Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko called for an international peacekeeping mission in his nation's war-torn east.

Ukraine has appealed to the West to get tough on Russia after separatists it says are militarily backed by Moscow stormed a flashpoint town.

More than 11 months into the crisis he unleashed, Russian President Vladimir Putin remains in charge of the dynamic, seeking to confuse and divide the West as he apparently seeks to create a damaged....

What drives Putin is a grab-bag of emotional motives. His man in Kiev got overthrown, and he doesn't like to lose face, writes Gwynne Dyer.

It was a day of bluster and speeches, but also paralysis over how to end the bloodshed in eastern Ukraine.

Governments increasingly view human rights as "a luxury" they can ill afford, Human Rights Watch said yesterday.

A 46-year-old Ukrainian tank commander says politicians might yet stop the conflict that grips the east of his country, but supplies of arms from the West would bring a quicker result.

Anton Tumanov gave up his life for his country, but his country won't say where and it won't say how.

Australia is considering exporting uranium to Ukraine.

Ukrainian Australians staged a powerful protest yesterday, laying on the ground in a symbol of the murderous acts they say Russia's president is responsible for.

A ceasefire between Ukraine and separatist rebels began last night and appears to still be in place following a five-month bloody conflict left more than 2,000 dead.

The Ukrainian government and separatist rebels agreed to a ceasefire amid flickering hopes of peace.

Half a dozen bodies, burned and contorted, were all that was left of the crews of the charred armoured personnel carriers.

Vladimir Putin has boasted to European leaders his forces could sweep into Kiev in two weeks if he wanted.

Nearly 200 cabin crew resigned from Malaysia Airlines following its double tragedy this year, causing crew shortages among staff.

Civilians are the hardest hit from fighting in Donetsk region in Ukraine. Check out these photos from Getty that take you around their city and inside their homes.

Russia's defence secretary has assured his US counterpart that there are no military personnel in its controversial aid convoy for Ukraine, the US says.

The Otaki man who was killed when his Malaysia Airlines flight was shot down over the Ukraine has been formally identified.

People should be sceptical of Moscow’s huge aid convoy to eastern Ukraine, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott says.

Nato officials say Russia has massed 20,000 troops in battle-readiness near the border, backed by Spetsnaz commandos, tanks and aircraft.

Dutch and Australian experts have gathered more remains from the crash site of Flight MH17 in east Ukraine.

Reports that land mines have been laid near the MH17 crash site in Ukraine are "utterly despicable", Australia's Foreign Minister says.

Parents of an MH17 passenger are threatening to sue anyone who suggests, without evidence, that their daughter is dead.