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In Eastern Ukraine, a referendum…but not as we know it
The world is ranged against it. It has achieved the hitherto impossible feat of uniting Kiev and Moscow in agreement. But the Donetsk referendum is going ahead.
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The world is ranged against it. It has achieved the hitherto impossible feat of uniting Kiev and Moscow in agreement. But the Donetsk referendum is going ahead.
Germany and France have warned Russia that it will face “appropriate consequences” if the 25 May election in Ukraine does not go ahead as planned.
As Russia’s President Putin arrives in Crimea, people at the Victory Day parade in Donetsk are still weighing up where their allegiances lie.
Russia’s Soviet stripes are on proud display this Victory Day, during a mass military parade in Moscow’s Red Square – President Putin heralds an “overwhelming force of patriotism”.
Ukraine’s defence ministry release footage of government forces making their way towards Kramatorsk as part of an ongoing operation against insurgency in the east.
At least 38 people are reported to have been killed in a fire in the Ukraine port city of Odessa. Earlier two pilots died when pro-Russian separatists shot down two Ukrainian helicopters in Slaviansk.
Pro-Russian militants seize the regional prosecutor’s office in Donetsk after violent clashses with police during May Day marches celebrating the Soviet era and Russian nationalism.
Maybe it is time to forget traditional recruitment centres if you want a career in the military. The US Navy is looking for code breakers who can crack a puzzle and is using Facebook to find them.
Channel 4 News reveals Ukip has been soliciting donations from a businessman from whom the party publicly distanced itself last year due to his “unpalatable” opinions on women and homosexuality.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov tells John Kerry that Ukraine must stop its military operation in southeastern regions of the country as part of efforts to defuse the crisis.
Western leaders agree to extend sanctions against Russia for failing to abide by the Ukraine peace accord agreed in Geneva.
John Kerry says America is “ready to act” against Russia and that the “window to change course is closing”. But is this just more empty words? Channel 4 News looks back.
Kiev reportedly suspends its “anti-terror operation” in eastern Ukraine after five pro-Russian militants are killed and Russia orders military exercises on the Ukraine border.
The EU/Nato powers must be prepared to accept Ukraine for what it is – a buffer state in which both powers have some interest.
As David Moyes licks his wounds, a victim of his predecessor’s success, Channel 4 News would like him to take heart – there are many who have been forced to live in the shadow of “giants”.