G7 summit opens with tough line on UkraineThe leaders of Germany and the United States hammered home a tough line on Russia as they kicked off a G7 summit dominated by crises in Ukraine and Greece.
Kiev gay rights march ends in injuries, arrestsAt least 10 people were injured and 25 arrested in Kiev as scuffles broke out between members of a rare Ukrainian gay pride march and their nationalist foes.
Golovkin retains P4P ranking: The RingKazakhstan boxer Gennady Golovkin has retained his place in the Pound for Pound (P4P) rating according to The Ring magazine.
Biden castigates Putin, casts Ukraine crisis as a testUS Vice President Joe Biden denounced Vladimir Putin's "pure aggression" in Ukraine, warning that Western nations must be prepared to respond with further sanctions.
Ukraine court orders arrest of two 'Russian soldiers'A Kiev court ordered two suspected Russian soldiers who were captured by Ukrainian troops in the separatist east to be placed in pre-trial detention until July 19.
23 May 2015
Poroshenko says Ukraine waging 'real war' with RussiaUkrainian 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 May 2015
x-Soviet Georgia urges EU progress, despite Russian pressureGeorgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili has warned European Union leaders against letting Russian aggression in Ukraine undermine the bloc's project of building closer links with ex-Soviet nations.
20 May 2015
Kiev shows off captured 'Russian soldiers' to mediaKiev showed off two purported Russian soldiers it captured during a gun battle in the separatist east that Ukraine's pro-Western leadership says proves the Kremlin's direct involvement in the war.