Ukraine MH17 investigation one year on, conclusions pending MH17 crashed where eastern Ukraine separatists backed by Moscow contended with Kyiv government troops for territorial control. this was near the 16/07/2015
Cinema Manhood, war and propaganda on show at Odessa Film Festival The sixth Odessa International Film Festival is underway and drawing crowds to the Black Sea port city, but for the second year in a row, the conflict in Eastern Ukraine is taking its toll on the nati 14/07/2015
Ukraine Far right group challenges Ukraine's government after gun battle. A Ukrainian far right group has demanded the resignation of the county’s interior minister while blocking roads around Kyiv in a protest following a 13/07/2015
Ukraine Kyiv's new traffic police pledge not to take bribes Ukraine’s top leaders watched as the capital’s new traffic police force underwent its passing out ceremony in Kyiv on Saturday. Until now the police 05/07/2015
Malaysia Malaysia wants UN-backed tribunal over MH17 Malaysia is to push for a United Nations-backed tribunal to prosecute those suspected of downing flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine. UN Security 03/07/2015
World Saakashvili warns of Odessa region's importance to Ukraine Mikheil Saakashvili was appointed governor of Ukraine’s Odessa* region in February, to fight corruption. The former Georgian president might even be 02/07/2015
Ukraine Ukraine unveils draft changes to Constitution After more than a year of separatist tensions tearing Ukraine apart the country’s president has revealed draft amendments to the constitution which 01/07/2015
Ukraine Ukraine stops Russian gas imports after price talks collapse Ukraine has stopped gas imports from Russia after negotiations collapsed about how much Kyiv should pay for its gas. Ukraine says it will not buy 01/07/2015
Ukraine Ukraine stops buying Russian gas over price row Ukrainian state energy firm Naftogaz has said from July 1 it will not buy gas from Russia until new supply conditions are agreed. It follows a break 01/07/2015
Ukraine War, Russia, Poverty: Europeans' 'negative' view of Ukraine It was French writer Gustave Flaubert who said there is no truth, only perception. According to the Institute of World Policy in Kyiv, Europeans have 24/06/2015
France Foreign ministers meet as security situation in eastern Ukraine deteriorates The foreign ministers of France, Germany, Ukraine and Russia have held crisis talks in Paris as the situation in eastern Ukraine continues to 24/06/2015
Russia Ceremonies in Moscow and Kyiv to remember the day the German army invaded the Soviet Union A solemn ceremony in Moscow to commemorate the day the Great Patriotic War started. June 22 1941 was when the the German army turned east and crossed 22/06/2015
Ukraine World Refugee Day: UN estimates 1.2 million internally displaced in Ukraine Ukraine has problems of its own to contend with. But the country is still managing to shelter refugees – from far-flung war-torn places as well as 20/06/2015
Ukraine Ukraine security chief dismissed Amid continued fighting in Ukraine’s east, another battle has come to a head in Kyiv with the dismissal of Security Chief Valentyn Nalyvaichenko. MPs 19/06/2015
Ukraine Radioactive waste repository opens in Chernobyl exclusion zone A new central repository for radioactive waste has opened in the Chernobyl exclusion zone in Ukraine. The facility has been funded by the UK and the 17/06/2015
World News Donetsk residents stage rare protest against rebel authority in Ukraine While the US and Russia on Monday renewed calls for all sides to implement the Minsk peace accord in Ukraine, those on the front line in Donetsk 15/06/2015
Ukraine Six Ukrainian soldiers killed in past 24 hours, says military Ukraine’s military says six servicemen have been killed and 14 wounded in separatist eastern territory in the past 24 hours. A four-month-old truce 13/06/2015
Ukraine Arrests made over Ukraine fuel depot fire Ukrainian authorities have detained two people as part of an inquiry into this week’s fatal fire at a fuel depot near Kyiv. They are said to be Yuriy 12/06/2015
Ukraine Moscow accused of 'outright lies' over Ukraine The US ambassador to the United Nations has accused Moscow of “outright lies” over the financing and arming of pro-Russian separatists in eastern 11/06/2015