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A firefighter dismantles a roof to extinguish a building on fire after shelling between Russian-backed separatists and the Ukrainian government in Artemivsk, Ukraine, February 14, 2015. (photo credit: AP/Petr David Josek)
February 15, 2015, 9:55 am
Both sides claim violations after Ukraine ceasefire starts
US State Department says Russia deployed large numbers of artillery and rocket launchers in country
By PETER LEONARD and Balint Szlanko
Ukrainian servicemen smoke cigarettes during a pause in a patrol on the border of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions near the town of Debaltseve on September 5, 2014. (Anatoli Stepanov/AFP)
February 11, 2015, 12:40 am
Fighting intensifies in Ukraine ahead of peace talks
Obama urges both sides to refrain from hostilities, calls for diplomatic solution to conflict
By PETER LEONARD
Alexander, 35, looks through a broken window of his flat, hit by Ukrainian Army Artillery, in the Voroshilovsky area, center of Donetsk, Ukraine. Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015. (photo credit: AP Photo/Manu Brabo)
January 19, 2015, 4:43 am
Ukraine’s leader vows to retake separatist-held east
Army launches counteroffensive against Russian-backed rebels in an attempt to take airport in Donetsk
By PETER LEONARD
Wreckage of a Malaysian airliner carrying 295 people from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur after it crashed, near the town of Shaktarsk, in rebel-held east Ukraine, July 17, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/DOMINIQUE FAGET)
July 19, 2014, 6:34 pm
Ukraine accuses Russia of destroying Malaysia plane crash evidence
298 people died Thursday when aircraft shot down; international monitors say their movements limited by rebels
By PETER LEONARD and Evgeniy Maloletka
Pro-Russian insurgents aim their rifles during fighting around the airport outside Donetsk, Ukraine, Monday, May 26, 2014. (photo credit: AP/Vadim Ghirda)
May 26, 2014, 11:22 pm
Ukraine launches air strikes at eastern gunmen
Battle rages at Donetsk airport, exchanges of fire at railway station claim one life, injure two others
By PETER LEONARD and NATALIYA VASILYEVA
Ukrainian presidential candidate Petro Poroshenko, left, and his wife Maria, right, cast their ballots at a polling station during the presidential election in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, May 25, 2014. (photo credit: AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)
May 25, 2014, 9:50 pm
Poll: Candy tycoon wins Ukraine presidential vote
Petro Poroshenko ran campaign promising to strengthen ties with EU, unify country; Jewish hopeful comes in distant third
By NATALIYA VASILYEVA and PETER LEONARD
Ukrainian presidential candidate Petro Poroshenko, left, and his wife Maria, right, cast their ballots at a polling station during the presidential election in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, May 25, 2014. (photo credit: AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)
May 25, 2014, 5:12 pm
Ukraine votes in key presidential election
Kiev sees long lines at polling stations; in the east, insurgents smash ballot boxes, bar entry to voters
By Maria Danilova and PETER LEONARD
Members of an election commission count ballots at a polling station in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, May 11, 2014 (photo credit: Genya Savilov/AFP)
May 12, 2014, 2:55 am
Insurgents say Ukraine region opts for sovereignty
Ninety percent of voters in Donetsk region in country’s east favor self-rule, but polls are rejected by West
By PETER LEONARD
A masked pro Russia man is seen atop an APC flying a Russian flag, top, and a Donetsk People's Republic flag, as it stands in front of the occupied administration building in Donetsk, Ukraine, Saturday, May 10, 2014 (photo credit: AP/Manu Brabo)
May 11, 2014, 3:26 am
2 Ukraine regions vote on sovereignty Sunday
Country’s president decries referendums in Donetsk and Luhansk
By PETER LEONARD
People watch as firefighters work at the burned Trade Union building late on May 2, 2014 in Odessa. More than 30 people were killed in a "criminal" blaze in Ukraine's southern city of Odessa, as violence spread across the country during the bloodiest day since Kiev's Western-backed government took power. (photo credit: AFP/STRINGER)
May 5, 2014, 2:02 am
Pro-Russian crowd storms police HQ in Ukraine port
Country’s PM says he increasingly sees Moscow’s hand in spreading unrest across southeastern region
By Nicolae Dumitrache and PETER LEONARD
Ukrainian soldiers face Pro-Russia separatists blocking the road to Slovyansk road to prevent the Ukrainian national guard troops from advancing on May 2, 2014 (Photo credit: Genya Savilov/AFP)
May 2, 2014, 11:52 pm
Ukraine offensive sparks deadly clashes in Odessa
31 people killed in fire sparked by rioting, as Kiev’s assault continues in nation’s east
By Jim Heintz and PETER LEONARD
A flag flutters in the wind over barricades at the regional administration building that has been seized earlier in Donetsk, Ukraine, Friday, April 18, 2014. Pro-Russian insurgents in Ukraine’s east who have been occupying government buildings in more than 10 cities said Friday they will only leave them if the interim government in Kiev resigns.(photo credit: AP/Sergei Grits)
April 18, 2014, 3:09 pm
Pro-Russian forces reject call to quit Ukraine buildings
Insurgents occupying government buildings in eastern Ukraine say they’ll only stand down if Kiev government resigns
By NATALIYA VASILYEVA and PETER LEONARD
A pro-Russian gunman stands guard at a seized police station in the eastern Ukraine town of Slovyansk on Sunday, April 13, 2014. (photo credit: AP/Efrem Lukatsky)
April 14, 2014, 2:32 pm
Kiev deadline for disarming in east Ukraine passes
Pro-Russian separatists seize police building in border city of Horlivka; Ukraine president says national referendum possible
By PETER LEONARD
Armed pro-Russian activists pose for a photo after they occupied the police station in the eastern Ukraine town of Slovyansk. (photo credit: AP/Maxim Dondyuk, Russian Reporter magazine)
April 13, 2014, 9:23 pm
Ukraine announces massive ‘anti-terror’ operation
Country’s president says it is deploying troops to eastern Ukraine in bid to prevent advance of pro-Russian forces
By PETER LEONARD
Armed pro-Russian activists occupy the police station carrying riot shields as people watch on, in the eastern Ukraine town of Slovyansk on Saturday, April 12, 2014. Pro-Moscow protesters have seized a number of government buildings in the east over the past week, undermining the authority of the interim government in the capital, Kiev. (photo credit: AP/Efrem Lukatsky)
April 12, 2014, 4:31 pm
Armed men seize eastern Ukraine police station
Russian flag raised over city of Slovyansk; gunman says group demands referendum to secede, join Moscow
By PETER LEONARD
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