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Ukraine rebels plan votes in blow to Poroshenko truce
Pro-Russian rebels defiantly announced they will stage their own elections in just six weeks, raising the stakes in a standoff with Kiev.
24 September 2014
Ukraine seeks to end 'panic' over sliding currency
Ukrainian leaders sought to reassure financial markets by pledging action to shore up the national currency.
24 September 2014
Pro-Russia rebels say withdrawing artillery in east Ukraine: Interfax
The prime minister of the self-proclaimed People's Republic of Donetsk said that the pro-Russian rebels have removed artillery from frontline areas.
23 September 2014
Living on Ukraine frontline, trying to make sense of war
From the balcony of his apartment in Mariupol, a strategic city in the conflict between the Ukraine army and pro-Russian separatists.
23 September 2014
Poroshenko says Ukraine ready to defend itself if peace plan fails
President Petro Poroshenko said that Ukraine must be ready to defend itself should a peace deal with pro-Russian insurgents fail.
22 September 2014
Moscow marchers condemn Kremlin role in Ukraine war
Thousands of Russians marched through Moscow to protest against the Kremlin's involvement in the Ukraine crisis.
22 September 2014
Ukraine signs buffer zone deal with rebels
Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian militias were due to pull back their troops from a demilitarised zone created under a new peace plan.
20 September 2014
Obama condemns Russian 'aggression' as he meets Poroshenko
Barack Obama condemned what he called Russian "aggression" in Ukraine as he welcomed counterpart Petro Poroshenko to the White House for the first time.
19 September 2014
Obama, Poroshenko meet as peace deal hopes rise
Ukraine's leader Petro Poroshenko will meet with US President Barack Obama, amid hopes Kiev's conflict with pro-Russian rebels may end.
18 September 2014
Moscow hails Ukraine self-rule olive branch for east
Russia hailed Ukraine's offer of self-rule for separatist rebels in the east under a peace plan.
18 September 2014
Canada slaps fresh sanctions on Russia
Canada announced fresh sanctions against Russia on Tuesday, targeting four senior Russian army generals, a bank and five arms manufacturers, over Moscow's support for rebels in Ukraine.
17 September 2014
Russia to deploy reinforcements to Crimea area: minister
Russia is to reinforce its troop deployments in annexed Crimea because of the worsening crisis in Ukraine and the buildup of foreign forces nearby..
17 September 2014
European Commissioner suggests cooperation with Customs Union
EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy suggested in Ukraine expanding cooperation with the Customs Union of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus.
16 September 2014
OSCE observers come under fire in Ukraine
International observers with the pan-European security body the OSCE came under fire after visiting the site of the Malaysia Airlines plane crash.
16 September 2014
US rejects Crimea regional election
The United States rejected as illegitimate the first local elections in Crimea since Russia annexed the peninsula from Ukraine in March.
16 September 2014
Ukraine hosts US-led military drills as truce teeters
US-led military exercises began in Ukraine as fighting rumbled on in the restive east between government forces and pro-Russian rebels.
15 September 2014
Ukraine truce under threat as heavy fighting erupts
Heavy fighting erupted around the rebel stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, piling further pressure on a precarious nine-day-old truce.
15 September 2014
President Nursultan Nazarbayev meets his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to discuss Ukraine
Apart from Ukraine, the sides discussed the current issues of bilateral relations between the two nations, as well as Eurasian integration and further development of the Customs Union.
14 September 2014
Battles leave Lugansk airport, busy tourist hub, in ruins
After almost two months of deadly combat between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian guerrillas, the Soviet-era airport has been literally wiped off the map.
13 September 2014
In east Ukraine, suspicions of truce run deep
A week after the ceasefire between government forces and pro-Russian rebels came into effect, soldier's body has only now been freed from the power lines.
12 September 2014
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