Russia is claiming its forces have entered the north-eastern border town of Vovchansk, near Ukraine's second largest city Kharkiv.
Ukraine says there is still heavy fighting taking place there.
Russia has intensified its attacks on the region (...)
Oleh Podorozhnyy leads the way through the dimly lit corridors of his morgue, past windows covered with sandbags, to a large white container in the back yard.
As soon as its heavy metal door is cracked open, the cloying smell of death rushes (...)
Ukraine's recapture of the city of Izyum has brought multiple allegations of atrocities under Russian occupation. Among the accounts emerging is that of a group of Sri Lankans held captive for months. Here, they tell their story.
"We thought we (...)
Speaking from Kharkiv in northeast Ukraine, where shelling has intensified in the last week, the UN's top aid official in the country issued an urgent appeal on Friday for guarantees from Russia and affiliated forces, to allow humanitarians to (...)
Six months after the Russian invasion, Ukraine is the scene of the largest humanitarian crisis in Europe since World War Two. Almost a third of those displaced by the conflict come from the region around the country's second largest city of Kharkiv, (...)
Russia has killed hundreds of civilians in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv using indiscriminate shelling and widely-banned cluster munitions, according to new research by Amnesty International.
Amnesty said it had found evidence of (...)
Manchester City put aside their recent Premier League setback, delivering a comfortable performance in a 3-0 win at Shakhtar Donetsk in Champions League Group C on Wednesday.
Pep Guardiola's side, beaten by Norwich City on Saturday, brought in their (...)
A Dutch military aircraft carrying remains of victims from the Malaysian plane disaster departed for the Netherlands Thursday and a second prepared to go, while Australia's government dispatched 50 police officers to London to prepare to join a (...)
Two military aircraft carrying the first bodies of victims of the Malaysia Airlines crash left the embattled plains of eastern Ukraine Wednesday, bringing some consolation to grieving relatives who still must wait for positive identifications and (...)
Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko said parliament's vote on Saturday to oust President Viktor Yanukovich amounted to the fall of a dictator.
"Our homeland will from today on be able to see the sun and sky as a dictatorship has ended," she (...)
Mario Gomez scored two first-half goals Wednesday to give Germany a 2-1 win over the Netherlands in one of the most anticipated showdowns of the European Championship, AP reported.
Robin van Persie pulled one back for the Netherlands in the second (...)
Denmark survived a sustained assault by Netherlands to emerge with a 1-0 victory in their opening Euro 2012 Group B game Saturday thanks to a first-half goal by Michael Krohn-Dehli and some poor Dutch finishing.
Krohn-Dehli cut in from the left (...)
