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.
Vladimir Putin arrives in Crimea as a part of Victory Day celebrations, while in eastern Ukraine, where Russia is accused of instigating unrest, Ukrainian soldiers kill 20 pro-Russian separatists.
Fierce fighting is continuing in eastern Ukraine, where troops have fought gun battles with a pro-Russian militia. Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Nato’s secretary general, is asked: is Russia the enemy?
Pro-Russian separatists storm a Ukrainian police station in Odessa and free 30 fellow activists as unrest continues in eastern Ukraine.
Ukraine’s defence ministry release footage of government forces making their way towards Kramatorsk as part of an ongoing operation against insurgency in the east.
The United States takes action over the Ukraine crisis by imposing sanctions on seven individuals with close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin, including the head of energy company Rosneft.
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.
Western leaders agree to extend sanctions against Russia for failing to abide by the Ukraine peace accord agreed in Geneva.
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.
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.
The tired looking young men in t-shirts and combat fatigues manning the barricades in Slovyansk say they are not going anywhere.
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.
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?
After international talks in Geneva, the Russian foreign minister and the US Secretary of State both call for “de-escalation” in Ukraine and agree to expand an international monitoring mission.
Ahead of a conference on the Ukraine crisis, Nato says it will reinforce its forces in eastern Europe, with “deployments at sea, in the air, on land” within days.
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.