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.
Lindsey Hilsum
President Putin seems confident as he says one thing and does another – denying Russian soldiers have crossed the border despite overwhelming evidence is classic Soviet doublespeak.
Prince Charles has made headlines around the world by saying Vladimir Putin’s actions in Ukraine echo those of Hitler. Is the comparison fair?
Alex Thomson
Apocalyptic rain soaks Donetsk from dawn on Monday as people awake wondering quite what has actually dawned here.
Jon Snow
The EU/Nato powers must be prepared to accept Ukraine for what it is – a buffer state in which both powers have some interest.
Lindsey Hilsum
Both sides in the Ukraine crisis want the world to hear their version of the truth. But it’s not easy when the gulf between word and deed is so great.
Gary Gibbon
EU measures against Russia punish 21 individuals from Russia and Crimea with travel bans and asset freezes.
Alex Thomson
So Crimea has voted. It was messy, ugly, but it is also undeniably true that the majority will of the people in Crimea has prevailed – so what does the west do now?
Jon Snow
The vote is done. Crimean matters have come to a head. But how did we get into the mess, which now has ‘the west’ scurrying around looking for reprisals against Russia?
Lindsey Hilsum
“I came downstairs with no problem, but our producer was shoved back into her room on the 4th floor, pistol to her neck, by a man in black. “
Jonathan Rugman
The diplomatic chill is deepening ahead of Crimea’s vote on joining Russia. And the tougher the west gets, the more intransigent the Russians could become.
Lindsey Hilsum
Hundreds of Crimeans queued at banks today, fearing that after Sunday’s referendum on rejoining Russia they won’t have access to their savings.
Lindsey Hilsum
It wasn’t the best venue for the birth of the new Crimean army – but if you leave one country and join another in less than a month, you have to get on with it as best you can.
Lindsey Hilsum
The soldiers came at midnight when the children were sleeping. Sabrie, who was ten, struggled to stay awake as her mother grabbed her little sister and two brothers.
Lindsey Hilsum
Sergei Lavrov says the military fatigues who have taken over Ukrainian military bases in Crimea are not Russian soldiers. One colonel tells me: “It’s a lie.”