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A shootout shakes the western Ukrainian town of Mukacheve in the Zakarpattia region  

  Western powers are clinging to a fraying peace deal in Ukraine and forcing Kiev to follow suit .

 For the first time in 70 years, Kiev joins most of Europe to mark the end of World War II,...

A peace plan to end the conflict in eastern Ukraine came under renewed strain on Wednesday

 

As thousands of Russians rally against 2014 Kiev uprising, ousted Ukrainian president Yanukovich speaks of his return.

Shelling stopped abruptly at midnight on Saturday in the eastern  Ukrainian city of Donetsk after President Petro Poroshenko ordered government...

Russian-backed rebels' violent offensive in eastern Ukraine leaves President Barack Obama with perplexing and urgent choices, but aides say he...

Fighting raged in eastern Ukraine on Sunday as pro-Russian separatists used artillery fire to try to dislodge government forces from...

Ukrainians set up crosses for civilian victims of conflict in the east in front of the Russian embassy in Kiev.

A gunfight at a Ukrainian army checkpoint and an assault in the port city of Mariupol reportedly leaves dozens dead, as...

Ukrainian troops have recaptured almost all the territory of Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine they had lost to separatists in recent...