Ukraine is “still in a state of war” with neighbouring Russia despite a cease-fire between Kiev’s forces and Moscow-backed rebels in the east, the country’s prime minister said shortly after a second convoy of Russian trucks rolled into Ukraine.

Ukrainian prime minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has announced his resignation following turmoil in the government.

Pro-Russian insurgents are likely to prevent voting tomorrow in half or more of the election districts in the embattled east, Ukrainian officials said.

Germany is pushing for a second round of diplomatic talks in Geneva in an effort to halt the violence in Ukraine.

At least a dozen armed men have seized a police station in a small town in eastern Ukraine as tensions in the country’s Russian-speaking regions intensify.

Ukraine’s prime minister has told leaders in the east of the country he is committed to allowing regions to have more powers.

Ukraine’s prime minister has told leaders in the east of the country that he is committed to allowing regions to have more powers.

Ukraine’s prime minister has told leaders in the country’s restive east that he is committed to allowing regions to have more powers.

President Vladimir Putin completed the annexation of Crimea yesterday, signing the peninsula into Russia at nearly the same time his Ukrainian counterpart sealed a deal pulling his country closer to Europe.

Ukraine’s prime minister has told the UN Security Council that Russia had carried out “military aggression” in Crimea, and dramatically switched from English to Russian to ask Russia whether it wants war.

The Crimean parliament has voted that the Black Sea peninsula will declare itself an independent state if its residents agree to split off from Ukraine and join Russia in a referendum.

US President Barack Obama will meet Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk at the White House on Wednesday.

Ukraine will not give up “a single centimetre” of its territory, the country’s prime minister said.

EU leaders pressed Russia to start discussions with Ukraine within the next few days about withdrawing from Crimea or face asset freezes and visa bans.

The new Ukrainian prime minister has said that embattled Crimea must remain part of Ukraine, but may be granted more local powers.

President Barack Obama has accused Russia of being “on the wrong side of history” with its military intervention in Ukraine and said he’s examining diplomatic and economic steps to isolate Moscow.

Russian forces controlling the strategic region of Crimea have demanded that the crew of two Ukrainian warships must surrender, according to Ukrainian sources.

The Kremlin says Russian president Vladimir Putin has asked parliament for permission to use the country’s military in Ukraine.

The discord between Russia and Ukraine sharpened today when the pro-Russian leader of Ukraine’s Crimea region claimed control of the military and police and appealed to Russia’s president for help in keeping peace there.

Dozens of armed men in military uniforms have seized an airport in Ukraine’s strategic Crimea region, it is reported.

Anti-government demonstrators in Ukraine’s capital ended their nearly three-month occupation of Kiev City Hall yesterday, as promised, in exchange for the release of all jailed protesters.

Ukraine’s opposition called for international mediation and appealed for Western financial aid for the first time in their protests against the president Viktor Yanukovych yesterday.

Ukraine’s parliament has offered amnesty to arrested protesters, but only if demonstrators vacate most of the buildings they occupy.

The prime minister of crisis-torn Ukraine has submitted his resignation.

Beleaguered Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych says he has agreed to scrap harsh anti-protest legislation that sparked violent clashes.

Ukraine’s justice minister has threatened a state of emergency unless protesters leave her ministry building.

New violence erupted in Ukraine’s capital during the night as a large crowd attacked a government building which had police stationed inside.

Ukraine’s embattled president has offered to make a top opposition leader the prime minister, but it is unclear whether the overture will mollify the radical faction of protesters who have clashed with police for much of the last week.

The European Union has announced its suspending efforts to reach an association agreement with Ukraine.