Seven Ukrainian soldiers have died in the country’s war-torn east over the past 24 hours in the biggest number of casualties in a single day this year, Kiev said Tuesday.
The European Union says it expects to renew sanctions against Russia in Ukraine in July.
The Ukrainian military has announced the death of three of its soldiers in a fresh wave of clashes with pro-Russia forces in the country’s troubled east.
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko says an agreement has been reached with Moscow to free a detained Ukrainian pilot in exchange for two Russian nationals held by Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has held discussions with his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko about a Ukrainian pilot currently being held in Russia and two Russians detained in Ukraine.
Ukraine’s parliament on Thursday appointed pro-Western speaker Volodymyr Groysman as prime minister in a bid to end months of political gridlock and unlock vital aid to the war torn-state.
Ukraine’s parliament was weighing Tuesday whether to approve the resignation of embattled Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk as furious backroom talks raged about the makeup of a new pro-EU government.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said on Wednesday he intended to introduce a ban on oil product imports from petro-giant Russia as part of Kiev’s festering trade war with Moscow.
A plane carrying the Russian defense minister has been chased by NATO fighter jets over the neutral waters in the Baltic Sea, amid the Western military alliance’s growing build-up on Russia’s borders.
CIA director John Brennan went to Moscow earlier this month to discuss the Syria crisis with the Russian authorities, a US official says.
Secretary of State John Kerry used a joint Kremlin press conference with his Russian counterpart Thursday to reiterate that Washington remains committed to restoring Ukraine’s territorial integrity.
President Vladimir Putin on Thursday warned that Russia could ramp up its military presence in Syria within “several hours” if needed, as he urged all sides of the conflict to respect a ceasefire.
Russia’s announcement that it is withdrawing military forces from Syria will not lead to a removal of US sanctions against Moscow, said a senior American diplomat.
The Russian Foreign Ministry has blasted the European Union (EU) for setting conditions for its normalization of ties with Moscow, including one involving Ukraine.
Russia has accused the United States and its Western allies of “hypocrisy” for refusing to condemn two violent attacks on the Russian embassy in Ukraine.
Russia has blasted the United States for extending sanctions against Moscow over its alleged role in the Ukraine crisis, saying the Kremlin is entitled to respond.
A top US military official, who is NATO's military commander, says Russia is an “existential threat” to Washington and its European allies.
Tensions between Russia and the West have sparked a "new Cold War", Russia's prime minister has warned.
Russia’s finance ministry said Friday it was suing Ukraine for defaulting on a $3-billion debt to Moscow, following an order by President Vladimir Putin; AFP reported.
West is ‘working to prevent the recreation of the USSR’, Russian president says in documentary - but claims that is not what Moscow doing.