UKRAINE

With anti-tank trenches dug and defensive obstacles in place, construction of the barrier is set to begin in April.

The ceasefire deal that hasn't managed to stop fighting is failing in another aspect as well.

Anyone who served in the Ukrainian army will be exempted from service in Russia’s armed forces.

There are many reasons to despair in Ukraine, but some business owners are reacting the opposite way.

Statistics suggest that overall, the odds of surviving a plane crash are actually quite high.

Russia's FSB said agents caught 34-year-old Sergey Skirta "red-handed" trying to steal secrets from a Russian industrial manufacturer.

Obama is not likely to budge on his opposition to sending lethal aid -- unless the ceasefire is officially over.

A deadly crash in the French Alps on Tuesday is another in a long line of high-profile aviation accidents in the last 15 months — but airline safety overall is actually improving.

The interception comes as Sweden begins military operations with U.S. and Finnish jets.

Dnipropetrovsk Governor Igor Kolomoisky had earlier been a major stakeholder and effective manager of UkrNafta.

Petro Poroshenko has presided over a protracted conflict with separatists, and an ailing economy.

The House has approved a resolution that asks President Obama to provide military support to Ukraine in its fight against pro-Russian separatists.

With 1 million people displaced in Ukraine, the European Union is weighing humanitarian concerns against immigration worries.

Under President Giorgi Margvelashvili, Georgia has seen heavy debt as well as a 30% drop in the value of the lari.

“I do not think that the Danes fully understand the consequences" of joining a NATO defense program, a Russian diplomat says.

In an interview with Russian television, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said he was concerned Kiev might stage "provocations."

The original deployment was rescheduled for fears it would affect a fragile ceasefire agreement.

Russia launched massive military drills in February along its borders with the Baltic states.

The ruble has lost nearly half its value since mid-March last year, when Russia was subjected to Western sanctions.

Strains have been growing within the 28-country bloc over sanctions which some member governments have only supported reluctantly.

The soldier was reportedly arrested in Crimea about 20 miles from the Ukrainian border in an attempt to see family in southern Ukraine.