Paul Mason
Making sense of the fighting in Slaviansk
Overnight, the pro-Russian rebels in Slaviansk, Ukraine, are reported to have quit the town, fighting their way out in one or more armoured convoys as the Ukrainian army attacked.
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MH17 was shot down in ‘unspeakable outrage’ – Obama
President Barack Obama says the United States believes Flight MH17 was shot down, killing 298 innocent people in an act he describes as “an outrage of unspeakable proportions”.
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‘Outrage against human decency’ if plane shot down
The Malaysia transport minister says it would be an outrage against human decency if the Malaysian airliner MH17 was found to have been shot down. Video contains flash photography.
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‘Why I quit RT’: journalist protests MH17 coverage
RT journalist Sara Firth tells Channel 4 News why she quit the Kremlin-backed news provider – saying it was in response to RT’s coverage of the MH17 crash.
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Eyewitness photos capture horror of MH17 crash in Ukraine
Nine British people are feared among the 300 dead on board a Malaysian airliner “shot down” over Ukraine. These images by Anton Skyba capture the devastation on the ground.
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Have pro-Russian rebels violated Ukraine ceasefire?
Pro-Russian separatists fire on Ukrainian military checkpoints in the east, despite a ceasefire declared by the rebels, Ukrainian government forces claim.
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Ukraine crisis: military plane shot down killing 49 people
Pro-Russian rebels shoot down a military transport plane in eastern Ukraine, killing all 49 Ukrainian service personnel on board.
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Russia blamed as tanks ‘cross Ukrainian border’
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko tells Vladimir Putin that reports of tanks crossing the country’s border from Russia are “unacceptable”.
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Matt Frei
Donetsk – city of phantom states and sullen fatalism
This is a land that refuses to forget. Here in the centre of Donetsk you can still find a statue to Lenin in a square named after him. There is a bust of Karl Marx outside the local college.
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When Poroshenko met Putin: the diplomacy behind D-Day
In their first meeting since Russia annexed Crimea, at D-Day commemorations in France, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine’s president-elect Petro Poroshenko call for an end to the bloodshed.
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‘Bon appetit’: Vladimir Putin’s message to G7 leaders
The leaders of the powerful G7 industrial nations meet in Brussels – with a noticeable exception – Russia President Vladimir Putin.
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Is anyone listening in eastern Ukraine?
Despite talk of sanctions against Russia at the G7, no-one seems to be listening in eastern Ukraine, where fighting between pro-Russian and pro-Ukrainian forces continues.
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Russia ‘ready for dialogue’ with Ukraine’s Poroshenko
Russia says it is ready for dialogue with Petro Poroshenko, Ukraine’s new president but warns Kiev against increasing armed operations against separatists in the east of the country.
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Poroshenko claims Ukraine presidency amid unrest
Ukrainian confectionery tycoon Petro Poroshenko claims outright victory in the presidential election. The “chocolate king” won more 55.9 per cent of the vote in the first round, exit polls suggest.
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Darth Vader (tries to) vote in Ukraine
Kiev mayoral candidate Darth Vader – obviously – is prevented from voting in the Ukraine elections. A strange, light moment in an otherwise tense election day.
