Ukraine

Using surface-to-air missiles, pro-Russian insurgents shot down a Ukrainian military helicopter near Sloviansk late on June 24, breaking a ceasefire

Pro-Russian separatists have shot down a Ukrainian military helicopter, just a day after the rebels announced a week-long truce in

President Barack Obama has urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to work closely with Kyiv to implement Ukrainian leader Petro Poroshenko’s

Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko made a televised address to the nation on June 21, in which he discussed his 14-point peace

Separatists in Ukraine’s restive east have rejected the government’s offer of a unilateral ceasefire, and angry citizens in the streets

The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom, Bulgaria’s Irina Bokova, denounced on June 19 the

As separatists seize more buildings in Donetsk, the streets of the eastern Ukrainian city of more than 1 million people