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US Vice President Joe Biden denounced Vladimir Putin's "pure aggression" in Ukraine, warning that Western nations must be prepared to respond with further sanctions.

• 28 мая 2015, 15:32

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said in an interview broadcast that his crisis-torn country was fighting a "real war" with Russia that could escalate at any time.

• 20 мая 2015, 15:22

Kazakhstan’s capital Astana will host talks on the Syrian crisis on May 25-27.

• 07 мая 2015, 01:41

Western powers are getting set to counter an expertly crafted Russian disinformation campaign over Ukraine which has left them wrong-footed too many times for comfort.

• 02 мая 2015, 14:24

Ukraine will press European leaders for peacekeepers to patrol its war-torn east and will angle for more international financial support at two days of high-level talks starting.

• 27 апреля 2015, 15:21

Russian President Vladimir Putin, in an interview broadcast to mark 15 years in power, said he has no regrets over Moscow's 2014 annexation of Crimea.

• 27 апреля 2015, 12:42

Syrian opposition wants to invite Kazakhstan to serve as mediator in resolving the conflict in their country.

• 22 апреля 2015, 15:17

Italy called for an emergency summit of European Union leaders following the latest migrant boat tragedy in the Mediterranean.

• 20 апреля 2015, 09:53

French President Francois Hollande will discuss the Ukraine crisis with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin during a visit to Armenia on April 24.

• 18 апреля 2015, 12:48

About 300 US paratroopers arrived this week in Ukraine to train the Ukrainian National Guard which is fighting pro-Russian rebels in the east.

• 17 апреля 2015, 15:12

The Red Cross said that an aid plane is ready to leave for Yemen but its departure has been held back by logistics problems inside the war-torn country.

• 06 апреля 2015, 19:43

Six Ukrainian troops were killed by landmines in the restive separatist-held east, breaking a lull of several days in a conflict that began a year ago this week.

• 06 апреля 2015, 11:55

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said in remarks published he hoped key talks with international creditors would yield a "happy ending".

• 30 марта 2015, 12:43

The Obama administration has displayed "reprehensible animosity" towards Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

• 30 марта 2015, 12:25

Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was ready to put the country's nuclear forces on alert as he sought to annex Crimea last year.

• 16 марта 2015, 14:29

Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko slammed a month-old peace deal with pro-Russian rebels as "not working".

• 16 марта 2015, 14:10

The IMF handed Ukraine a $17.5 billion lifeline as the United States agreed to send military aid to bolster its forces against pro-Russian rebelsю

• 12 марта 2015, 15:35

US Secretary of State John Kerry will meet his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Geneva for talks on the Ukraine crisis .

• 02 марта 2015, 14:42

Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev and Russian President Vladimir Putin have discussed the crisis in Ukraine in a phone call.

• 28 февраля 2015, 15:49

Greece's new anti-austerity government will put before parliament early next week its first legislation tackling the "humanitarian crisis" caused by years of cuts.

• 28 февраля 2015, 13:17