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The latest news, updates and features on the Eastern European country of Ukraine. Its capital city is Kyiv and is the second-largest country by area in Europe after Russia.

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MH17 train with remains of victims is finally on the move

World December 10, 2019 By Matt Payton

Composite image showing L-R Glenn Thomas, Ben Pocock, Liam Sweeney, Richard Mayne and John Alder. They have all been confirmed as being on Malaysian flight MH17 whyich was shot down in the Ukraine. All 295 people on board were killed.

The Britons killed on flight MH17 - their stories

World December 10, 2019 By Matt Payton

Flight MH17: Recordings of Pro-Russian Rebels realising they had shot down civilian plane

World December 10, 2019 By Matt Payton

Family devastated by flight disappearance 'have lost more relatives on MH17'

World December 10, 2019 By Matt Payton

A general view shows the site of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 plane crash in the settlement of Grabovo in the Donetsk region, July 17, 2014. The Malaysian airliner was shot down over eastern Ukraine by pro-Russian militants on Thursday, killing all 295 people aboard, a Ukrainian interior ministry official said. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev (UKRAINE - Tags: TRANSPORT DISASTER MILITARY)

First pictures of Ukraine crash site as rebel claims responsibility

World December 10, 2019 By Harry Readhead

Ukraine plane crash

Passenger jet 'shot down by missile launcher' over Ukraine

World December 10, 2019 By Matt Payton

Bus strikes 'Devil Moose' just as speedometer hits 666

Weird December 10, 2019 By Jack Blocker

Pro-Russia militants take ther position in the international airport of the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on May 26, 2014. Scores of armed separatists seized control of Donetsk airport Monday, halting flights out of the rebellion-hit eastern Ukraine city in a clear signal of defiance after the country chose a new president. The strategic transport hub was evacuated and sealed off after gunmen claiming to be from the self-declared "Donetsk People's Republic" showed up overnight demanding that Ukrainian troops guarding the airport perimeter be withdrawn. The Ukrainian military said it launched an offensive backed by combat helicopters at the main airport in the eastern of city of Donetsk on Monday after it was seized by rebel gunmen. AFP PHOTO/ ALEXANDER KHUDOTEPLYAlexander KHUDOTEPLY/AFP/Getty Images

Ukraine fighter jets pepper rebels in Donetsk as new president offers olive branch

News December 10, 2019 By Aidan Radnedge

Ledge-ends: Yaroslav Segeda’s toes peek over the edge of a ledge at the top of a towering building under construction in Kiev, Ukraine (Picture: Yaroslav Segeda/Caters)

Don't look down! Meet the 'skywalkers' scaling dizzying heights

UK December 10, 2019 By Nicole Le Marie for Metro

epa04152523 A 'Darth Vader' impersonator (C) walks in front of the Central Elections Committee in Kiev, Ukraine, 03 April 2014. The iconic villain character 'Darth Vader' from the 'Star Wars' movies is running for President of Ukraine in the upcoming presidential elections to be held on 25 May, but reportedly has not yet been confirmed as a candidate by the Elections Committee. The Ukrainian Internet Party (UIP) announced the Dark Lord as their candidate and said they have paid the registration fee of around 225,000 US dollar according to an Interfax news agency report. EPA/SERGEY DOLZHENKO

Darth Vader's plans for galactic domination (of Ukraine) halted by technicality

World December 10, 2019 By Metro News Reporter

US secretary of state John Kerry meets his opposite number, foreign minister Sergey Lavrov (Picture: Reuters)

US and Russia try to end the deadlock over Ukraine crisis

World December 10, 2019 By Hayden Smith

epa04131888 Armed men in military uniform are seen around the territory of a Ukrainian military unit in the village of Perevalnoye, outside Simferopol, Ukraine, 19 March 2014. Pro-Russian activists on 19 March stormed the Ukrainian navy headquarters in Crimea, media reports said, a day after Russia signed an accession treaty with the leaders of the Black Sea peninsula. EPA/YURI KOCHETKOV

Ukraine's troops to leave Crimea after Russian attack

World December 10, 2019 By Daniella Graham

Armed Russian forces take part in a military operation at a Ukrainian military base in Simferopol (PIcture: AFP/Getty)

‘War crime’ as Russians kill Ukrainian soldier in Crimea

World December 10, 2019 By Daniel Binns

epa04130262 People wave Russian flags as fireworks explode in the sky over Sevastopol, Crimea, Ukraine, 17 March 2014. More than 95 per cent of Crimeans who had taken part in referendum voted for reunification of Crimea with Russia. On 18 March Russian President Vladimir Putin, who on 17 March has signed a decree recognizing Crimea as an independent and sovereign state, is to address the Russian Federal Assembly on the Crimea's and the city of Sevastopol's requests to be admitted into Russia. EPA/ANTON PEDKO

Putin aide laughs off sanctions - Tupac is the only US thing he cares about

World December 10, 2019 By Jimmy Nsubuga

A man leaves a voting booth to cast his ballot in a referendum at a polling station in Simferopol, Crimea

Crimea ‘poised to join Russia’ as 95% vote to leave Ukraine

World December 10, 2019 By Daniel Binns

Russian President Vladimir Putin looks on during a press conference in his country residence of Novo-Ogaryova outside Moscow

Russians face having their assets frozen over Ukraine crisis

World December 10, 2019 By Nicole Le Marie for Metro

Pro-Russian supporters attend a rally in Simferopol, March 9, 2014. Russian forces tightened their grip on Crimea on Sunday despite a U.S. warning to Moscow that annexing the southern Ukrainian region would close the door to diplomacy in a tense East-West standoff. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY CIVIL UNREST)

Russia seizes army airport in lead-up to Crimea vote

World December 10, 2019 By Daniel Binns

Russia Today reporter resigns live on air over Crimea

Russia Today reporter resigns live on air over Crimea

World December 10, 2019 By Metro News Reporter

Russia Today anchor who spoke out against Ukraine invasion 'refuses to go to Crimea'

RT anchor who spoke out against Ukraine invasion 'refuses to go to Crimea'

World May 30, 2015 By Metro News Reporter

Russian President Vladimir Putin looks on during a press conference in his country residence of Novo-Ogaryova outside Moscow

Vladimir Putin: We will use troops as last resort

World December 10, 2019 By Aidan Radnedge

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