Lindsey Hilsum
The power of parody in eastern Ukraine
The tired looking young men in t-shirts and combat fatigues manning the barricades in Slovyansk say they are not going anywhere.
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Lavrov calls for release of pro-Russian ‘protest leaders’
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.
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Ron Paul: ‘Ukraine is not our business’
Former US congressman Ron Paul says imposing sanctions on Russia over Ukraine contradicts the precepts of trade: “I’m opposed to virtually all sanctions unless there’s a declared war.”
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Ukraine conflict: west extends sanctions against Russia
Western leaders agree to extend sanctions against Russia for failing to abide by the Ukraine peace accord agreed in Geneva.
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Russia versus America – a cold war of words?
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.
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Kiev pulls back forces after Russia flexes military muscles
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.
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Moscow threatens response if Russians attacked in Ukraine
As Kiev announces the end of an Easter truce and re-launches its “anti-terrorist operation” in eastern Ukraine, Russia warns it will retaliate if its citizens are threatened.
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Biden to Ukraine: you can be energy secure
US Vice-President Joe Biden tells the Ukraine parliament that in future the country may not have to be dependent on Russia for its energy.
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Russia: Kiev ‘breaking Geneva accord’ on Ukraine
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accuses Ukraine of violating an accord reached in Geneva last week aimed at averting a wider conflict between the two neighbours.
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After the Ukrainian revolution – what next for Femen?
The Ukrainian pressure group scaled church steeples and ambushed President Putin. But that was before the Ukrainian Revolution. Channel 4 News speaks to Femen about what happens next.
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Ukraine gun battle shatters Easter truce – but who did it?
At least two people were killed in a gun battle in eastern Ukraine. The outbreak of fighting in Slaviansk broke the uneasy silence that had fallen on the area after Kiev promised a truce over Easter.
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Lindsey Hilsum
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Overnight clashes raise tensions in Ukraine
At the end of day-long talks in Geneva all parties seemed to step back from the precipice, following fast moving events in Eastern Ukraine is our International Editor Lindsey Hilsum in Donetsk.
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Novorossiya: is Ukraine part of Putin’s ‘resurgent Russia’?
President Putin pledges to do all he can to protect fellow Russians living in what he’s called “Novorossiya” – the historic name for part of Ukraine. How great a threat do his words represent?
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Lindsey Hilsum
Bread not bullets: Ukraine’s locals and soldiers against war
As we saw the crowds gathering round the Ukrainian armoured personnel carriers parked near the railway tracks in Kramatorsk we thought we might encounter a hostile crowd.
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New frontier in Ukraine-Russia crisis: Facebook
It is not just protest groups using social media nowadays: governments are getting in on the act – and in unstable eastern Ukraine, Facebook has become a tool of conflict.
