Friday, 18 April 2014 10:24
![Yatsenyuk has promised greater autonomy in an attempt to maintain unity in Ukraine [AFP]](/images/stories/europe/ukraine/arseniy-yatsenyuk.jpg)
Ukraine's Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has pledged "special status" for the Russian language and a broad decentralisation of power in a bid to defuse pro-Moscow protests sweeping the east of the country.
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Friday, 18 April 2014 08:26
![Pushilin said his men will only consider leaving public buildings when the government in Kiev does the same [Reuters]](/images/stories/europe/ukraine/army-003.jpg)
The self-declared leader of pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine, Denis Pushilin, has said that he does not consider his men to be bound by an agreement between Russia and Ukraine to disarm and vacate occupied buildings.
Last Updated on Thursday, 17 April 2014 20:01 Thursday, 17 April 2014 13:05
The United States, European Union, Russia and Ukraine have reached an agreement on immediate steps to be implemented to ease the crisis in Ukraine, but US President Barack Obama cautioned it was uncertain if Moscow would stand by the deal.
Thursday, 17 April 2014 10:49
Turkey's government has said it still hopes Twitter will open an office in the country, a day after the social networking site ruled out any such move.
Thursday, 17 April 2014 09:49
Russian President Vladimir Putin has weighed in his neighbour's future on live television.
Thursday, 17 April 2014 09:18
![Ukrainian soldiers clash with pro-Russia protesters on the field near Kramatorsk, in eastern Ukraine [Reuters]](/images/stories/europe/ukraine/port-base.jpg)
Ukrainian troops have repelled an overnight attack on their port base in the southeast city of Mariupol, killing three of the assailants and wounding 13 others, Arsen Avakov, the country's interior minister, has said.
Thursday, 17 April 2014 08:46
Diplomats are due to start high-level talks on how to resolve the crisis in Ukraine, as pro-Russian separatists tightened their grip over the country's eastern regions.
Thursday, 17 April 2014 08:32
Pro-Russian armed rebels have dealt a blow to Ukraine's hopes of re-establishing control over the country's east, as world leaders planned four-way talks on the country's crisis.
Wednesday, 16 April 2014 09:18
Pro-Russian armed men have taken control of Ukrainian troop carriers that were driven into the eastern Ukrainian city of Slovyansk, Reuters news agency reports.
Tuesday, 15 April 2014 16:37
Russia has said Ukraine is lurching towards a state of civil war after Kiev began military operations against pro-Russian separatists in the east of the country, seizing control of an airfield.
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