UKRAINE

Two days of violence and over 100 deaths one year ago set off what became the most important year in modern Ukrainian history.

The credit rating agency cut Russia's sovereign debt rating to junk status Friday, citing Ukraine and the drop in oil prices.

Regular Russian soldiers are said to have fought within various divisions of the rebel groups in the battle for the Ukrainian city.

Separatists and their alleged Russian backers appear ready to launch an attack on the crucial Azov Sea port city of Mariupol.

Amid reports of ongoing attacks in Ukraine, Pope Francis said both sides of the conflict should respect last week's ceasefire agreement.

The report blames a lack of expertise over Ukraine in the U.K. and the EU for their inability to give Russia an "authoritative response."

Father Dmitro helps both soldiers and civilians in eastern Ukraine with material and religious support.

The nonlethal drones will help the Ukrainian military's reconnaissance operations.

As a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council, Russia has veto power over peacekeeping deployments, which means that a deployment is unlikely without a shift in Russia’s stance on Ukraine.

Rebels in Donetsk said that they would back Kiev’s request for U.N. peacekeepers to monitor the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine.

This is the second time in as many months that Russian jets have been warned off from the U.K.

Economic sanctions have done little to sway Vladimir Putin, but remain the West's response to the Ukraine conflict.

Despite the fall of Debaltseve, NATO claims that Russia is continuing to send tanks and artillery into Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said that 80 percent of government troops had left the besieged town.

Putin told Kiev to let its soldiers surrender to pro-Russian rebels, who spurned a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine and fought their way on Tuesday into the town of Debaltseve.

The Russian leader also spoke strongly about the conflict in Ukraine and accused the West of supplying the Ukrainian military with weapons.

“The recipe has been created, and the energy accumulated in this fuel will enable our vehicles to exceed Mach 5,” said General Dmitry Bulgakov, deputy defense minister.

Debaltseve sits at the intersection of two major highways that connect the self-proclaimed separatist republics of Luhansk and Donetsk.

Americans are increasingly disappointed in the way the president is handling the Islamic State, according to a new poll.

Under the ceasefire agreement, the two warring sides were due to begin pulling back heavy weapons on Tuesday.

This is the first time the Russian leader is visiting an EU member state since the Ukrainian conflict.