What happens next depends on whether Ukraine deals with the armed groups in a proportionate way. The use of the term “Colorado beetles” to describe them is possibly not indicative of restraint.
As pro-Russian demonstrators take over government buildings in three Ukrainian cities, the country’s interim president says they are “playing out the Crimean scenario”.
Jon Snow
Journalist Chapman Pincher, who celebrates his 100th birthday on Saturday, exposed the treacheries of cold war spies, from George Blake to John Vassall.
Going from Russian billionaire to “the world’s poorest man,” has been put forward as the reason behind the apparent suicide of Boris Berezovsky, at the opening of the inquest into his death.
In 2012 the Ukrainian navy revived a Soviet project that trained combat dolphins – but following the annexation of Crimea many are wondering what side they will flip on?
Barack Obama pitches the US as a source of energy that would weaken the European Union’s dependence on Russia for oil and gas “in the light of what’s happened”.
In the wake of the annexation of Crimea by Russia, many are wondering who is next on President Vladimir Putin’s list?
Explosions and gunshots are heard as a Russian forces storm the Belbek airbase in Crimea – one of the last military facilities still under Ukrainian control.
David Cameron and other European leaders sign an association agreement with Ukraine that extends the EU’s sphere of influence but risks antagonising Russia.
There are “indications” that Russia may be planning a military intervention in the south and east of Ukraine, Kiev’s ambassador to the United Nations warns.
Russia is planning a “full-blown military intervention” into mainland Ukraine, warns Ukraine’s UN representative. Is that really what Putin wants? It is out of his control, says one expert.
US sanctions are expanded to take in a bank and some high-profile Russian billionaires, as Russia announces travel bans against nine prominent Americans.
Military tensions are set to escalate on the Crimean peninsula as Russian forces take over a naval headquarters, and Ukraine says its troops will not withdraw from the region.
The United States and the European Union have placed sanctions on a number of individuals connected to the “illegitimate” annexation of Crimea – but the response is often laughter.
Gary Gibbon
EU measures against Russia punish 21 individuals from Russia and Crimea with travel bans and asset freezes.