An increase in Russian military drills has exacerbated the Kremlin's already-tense relations with Ukraine and NATO.
Residents near the Ukraine crash site of the Malaysia Airlines jet reportedly gave the piece of wreckage to a Russian veterans group.
Ukraine includes a caveat: Pardons won't apply to an attack in Mariupol or the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.
NATO has complained that Russian military aircraft have refused to file flight plans, communicate with controllers or fly with their transponders switched on.
A convoy of food and construction materials planned for eastern Ukraine will also likely contain military equipment, Ukraine says.
Six soldiers were killed in intense fighting overnight as foreign ministers met in Berlin to discuss peace.
Fear of Russia is translating into big increases on military spending, with tens of billions going into advanced weaponry.
Britain's defense ministry said there were no signs that military drills were underway.
The ceasefire is still nominally in effect, but OSCE recorded more than 1,100 of explosions, suggesting fighting is escalating.
Countries in the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Europe stepped up arms purchases as the U.S. reduced spending.
Latin American leaders praised Obama for ending decades of U.S. hostility towards the communist-ruled island.
Petro Poroshenko heard chants of "Murderer!" and "No to fascism!" in Odessa Friday after his bloc helped pass a controversial WWII bill, TASS reported.
The "Normandy Four" will discuss the idea at a meeting in Berlin on Monday.
With Russia experiencing tense times politically, Putin put forth a proposal that would grant amnesty for a large swath of convictions.
The Eastern Orthodox celebration shares fundamental similarities with the Western equivalent but with a few notable differences.
If President Poroshenko signs the bill into law, a trove of information on KGB activity and persecution will be available to the public.
Last year's crash in eastern Ukraine killed nearly 300 people, most of them from the Netherlands.
The report comes soon after rebel leader Arseniy Pavlov told a local newspaper that he killed 15 prisoners of war.
Lech Walesa, a strong critic of Russia, said the West needs to do "everything possible" to curb Russian aggression in Europe.
Lithuania will stop taking in people who fled the war, saying that this may spur Ukraine to create acceptable conditions for them.
Pro-Russian rebels say the ceasefire has been broken 45 times in 24 hours; Ukraine says it's the rebels who are gearing up for war.
Approximately 100,000 additional Russian forces are present in Crimea or on the other side of Russia’s border with Ukraine, the retired general said.