Ukraine and the US are to hold crunch peace talks in Saudi Arabia from tomorrow following a tense few weeks in which ...

Russia and Ukraine were part of the 15 Soviet republics that made up the Soviet Union. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Ukraine declared independence on August 24. The map below ...

Scroll through this map to show the areas under Russian control, as of 8pm GMT on Sunday. Russia seems intent on increasing its presence on the ground. Satellite images released late on Monday ...