DONETSK, August 20. /ITAR-TASS/. Nine civilians were killed and 13 were wounded as two districts of the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk came under powerful artillery fire on Wednesday, the city council's press service reported as of 19:30 Moscow time.

KIEV, August 19./ITAR-TASS/. Russia remained the largest market for Ukrainian goods in the first six months of 2014, according to a report released by Ukraine's State Statistics Committee on Tuesday. The report shows that Kiev reduced exports to Russia by ...

MOSCOW, July 13 /ITAR-TASS/. Russia will give a tough response to the shelling of its territory by the Ukrainian military, in which one person was killed and another was wounded, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin said on Sunday.

BUENOS AIRES, July 13 /ITAR-TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin hopes that his talks with Argentine President Christina Fernandez de Kirchner will open new opportunities for building strategic partnership between the two countries. Russian President ...

KIEV, July 03. /ITAR-TASS/. Ukrainian border guard authorities said in a statement on Thursday that Russian combat helicopters violated the country's borders on several occasions after crossing into the Ukrainian air space on several occasions on the ...

KIEV, June 20. /ITAR-TASS/. Ukrainian military and border guards have completed the operation of blocking the country's eastern borders, according to Verkhovna Rada Speaker Oleksandr Turchynov. “According to reports from the leadership of the Defense ...

MOSCOW, June 12. /ITAR-TASS/. Moscow does not believe it is high time to send peacekeepers into Ukraine. “We are not speaking about peacekeepers. We do not believe it is high time (for peacekeeping),” Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told ...

MOSCOW, June 12. /ITAR-TASS/. Moscow does not believe it is high time to send peacekeepers into Ukraine. “We are not speaking about peacekeepers. We do not believe it is high time (for peacekeeping),” Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told ...

WASHINGTON, April 30. /ITAR-TASS/. The US may abolish sanctions against Russia, if it takes steps towards de-escalation of tensions in Ukraine. Brent Hartley, Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs, stated this on Tuesday delivering ...

MOSCOW, April 03. /ITAR-TASS/. Russia will insist all Ukrainian political forces and regions be invited to take part in the constitutional reform, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. “We are sure that all Ukrainian regions should have equal rights to ...