The Latest Breaking News from Viktor Yanukovych

Volodymyr Prasiuk first fought for Ukraine in the Maidan Uprising and is on a Russian kill list, but now he is back on the front line and says that the Ukrainians "will win"

Ukrainians refer to Russian TV and its viewers as “Zombieland,” having long ago developed an immunity to the main talking points of Vladimir Putin’s mindless propaganda war. They know the absurdity of his claims that Kyiv is run by Nazis and drug addicts, NATO is threatening to destroy Russia, and…

Nato invasion, genocide and drug-addled neo-Nazi’s: we assess whether any of Russia’s claims are valid

CHICAGO — A former first lady of Ukraine with deep roots in Chicago called on the international community to take stronger action against Moscow, as Russia’s brutal invasion threatens her nation’s independence — and potentially global order and security.

The wars in the former Yugoslavia taught us that ethnic nationalism can lead to degrading of civil societies and a long, dark period of economic and social decline.

The Russian president, who ordered an invasion of Ukraine, has often spoke of tied identities.

An explainer on what led to Russian interventions in Abkhazia and South Ossetia in 2008 and Crimea and Donbas in 2014.

With the conflict unfolding in Ukraine over the past several weeks and months now coming to a head, the world has been waiting in tense anticipation for the potential outbreak of war in Europe. As Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened, postured and rattled his saber over Ukraine’s sovereignty, particularly…

The current difficulties date back to the overthrow in 2014 of the pro-Moscow Ukrainian government of Viktor Yanukovych.

Explore our interactive before and after photos to see how protests have turned the centre of the Ukrainian capital into a battle zone.