUSSIAN REBEL COMMANDER KILLED IN UKRAINE LIFT BOMBING IN 'DECLARATION OF WAR'

Russia, which annexed Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula in 2014, backs a separatist, pro-Moscow insurgency in eastern Ukraine that has claimed nearly 10,000 lives... READ MORE›

DUTCH INQUIRY LINKS RUSSIA TO 298 DEATHS IN EXPLOSION OF JETLINER OVER UKRAINE

Investigators suggested that a cooperating witness was a rebel soldier who had guarded the missile convoy on its quick return to Russia after the launch... READ MORE›

PUTIN FACING MULTI-MILLION POUND LEGAL ACTION OVER ALLEGED ROLE IN MH17 CRASH

The evidence at the crash site will not tell you if it was a Ukraine or Russian operator of the Buk launcher... READ MORE›

DONALD TRUMP SAYS VLADIMIR PUTIN IS 'NOT GOING TO GO INTO UKRAINE,' DESPITE CRIMEA

Donald Trump said Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin won't make a military move into Ukraine... READ MORE›

MH17 SHOT DOWN BY REBELS WITH MISSILE FROM RUSSIA, SAY INVESTIGATORS

MH17 shot down by rebels with missile from Russia, say investigators... READ MORE›

TRUMP APPEARS CONFUSED ON ISSUE OF RUSSIA IN UKRAINE

He's not going into Ukraine, O.K., just so you understand, Mr. Trump, the Republican nominee, said when the issue came up... READ MORE›

ISLAMIC BATTALIONS STOCKED WITH CHECHENS AID UKRAINE IN WAR WITH REBELS

In Ukraine, the Dzhokhar Dudayev and Sheikh Mansur units are mostly Chechen, but they include Muslims from other former Soviet areas, such as Uzbeks and Balkars... READ MORE›

RUSSIAN GROUPS CROWDFUND THE WAR IN UKRAINE

Nearly all the fund-raising groups solicit donations through QIWI, a virtual payment company founded in 2004 and later incorporated, like many Russian companies, in Cyprus... READ MORE›

RUSSIA 'ACCIDENTALLY REVEALS' NUMBER OF ITS SOLDIERS KILLED IN EASTERN UKRAINE

Russia accidentally reveals number of its soldiers killed in eastern ukraine... READ MORE›

DUTCH PROBE: MISSILE BROUGHT FROM RUSSIA DOWNED MALAYSIA AIRLINES PLANE OVER UKRAINE

Both Russia and the rebels in Ukraine deny any role in the July 2014 attack on Flight 17, which was traveling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur... READ MORE›

RUSSIAN TOWN NEAR UKRAINE ONCE QUIET NOW BUZZES WITH MILITARY ACTIVITY

A year after the war started in southeastern Ukraine, the Russian military has largely abandoned efforts to disguise its activities along the border with Ukraine... READ MORE›

... AND SOON KIEV STARTS CRACKING DOWN IN EASTERN UKRAINE

But violence continues in the conflict zone in eastern Ukraine... READ MORE›

PUTIN: WAR WITH UKRAINE 'UNLIKELY'

As for Russia invading Ukraine, President Putin once again shrugged off evidence that he's deployed troops to help the rebels... READ MORE›

COSSACKS FACE GRIM REPRISALS FROM ONETIME ALLIES IN EASTERN UKRAINE

Under the czars, the Don Cossacks ruled as Russian vassals over the Wild Field, an area encompassing parts of southern Russia and eastern Ukraine... READ MORE›

REBELS PUSH TO TAKE DONETSK AIRPORT

Russia seized the Crimean peninsula from Ukraine in March and separatists later declared independence in the two eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk... READ MORE›

'WE LIKE PARTISAN WARFARE.' CHECHENS FIGHTING IN UKRAINE

We like partisan warfare. chechens fighting in ukraine on both sides... READ MORE›

DEFYING OBAMALAWMAKERS PRESS TOARM UKRAINE

While the United States has been providing nonlethal assistance, and American military instructors have begun training Ukrainian troops in western Ukraine, President Petro O... READ MORE›

WHY WE NEED A TRULY INTERNATIONAL APPROACH TO TACKLING ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE

KIEV, Ukraine -- Ashen-faced after a sleepless night of marathon negotiations, Viktor F... READ MORE›

'DUTCH-LED TEAM ACCEPTED SECRET US DATA ON MH17 CRASH, REJECTED TRANSPARENT RUSSIAN ANALYSIS'

The methods of collecting evidence, mostly sifted from the internet and social media accounts, were also questioned... READ MORE›

MARIUPOL JOURNAL SOUNDS OF WAR RECEDE TO BACKGROUND IN AN EASTERN UKRAINE CITY

Like many in Mariupol, he tries to read the mind of Russia's president, Vladimir V... READ MORE›

DEADLY RUSSIAN ROCKET SYSTEM SPOTTED IN UKRAINE FOR FIRST TIME

The report comes before President Vladimir Putin holds talks in Paris on Friday with the leaders of Germany, France and Ukraine on the peace process... READ MORE›

