Ukraine’s pro-Russian rebel chief on Monday branded the country’s leaders “miserable” Jews in an apparent anti-Semitic jibe. Alexander Zakharchenko, leader of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, claimed that Kiev’s pro-Western leaders were “miserable representatives of the great Jewish people”. “I can’t remember a time when Cossacks... 

Several hundred protesters have reportedly tried to break into the Ukrainian president’s administrational office in the country’s capital Kiev, but were repelled by security forces guarding the building. The stand-off grew into clashes in the street. The demonstrators, who demand access to the administration’s conference room in order to make a TV statement, are still clashing with the National... 

Ukrainian army tanks in the Donetsk village of Peski. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has warned of a serious deterioration in security in Ukraine’s restive eastern regions amid Kiev’s latest offensive against pro-Russian forces there. “What our monitors have been reporting is a serious deterioration of the security situation in the past few days with an increase... 

Once handling some five million passengers annually, Donetsk airport is now lying in ruins. Ukraine’s government forces have shelled several cities in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic over 30 times, pro-Russia sources say. The Donetsk news agency quoted the sources as saying that the attacks occurred early Saturday in populated areas on the outskirts of Donetsk, Gorlovka and... 

A view of a house razed during a Ukrainian army strike in Stanitsa Luganskaya village, east Ukraine. Amnesty International has warned that the violence-scarred eastern Ukraine is sliding toward a humanitarian disaster as local residents struggle to get food as well as medicine. Denis Krivosheev, deputy director of Europe and Central Asia at Amnesty International, said on Thursday that the people in... 

Ukrainian serviceman guards at hydro meteorological station tower at the airport of eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on December 11, 2014. The UN says the death toll from fighting between Ukrainian troops and pro-Russia forces in eastern Ukraine has exceeded 4,600 in nearly eight months. The United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a statement on Saturday the conflict... 

Renewed fighting between government troops and pro-Russia forces in the violence-scarred eastern regions of Ukraine has left a total of five civilians dead. Three people were killed and ten others were injured overnight Sunday in the Donetsk region, which is considered as a stronghold of pro-Moscow activists. Explosions and gunfire were also heard in the volatile region this morning, according to... 

This file photo shows an apartment building destroyed by fighting in the Lugansk city of Lysychansk. Ukraine and pro-Russians have “agreed in principle” on a truce in the country’s volatile eastern region of Lugansk, that will come into force on December 5, the pan-European security watchdog says. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) made the announcement in a statement... 

A Russian convoy of trucks transporting humanitarian goods enters Ukraine’s restive eastern city of Donetsk, November 30, 2014. Russia has sent another aid convoy to Ukraine’s restive east amid the on-and-off exchanges of fire between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russians and the worsening humanitarian situation there. On Sunday, more than 1,200 metric tons of supplies, including construction materials,... 

Samantha Lewthwaite (‘White Widow’) The ‘White Widow’, a British female terrorist suspect who allegedly fought alongside ISIS terrorists in Syria and was sought internationally has reportedly been shot dead in Ukraine. The news was reported by Russia’s Regnum news agency. Samantha Lewthwaite, 30, was allegedly gunned down two weeks ago. However, no independent confirmation was available. A... 

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says Kiev will reconsider its commitment to a ceasefire pact with pro-Russia forces after they held their own elections in the country’s east. On Monday, Poroshenko described the recent presidential and parliamentary elections in the self-proclaimed republics of Donetsk and Lugansk as “a gross violation” of a September truce deal between Ukraine and pro-Russians,... 

Incumbent PM Aleksandr Zakharchenko is leading in Sunday’s elections in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic in eastern Ukraine, taking over 70 percent of the votes. In Lugansk, 63 percent are voting for the current leader Igor Plotnitsky. Zakharchenko is ahead of his rivals with over 70 percent of votes after half of the votes have been counted, the head of the Central Election Commission... 

The Ukrainian army says fighting between Kiev troops and pro-Russia forces in the restive east regions of the country has left at least seven soldiers dead in the past 24 hours. “Over the last 24 hours, we have lost seven servicemen, 11 were injured,” the Ukrainian military spokesman, Andriy Lysenko, said on Thursday. The incident came following a relative calm during the weekend, when Ukraine... 

The United Nations says more than 300 deaths have been reported in Ukraine’s volatile eastern regions since a ceasefire began a month ago. In a report, released on Wednesday, the UN Human Rights Office said clashes between government troops and pro-Russia forces in eastern Ukraine have left at least 331 people dead after ceasefire took effect in September. According to the report, at least 3,660... 

At least twelve people have been killed in eastern Ukraine as renewed fighting flared up in the volatile region against the backdrop of a ceasefire the government troops and pro-Russian forces signed last month. The Tuesday toll in the flashpoint city of Donetsk was one of the highest reported since the signing of the September 5 cease-fire with Ukraine’s military and pro-Russian forces accusing...