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Now playing Next Ukraine Poroshenko warns of 'martial law' if Ukraine conflict escalates President Poroshenko of Ukraine has warned he may bring in martial law because of increased tension in the east with pro-Russian separatists. 19/08/2016
Now playing Next Ukraine Russia deploys missile system to Crimea It comes two days after President Vladimir Putin promised counter-measures after what he said were clashes between Russian forces and Ukrainian saboteurs in northern Crimea. 12/08/2016
Now playing Next Ukraine International concern grows over rising Russia-Ukraine tension Sharply escalating tensions between Russia and Ukraine are raising concerns in the international community. 11/08/2016
Now playing Next Ukraine Crimea: the disputed region fueling tensions between Moscow and Kyiv Russia's 2014 annexation of the strategic peninsula of Crimea is at the centre of renewed tensions between Moscow and Kyiv. 11/08/2016
Now playing Next Ukraine Ukraine puts border troops on full alert Tension is high in the region as Kyiv dismisses Moscow's claims of armed incursions into the contested Crimean peninsula. 11/08/2016
Now playing Next Ukraine Memorial for slain Ukrainian journalist Pavel Sheremet held in Kyiv Hundreds of people came to pay tribute to a prominent Ukrainian journalist who died in a car bombing in Kyiv earlier this week. 22/07/2016
Now playing Next Ukraine Russia and Ukraine arrange a second prisoner swap Russia and Ukraine have swapped prisoners for the second time in less than a month. 15/06/2016
Now playing Next Ukraine 'Normandy Quartet' agrees on OSCE mission, says Poroshenko Ukraine’s president Petro Poroshenko said on Friday the leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine — the “Normandy Quartet” — have agreed on deploying an OSCE police mission to Ukraine’s eastern r 03/06/2016
Now playing Next Ukraine Hero's welcome for Ukraine pilot Nadiya Savchenko after Russia prisoner swap Ukrainian military pilot Nadiya Savchenko arrived home to scenes of jubilation on Wednesday after her release by Russia in a prisoner swap and she promptly offered to fight again for Kyiv in its confl 25/05/2016
Now playing Next Ukraine Ukrainian pilot Savchenko back in Kyiv after 2 years in Russian jail Ukrainian military pilot Nadiya Savchenko arrived home in Kyiv on Wednesday (May 25) after nearly two years in a Russian jail, part of an exchange in which two Russians held in Ukraine were returned t 25/05/2016
Now playing Next Russia Ukraine pilot Nadiya Savchenko 'has arrived in Kyiv' in prisoner swap with Russia Detained Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko ‘has arrived in Kyiv’ after being flown home in a prisoner swap with Russia, reports say. 25/05/2016