Complete coverage on the crisis in Ukraine, including news, pictures & videos related to Russia’s occupation

Dmitry Medvedev meets with Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller 13 March 2018 The company’s performance during the winter on the domestic and European markets; interaction with Ukraine’s Naftogaz

The recent Russian takeover of Crimea has grabbed the world’s attention. The Russian government has long held a secret desire to recover the peripheral territories that were split away from the Soviet Union at the collapse of Communism.

Blackouts in Ukraine were just a trial run. Russian hackers are learning to sabotage infrastructure—and the US could be next.

From the end of February 2014, demonstrations by pro-Russian and anti-government groups took place in major cities across the eastern and southern regions of Ukraine, in the aftermath of the Euromaidan movement and the 2014 Ukrainian revolution.

Dec 22, 2017 · The US is going to provide lethal anti-tank weapons to Ukraine to help it fight off separatists which have the backing of Russia, a senior State Department official told CNN.

Jul 23, 2014 · Send iReport your photos and videos. Kiev, Ukraine (CNN)– Did a Russian fire the missile that downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17?That depends on who you ask. A top Ukrainian official says he has no doubt.

Military college cadets attend a class in Donetsk on September 1, 2017. ALEKSEY FILIPPOV/AFP/Getty . Western support for Ukraine that includes weapons assistance must continue, along with constant Western pressure on Ukraine to live up to its goals of democratic reform, without which it would be vulnerable to Russian pressure.

Ukrainian territory was fought over by various factions after the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the First World War, which added the collapse of Austria-Hungary to that of the Russian …

Aug 16, 2017 · Kiev’s main thoroughfare. Ukraine has been used for years by Russia as a testing ground for politicized cyberoperations that later cropped up in other countries.