Now playing Next Ukraine Russia escalates attacks across Ukraine, killing and injuring dozens The Uragan missile strike on a line for water in Lysychansk, killing 8 and injuring 21, is the latest of attacks across the country hitting civilian targets. 27/06/2022
Now playing Next Ukraine Russian troops storm Sievierodonetsk as Donbas is heavily bombarded By Sunday, the Russian assault had "extremely escalated" in Sievierodonetsk, where some 1,500 civilians out of the prewar population of 100,000 had died from the fighting. 29/05/2022
Now playing Next Ukraine Kyiv fears 'Mariupol repeat' as Russian forces escalate Donbas attacks Some 90% of Sievierodonetsk has been "systematically destroyed" by the Russian forces while at least 1,500 people have died there because of the war, the Luhansk city mayor claims. 28/05/2022
Now playing Next Ukraine Macron, Scholz ask Putin to free captured Azovstal fighters Meanwhile, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pledged that the Donbas will remain Ukrainian as fighting intensified around several cities and towns in the eastern region. 28/05/2022
Now playing Next Ukraine Russia has issued 720,000 fast-track passports in eastern Ukraine Officials say the number of people applying for Russian passports has increased in recent weeks as tensions around Ukraine soared. 17/02/2022
Now playing Next Ukraine Nine miners killed after underground lift breaks in eastern Ukraine The steel cable holding the lift broke as the men descended to the bottom of a mine shaft, emergency services said. 07/09/2021
Now playing Next Ukraine At least nine killed as forest fires rage in eastern Ukraine Forest fires in the eastern Ukrainian region of Luhansk have killed least nine people and 14 others have been hospitalised. 01/10/2020
Now playing Next View Amazon’s ambivalence is helping support for Russian forces and their proxies in Ukraine ǀ View While Russia is waging an illegal invasion into Ukraine, Amazon is profiting from the symbols of that conflict, such as the banners that represent Russian proxy forces. 24/04/2020
Now playing Next Ukraine Estonia says it won't recognise Russian passports offered in Ukraine Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier this year promised fast-tracked citizenship to anyone living in Ukraine's Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts. 06/08/2019
Now playing Next Ukraine Kyiv & West condemn "Illegal" votes in Eastern Ukraine US, EU and NATO line up behind Kyiv in condemnation of he Sunday votes in the Donetsk & Luhansk Peoples' Republics. 11/11/2018
Now playing Next France Talks in Paris fail to make progress on implementing a peace deal in eastern Ukraine Talks in Paris aimed at getting the fragile Minsk peace agreement back on track in eastern Ukraine failed to make progress on Thursday ahead of a 04/03/2016
Now playing Next Russia Female pilot jailed in Russia proclaimed a 'hero of Ukraine' Jailed in Russia, Ukrainian military pilot Nadiya Savchenko has been awarded the title ‘Hero of Ukraine’ as fears grow for her health more than two 02/03/2015
Now playing Next Ukraine Ukraine: Separatist rebels in no mood to talk of truce after reigniting war Last week’s rebel advance has dashed a five-month truce and reignited the war in Ukraine which has killed more than 5,000 people. In Lysychansk, near 28/01/2015
Now playing Next Ukraine Ukraine as it happened : Lavrov and Kerry urge all sides to refrain from violence Russia told the West on Wednesday that four-way talks between representatives of Ukraine, Russia, the United States and European Union must focus on 09/04/2014