(Reuters) — East Ukraine’s rebel stronghold Donetsk was pummeled on Sunday by the heaviest shelling in a month, and the OSCE said it spotted an armored column of troops without insignia in rebel territory that Kiev said proved Moscow had sent reinforcements. A two-month-old ceasefire to end a war

(Reuters) — Ukraine’s prime minister once said he and the emergency government which took power after pro-European protests in February were on a «suicide» mission, fated to take unpopular decisions that would cut short their political careers. If that is so, it would seem Arseny Yatseniuk now has

(Reuters) — Ukraine’s foreign currency reserves plummeted by almost a quarter month-on-month in October to $12.6 billion, the central bank said on Friday, citing payments for energy supplies and gas debts and efforts to support the faltering hryvnia currency. The central bank has had to dip into

(Bloomberg) — Ukraine’s east lurched back toward open war as the government in Kiev and pro-Russian rebels accused each other of starting major offensives in the region. The Ukrainian government said there were 26 outbreaks of fighting yesterday between its forces and separatists in the east, while

(VOA) — Investigators looking into the July crash of a Malaysia Airlines plane in eastern Ukraine said on Thursday they would probably hire local contractors to collect wreckage still beyond their reach because of a continuing pro-Russian insurrection. The crash of flight MH17 as it flew over the

(Reuters) — Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with top security chiefs on Thursday over a «deterioration of the situation» in eastern Ukraine after pro-Russian rebels there accused Kiev of launching a new offensive in violation of a ceasefire. Sporadic violence has flared since the Sept.

Ukraine’s two-month-old truce was at risk of unraveling as fighting shook rebel-held areas in the east and the U.S. and Germany warned that Russia risked more sanctions over the conflict. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s move to revoke the special status of the breakaway areas will scuttle a

Australia expects Russia to fully cooperate with a Dutch-led investigation into the shooting down of a Malaysian passenger jet over Ukraine, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said. “We owe it to our dead to secure justice and Russia, as a member of the international community, owes it to the world, owes

(Reuters) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s top foreign policy advisor said on Wednesday he wants Ukrainian separatist leaders who were elected in Sunday’s contested vote added to a list of rebels and Russian officials banned from traveling to the European Union. «These are people whom I would

(Reuters) — Kiev said on Wednesday it would halt payment of state funds in areas controlled by pro-Moscow rebels, as both sides hardened positions in what is rapidly becoming a «frozen conflict»: a long-term stalemate that the West believes is Russia’s aim. A day after the rebels held inauguration

(Reuters) — Pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine named a leader of their breakaway republic on Monday after a weekend election which was denounced by Kiev and the West and further deepened a standoff with Russia over the future of the former Soviet state. Organizers of the vote said that Alexander

(Reuters) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman said on Monday Berlin found it incomprehensible that «official Russian voices» should recognize an election held by pro-Russian separatists in east Ukraine. Sunday’s elections have been condemned by Kiev and its Western allies as illegal.

(Reuters) — Russia said it «respects the will of the people of southeast» Ukraine following elections on Sunday for rebel leadership in the separatist regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, Interfax reported the foreign ministry as saying. «The elected representatives received a mandate to solve the

Reuters — Dutch prosecutors are still awaiting U.S. intelligence reports on the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 but American laws on passing on such information to criminal investigations are complicating the process, the Dutch government said on Tuesday. The Dutch have the lead role in