KIEV — Ukraine’s military announced on Thursday that it would begin withdrawing some heavy artillery from separatist-held territory in the country’s southeast under a cease-fire agreement negotiated this month. The…
MOSCOW — President Petro O. Poroshenko of Ukraine said on Wednesday that Ukrainian forces were withdrawing from the embattled town of Debaltseve, a strategically important transportation hub where intense fighting…
The Ukrainian government and Russia-backed rebels accused each other Monday of violating a cease-fire in eastern Ukraine, a day before the parties are due to start withdrawing heavy weaponry under…
LUHANSKOYE, Ukraine — The Ukrainian military and Russian-backed separatists blamed each other on Sunday for violations of a cease-fire during the first day the accord took effect. Some lingering violence…
The cease-fire period for fighting in Ukraine began one minute after midnight Sunday, but there are no immediate indications of whether either side in the conflict that has killed more…
ARTEMIVSK, Ukraine — The United States released satellite images on Saturday meant to bolster its case that Russia has joined separatists in an all-out assault on the Ukrainian Army during…
ARTEMIVSK, Ukraine — Government forces trapped in a strategic railway hub in eastern Ukraine came under heavy assault on Friday as Russian-backed rebel fighters sought to exploit the window ahead…
WASHINGTON — The cease-fire accord announced in Minsk on Thursday was hailed by Secretary of State John Kerry and European leaders as a potential breakthrough that could finally bring the…
WASHINGTON — The cease-fire accord announced in Minsk on Thursday was hailed by Secretary of State John Kerry and European leaders as a potential breakthrough that could finally bring the…
MINSK, Belarus — President François Hollande of France and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia on Thursday announced a cease-fire for eastern Ukraine, capping a long night of negotiations that…
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday emerged from marathon Ukraine peace talks by announcing a new cease-fire deal, but questions remained whether Ukraine and the pro-Russian rebels have agreed on…
MOSCOW — Negotiators meeting in Minsk, Belarus, reached a tentative deal for a cease-fire in Ukraine on Tuesday night, setting the stage for a meeting of the leaders of Russia,…
Lyuba Sklyarova lay in her bed in Debaltseve, Ukraine, after recent shelling caused her to spill boiling borscht on herself, leaving her effectively bedridden from burns.rn An ambulance came and…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — President Salva Kiir of South Sudan and the rebel commander Riek Machar signed another cease-fire agreement on Monday, edging them closer to a final deal to…
Indiscriminate rocket fire slammed into a market, schools, homes and shops Saturday in Ukraine’s southeastern city of Mariupol, killing at least 30 people, authorities said. The Ukrainian president called the…
DONETSK, Ukraine — A main leader of the Russian-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine said on Friday that his soldiers were “on the offensive” in several sectors, building on their success…