Yulia Tymoshenko on war in Ukraine: ‘It’s a chance for the free world to kill this evil’
Exclusive: Former PM discusses ‘cold, cruel’ Vladimir Putin and the west’s response to the Russian invasion
May 2019
The Guardian view on elections: Potemkin polls are not democracy
Editorial: Strongmen don’t always want to get rid of voting. Some find it useful to legitimise their rule – as long as they know they’ll win
April 2019
Ukraine's Petro Poroshenko agrees to drug test before debate with TV comic
Ukraine elections: TV comic favourite to win in presidential runoff
TV comic leads first round of Ukraine's presidential election
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Comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy rejoices at first exit poll victory in Ukraine's election – video
March 2019
Ukraine election: will voter anger propel TV comic to presidency?
Actor Volodymyr Zelenskiy is tapping into the protest vote as favourite in Sunday’s vote
November 2018
Russia announces sanctions against senior Ukraine figures
Moscow move affecting 322 people comes after Ukraine targeted Russian officials and businesses earlier this year
April 2018
Former Trump aide approved 'black ops' to help Ukraine president
Exclusive: Paul Manafort authorised secret media operation that sought to discredit key opponent of then Ukrainian president
February 2017
Violence flares in war-weary Ukraine as US dithers and Russia pounces
As Ukrainian forces trade shellfire with Russia-backed rebels, the residents of Avdiivka face endless stress and misery
May 2014
Ukrainians vote in presidential election - video report
Ukrainians begin voting in the country's presidential election, despite many polling stations remaining closed in the rebel-controlled east of the country
April 2014
Russia will lose, Ukraine's former PM Yulia Tymoshenko tells Vladimir Putin – video
Ukrainian presidential candidate and former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko addresses Russian president Vladimir Putin directly
Ukraine president blames pro-Russian separatists for killing of politician
Oleksandr Turchynov says 'terrorists' killed Vladimir Rybak, while self-styled mayor of Sloyvansk says it is work of ultra-nationalists
As Ukraine stares into the abyss, where is Europe's leadership?
Dmitri Trenin in Moscow
Dmitri Trenin: With Russia and the US scheming over Ukraine's future, EU nations can only dither, mired in their fractured past
March 2014
IMF offers Ukraine bailout as Yulia Tymoshenko enters presidential race
Ukraine: Are oligarch appointments at odds with new sense of fairness?
Ukraine PM warns of war as Russian military seizes control in Crimea
Observer comment cartoon
The Russian bear stirs
Chris Riddell
February 2014
Western nations scramble to contain fallout from Ukraine crisis
Yulia Tymoshenko's trial was a travesty of justice