Donbas

Mikheil Saakashvili, who resigned the Kiev government because of corruption, thinks it is.

America First isolationism does not tally with interventionist imperialism.

"Everything is about Russia taking back territory that was historically Soviet."

Putin perceives an American threat to Russia's national security and vital geopolitical interests.

The situation remains too dangerous for more than 1 million people to return home.

Putin can't afford to cut pensions, salaries and social subsidies to continue financing his hybrid wars.

President Petro Poroshenko warned that Russian-backed separatists have a vast military stockpile.

The Ukrainian leader addressed reports he yelled at Putin in Berlin.

Iranian politicians say they treat Russia with deep suspicion.

Ukrainians worry that allies will put Russian cooperation in Syria ahead of the Ukraine conflict.

The Russian leader appeared to make a rare admission on Ukraine.

Kiev's SBU claims a Ukrainian national was attempting to recruit a double agent in the army.

Most airspace over eastern Ukraine remains off limits to civilian air traffic.

Kremlin agents are trying to undermine an honest account of how the plane was shot down over Donbas.

Putin uses cultural, economic and linguistic tools to shape his Russian compatriots' perceptions.

Russia's "Anti-Globalists" hold separatist summit in the Russian capital.

Russia's war against Ukraine is real, with daily attacks and casualties. More than 10,000 have already died.

Tank and artillery were allegedly used by Russian-backed forces despite pledges to halt hostilities at midnight.

Kiev's military intelligence posted photos of the man's Russian ID.

I can hear the thunder and see the flashes of light. The people in war's path are nothing more to me than twinkling city lights.

The Russian leader announced he will return to four-way talks.

A Ukrainian national was arrested driving into rebel-held Horlivka with hidden cash.

Two years after being expelled from their university by Russian-backed separatists, classes resumed.

The Russian exercises are like the smoke screens before the stealth invasions of Georgia and Crimea.

Soldiers use an app on a tablet to plot enemy artillery positions on a Google Earth map of the battlespace.

Kiev estimates tanks in rebel areas increased from 30 to 600 since 2014.

Putin is not afraid to start a war if he thinks it will keep him in power.

When NATO deployed three battalions from the Baltic to the Black Sea, Putin countered with three divisions.

The social media pages of Ukraine's security forces were hijacked on Independence Day.

Putin's seizure of Crimea and his war in the Donbas have fostered a patriotism that is driving Ukraine toward the EU.