Tatar leader jailed in Crimea
A court in the Russian-occupied Crimea peninsula has sentenced a prominent Crimean Tatar leader, Akhtem Chiygoz, to eight years in…
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Poroshenko warns of Russian invasion
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko has warned that Russia could use its massive military exercises, due to start on September 14,…
Arch fitted on divisive Crimea bridge
Russia’s engineers have installed a giant railway arch in the channel between Russia and Crimea, as a controversial 19km road-rail…
Saakashvili vows to fight for citizenship
Mikheil Saakashvili, the former Georgian president and Odesa regional governor who has been stripped of his Ukrainian citizenship, said he…
Fresh attacks break Minsk ceasefire
Donetsk airport. Source: Wikimedia Ukraine claims its armed forces have repulsed an attack by Russian-backed rebels in the east near…
Kiev braces for renewed attacks
Ukraine demonstrates mobile artillery pieces during its independence parade. Source: Wikimedia Ukraine has held a large military parade in Kiev to mark…