Alex Thomson
We walked past the burned-up tail planes of jets on the tarmac. The shell-splashed hangars with torn metal cladding screaming and clanking eerily in the biting wind and snow showers.
Alex Thomson
In the south of Debaltseve, in eastern Ukraine, the distant sound of explosions can be heard. So is the ceasefire truly holding?
Alex Thomson
Incredibly, the theatre is still open in Donetsk despite constant shelling. Will the latest ceasefire deal end the carnage?
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.
Alex Thomson
Despite the leaders of Ukraine and Russia agreeing a ceasefire, people in Kiev are sceptical and are told to keep their “kalashnikov well oiled and ready to fire”.
Alex Thomson
Whatever emerges from Minsk is only diplomatic rhetoric. The real game is on the steppe of eastern Ukraine where both sides either will or will not silence their guns.
Rockets hit a soup kitchen in a town held by pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine as people hide under tables and run to the underground cellar for cover.
Pro-Russian separatist fighters advance on Ukrainian troops outside the town of Debaltseve, with some reports that the rebels have encircled the area.
Many of Ukraine’s best-known monuments have been devastated in the conflict that erupted at the start of 2014. Drag the cursor across each image to see what happened to the buildings.
Britain deploys strongly worded statements against Vladimir Putin after being accused of “diplomatic irrelevance” over the Ukrainian crisis.
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.
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.
Pressure grows on the US to send weapons to the Ukrainian military following recent defeats to separatist rebels who it is widely believed are being armed by Russia.
Nearly 500 miners are trapped underground after a shell hit an electric substation near the site in east Ukraine, following an escalation in violence at the weekend.