Inside the shards and rubble of Luhansk airport
As we picked our way through the shards and rubble, we found a discarded DVD case – it was for the Arnold Schwarzenegger film “End of Days”. It did indeed look like a scene from the apocalypse.
The Russian rouble plunges further as it hits new lows, despite an emergency hike in interest rates to 17 per cent. As Russia’s economy appears to be heading for free-fall, should we care?
Garry Kasparov, one of the greatest chess players in history, says Vladimir Putin is far more dangerous than Islamic State militants because he has nuclear weapons.
Ukrainian troops and pro-Russia separatists agreed a ceasefire in September, but that hasn’t stopped fighting in eastern parts of the country.
President Putin is not coming away from the G20 with many friends. David Cameron and the Russian leader apparently had a ‘robust exchange’ about Russia’s role in the Ukraine crisis.
For Russian pop star Valeriya, tonight’s London concert is a dream come true. But critics want to ban her because she supports Vladimir Putin’s anti-gay legislation and his annexation of Crimea.
A soft-focus video featuring a group of children is released to celebrate the 62nd birthday of Russia’s President Putin. Warning: contains extreme schmaltz.
As we picked our way through the shards and rubble, we found a discarded DVD case – it was for the Arnold Schwarzenegger film “End of Days”. It did indeed look like a scene from the apocalypse.
Russia vows “there will be a reaction” if new EU sanctions are imposed over its actions in Ukraine, where a truce appears to be largely holding after five months of fighting.
Multiple rockets are fired at the port city of Mariupol, in eastern Ukraine. Ukrainian officials claimed rebels launched the attack, on the city’s outskirts, but government forces repelled the attack.
The threats from Islamic State and the Russian intervention in Ukraine have changed the mood at the Nato summit as leaders face a dangerous new world reality.
Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko calls on the EU for an “adequate reaction”, saying Russia has thousands of troops and hundreds of tanks in Ukraine.
The US may have become more cynical about the impact of a president. But it still cherishes the aura of the office – which means “no drama Obama” simply won’t do.
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.
The chimneys of Mariupol – where one the the biggest integrated steelworks in the world dominates the city skyline outside for miles – the new strategic significance in Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko promises to work on an urgent ceasefire plan with Russia’s Vladimir Putin to defuse the separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine.