Russia unlikely to meet Ukraine peace deal deadline, NATO says
World 22:06 02/12/2015NATO Supreme Allied Commander Philip Breedlove said Russia continued to support separatists in the area and that the ebb and flow in violence was Russia's way of demonstrating its power
Russia warns NATO after Montenegro invite
World 18:49 02/12/2015The invitation to the small Balkan country comes with the West at loggerheads with Moscow over a host of issues, as NATO has responded to the Ukraine crisis with a military upgrade to reassure nervous ex-Soviet states they need not fear a more assertive Russia
NATO denies it is making war more likely in Europe
World 22:32 12/08/2015The alliance was reacting to a warning from a London-based think tank about the risks from a sharp increase in Russian and NATO war games since the conflict between the Ukrainian government and pro-Russian separatists flared up in April last year.
Poroshenko says most Russian troops have left Ukraine
World 18:30 10/09/2014Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said Wednesday that Russia had withdrawn most of the troops it allegedly sent across the border to back a bloody pro-Kremlin uprising
Obama says Russia must stop meddling in Ukraine for ceasefire to work
World 19:00 03/09/2014Obama was speaking in Estonia, one of three ex-Soviet Baltic states bordering Russia that fear separatist rebellion in eastern Ukraine could herald problems for them
Ukraine to seek international help to trace Yanukovich accounts, assets
World 22:30 26/02/2014Ukraine will urgently contact international organisations with an official request to help trace bank accounts and assets controlled by ousted President Yanukovich and his allies
Putin orders snap check of Russia army's battle-readiness
World 20:20 26/02/2014Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ordered a snap check of the battle-readiness of the armed forces in the western and central military districts
