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Alex Thomson
If reports from the Ukrainian military are credible, President Putin is indeed not stopping. Even as the Minsk talks were grinding along, tanks and missiles reportedly crossed into Ukraine overnight.
Russia called the Ukrainian revolution a “fascist junta”. As the first anniversary of the ousting of Viktor Yanukovych approaches, we look at the changing fortunes of the extreme right.
The West should not rule out a military option to support Ukraine’s battle against separatist rebels who, it is widely believed, are being supported by Russia, Nato’s top military commander says.
With Vladimir Putin meeting Angela Merkel and Francois Hollande in Moscow to discuss the Ukraine conflict, what is driving the Russian president, what is he seeking, and will he get it?
Eastern Ukraine has been torn apart by pro-Russian rebels seizing government buildings and cities since the conflict started in November 2013. Just how much territory have they taken?
Angela Merkel and Francois Hollande launch a new diplomatic initiative in Ukraine, before holding talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Friday.
Now the euphoria in Greece has subsided, it is being matched by astonishment in Berlin and the European Union institutions.
As a public inquiry into the death of Alexander Litvinenko gets underway, what do we know about the man and the circumstances surrounding his death?
Vladimir Putin’s absence from events marking the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp shows how Europe is still bitterly divided over the legacy of the Holocaust.
At least 30 people are killed in heavy shelling by pro-Russian separatists in the eastern Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, as the leader of rebel fighters says an offensive is “launched”.
Found guilty of fraud by a Moscow court, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is arrested trying to get to the protest rally that he and punk rockers Pussy Riot had urged people to attend.
Vladimir Putin claims Russia only has two military bases abroad. FactCheck thinks he’s having an attack of amnesia.
Matt Frei
Vladimir Putin is still riding high in the polls as the president who has defied the interfering west and resurrected Russia’s glory. But for how much longer?
Jonathan Rugman
It’s overstating things to say Russia and the west have entered a new cold war. But one year after the Ukraine crisis began, the situation is still deeply depressing.
Pro-Russian rebels are holding an election to set up a separatist leadership in eastern Ukraine, but the poll has been denounced by the west as “illegitimate”.