Death rains down on Ukraine as the clock ticks down to midnight
Incredibly, the theatre is still open in Donetsk despite constant shelling. Will the latest ceasefire deal end the carnage?
Thousands of Russians march in Moscow to condemn what they call a “coup” in Ukraine, a year after the downfall of its pro-Russian president Viktor Yanukovych.
Pro-Russian separatists have been accused of breaching Ukraine’s fragile ceasefire. But Moscow says they have done nothing wrong. Who’s right?
UK Defence Secretary Michael Fallon warns of the “real and present danger” of Russia trying to destabilise the Baltic states, and says Nato will be ready to respond. But is he right about the threat?
Incredibly, the theatre is still open in Donetsk despite constant shelling. Will the latest ceasefire deal end the carnage?
Rockets hit a soup kitchen in a town held by pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine as people hide under tables and run to the underground cellar for cover.
Pro-Russian separatist fighters advance on Ukrainian troops outside the town of Debaltseve, with some reports that the rebels have encircled the area.
Many of Ukraine’s best-known monuments have been devastated in the conflict that erupted at the start of 2014. Drag the cursor across each image to see what happened to the buildings.
US President Barack Obama says he has not yet decided whether to send “lethal defensive weapons” to Ukraine, but this option is being “examined”.
Britain deploys strongly worded statements against Vladimir Putin after being accused of “diplomatic irrelevance” over the Ukrainian crisis.
The West should not rule out a military option to support Ukraine’s battle against separatist rebels who, it is widely believed, are being supported by Russia, Nato’s top military commander says.
At least 30 people are killed in heavy shelling by pro-Russian separatists in the eastern Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, as the leader of rebel fighters says an offensive is “launched”.
Vladimir Putin claims Russia only has two military bases abroad. FactCheck thinks he’s having an attack of amnesia.
Russia will be back – and it will be stronger than ever, Vladimir Putin has assured his people. But he warned that it could take two years to fully recover from its current economic difficulties.
Vladimir Putin is still riding high in the polls as the president who has defied the interfering west and resurrected Russia’s glory. But for how much longer?
Have the Saudis and the United States conspired to collapse the price of oil – and in the process the Russian rouble?