'PUTIN IS OBSESSED WITH THE IDEA OF TESTING NATO'

Mikheil Saakashvili, enemy of Vladimir Putin who did much to implant democracy in Georgia, left the country in June, claiming he faced guaranteed imprisonment ... READ MORE›

VLADIMIR PUTIN LEAVES G20 AFTER LEADERS LINE UP TO BROWBEAT HIM OVER UKRAINE

Vladimir Putin leaves G20 after leaders line up to browbeat him over Ukraine... READ MORE›

The organization helped mediate peace talks between Russia and Ukraine that led to the Sept... READ MORE›

MISSILE THAT DOWNED MH17 CAME FROM RUSSIA, SAYS JOINT INVESTIGATION TEAM

MH17 crashed in eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014 while flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur... READ MORE›

UKRAINE GUARDSMAN KILLED IN NATIONALIST PROTEST OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT

Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk also blamed Svoboda, which has its main power-bases in western Ukraine, while Poroshenko said pseudo-patriots had been behind the violence... READ MORE›

POLICE OFFICER IS KILLED DURING UKRAINE PROTESTS

The chamber approved the constitutional amendment in a first reading, with 265 lawmakers in the 450-member Parliament voting in favor of the so-called decentralization bill during a raucous session... READ MORE›

BORIS JOHNSON FLIES IN TO ADDRESS ESCALATING UKRAINE CRISIS AND FINDS HIMSELF LEFT COMPLETELY SIDELINED

And not Ukraine!', hold up a giant Russian flag as they march in Simferopol, Ukraine, on 1 March... READ MORE›

CIVILIANS, SOLDIERS DIE IN EAST UKRAINE FIGHTING AS PUTIN VISITS CRIMEA

In Moscow Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov blamed Kiev for the violence giving no detail but saying he suspected Ukraine was preparing a new offensive... READ MORE›

DUTCH SAY JET CRASH INQUIRY IS BEING BLOCKED IN UKRAINE

This month, the Dutch foreign minister, Bert Koenders, visited Moscow, where he discussed the inquiries with his Russian counterpart, Sergey V... READ MORE›

RUSSIA FLEXES MUSCLE WITH BOMBER FLIGHTS NEAR U.S.

We have seen columns of Russian equipment, primarily Russian tanks, Russian artillery, Russian air defense systems and Russian combat troops entering into Ukraine, Breedlove said... READ MORE›

FIGHTING IN E UKRAINE EASES AMID TRUCE

The conflict between government troops and rebels in eastern Ukraine has been raging since April 2014, claiming some 10,000 lives... READ MORE›

UKRAINIANS WORRY THEY'RE THE BIG LOSERS IN THE U.S. ELECTION

Trump's friendliness toward Russia doesn't play well in Kiev, but some are looking for a bright side... READ MORE›

THE SATURDAY PROFILE EX-PROFESSOR UPSETS UKRAINE POLITICS AND RUSSIA PEACE ACCORD

While politicians in Russia and Ukraine have taken turns blaming one another for stalling the implementation of Minsk II, Ms. Syroyid has proudly taken credit... READ MORE›

RUSSIA TRANSFERS UKRAINE WAR DOCTRINE TO SYRIA

Despite evidence of direct Russian participation in the revolt by separatists in eastern Ukraine provided by NATO, the U.S... READ MORE›

SYRIA AND UKRAINE: TWO FRONTS IN RUSSIAN WAR FOR INFLUENCE

The ceasefire is in better shape because the Russians have decided it should be so... READ MORE›

UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT MOCKS PUTIN IN FRONT OF UNITED NATIONS

On Monday the Ukrainian delegation pointedly left the hall when Russian President Vladimir Putin started speaking... READ MORE›

UKRAINEA??S POROSHENKO ON RUSSIA, CORRUPTION AND THE CHALLENGES AHEAD

Ukraine's poroshenko on russia corruption and the challenges ahead... READ MORE›

DEADLY CLASHES OUTSIDE KIEV PARLIAMENT

Ukraine's pro-Russian bill sparks deadly clashes outside Kiev parliament... READ MORE›

DEADLY CLASHES OUTSIDE KIEV PARLIAMENT

Ukraine's pro-Russian bill sparks deadly clashes outside Kiev parliament... READ MORE›

DEADLY PROTESTS OUTSIDE UKRAINE PARLIAMENT AFTER VOTE

Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk also blamed Svoboda, which has its main power-bases in western Ukraine, while Poroshenko said pseudo-patriots had been behind the violence... READ MORE›

RUSSIA 'SENDS MORE TROOPS TO EASTERN UKRAINE' AS LEADERS GET TOGETHER FOR CRISIS SUMMIT

Petro poroshenko angela merkel and francois hollande are meeting in berlin to discuss how to keep the peace agreement... READ MORE›

REBELS IN UKRAINE'S DONETSK PLAN REFERENDUM ON JOINING RUSSIA

Leaders of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic are planning to hold a referendum on seceding from Ukraine and joining Russia, the Donetsk-based Ostrov news agency reported... READ MORE›