Crimea

Ukraine and the EU condemn Russia’s decision to restrict the navigation of foreign military and official ships.

US diplomat leads charge in pressing Moscow to ‘immediately cease its aggression’ in eastern Ukraine, Crimea occupation.

The US has been one of Kyiv’s strongest supporters since Moscow’s annexation of Crimea in 2014

The Russian president has opened a direct train link between Russia and the peninsula annexed by Moscow in 2014.

General Assembly urges withdrawal of Russian military forces from occupied Ukrainian peninsula ‘without delay’.

Oleg Sentsov’s case has drawn international attention to plight of Ukrainian political prisoners in Russia.

ICJ rejects Moscow’s bid to block case brought by Ukraine accusing Russia of supporting pro-Russian separatist rebels.

Oleg Sentsov has been brought to prison in capital, reports say, hinting at imminent Ukraine-Russia prisoner exchange.

Partial results show comic-turned-president’s party is on course for absolute majority in Ukraine’s parliament.

Mariupol is Ukraine’s principal port on the Sea of Azov and has great economic and strategic significance.

A look at the motivations behind Russia’s foreign policy explained by the people who help shape the Kremlin’s ideology.

The West condemned the takeover of Crimea, a defiant Russia has built power plants and a new bridge to the peninsula.

Ukraine’s revolution had the potential to dig Putin’s political grave, but he managed to turn the situation on its head.

Moscow still arms, trains and fights alongside anti-government forces in Ukraine, said NATO commander Scaparrotti.