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The European Union will hold Moscow accountable for the "unjustified" attack on Ukraine, the chief of the bloc's Executive Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said on Thursday.

Ukraine crisis has thrust Denis Pushilin and Leonid Pasechnik into centre of events, amid claim they are puppets of Putin

Separatist leaders in eastern Ukraine appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin for help fighting Ukrainian forces, the Kremlin said, a dramatic step that could open the way for Moscow to deploy troops there.

Details of sanctions designed to ‘hurt a lot’ also target military chiefs, Kremlin chief of staff, and top editor at RT.

US defence official warns Moscow’s forces are ‘as ready as they can be’ for an invasion

Ukraine invasion news from February 24: UN says several thousand Ukrainians crossing into neighbouring countries.

The identity of those targeted has not been officially confirmed, but here are five of the most prominent figures

As the West sounds the alarm about the Kremlin ordering troops into eastern Ukraine and decries an invasion, Russian state media paints a completely different picture

A former head of the Royal Navy revealed the flotilla of Kremlin vessels was due to carry out exercises above submarine links - until Dublin protested

While Russian President Vladimir Putin recognised two breakaway regions of Ukraine as independent this week, pro-Russia online disinformation campaigners unleashed numerous images and videos depicting Ukraine as the aggressor. Their often crude efforts were promptly dismantled by experts and fact-checkers. But for Moscow, quantity overrides quality concerns.

Analysts and officials expecting retaliations from Kremlin-linked cyber groups after imposition of sanctions