As Russia prepared to invade Ukraine, we took a look at the history of the complex relationship between the nations.

When Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered up to 200,000 soldiers into Ukraine, his aim was to sweep into the capital, ...

Kyiv's troops are struggling to hold territory in Russia's Kursk region and may be forced to retreat, reports say.

Since 2014, Russia has gradually occupied more and more Ukrainian territory, without much intervention from Western powers. First came the illegal annexation of Crimea in March 2014, then the fall of ...

Ukraine’s borders were set when it gained independence in 1991 as the Soviet Union collapsed. It borders Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia and Hungary to the west; and Romania and Moldova ...

Fighting has blazed in Toretsk for many months, while Russia has headed south of Pokrovsk to avoid battles through the Ukrainian stronghold city.

As Washington seeks to resolve the war in Ukraine with peace negotiations, these maps show what each side in the conflict is pushing for.

More than 50 per cent of Ukraine’s critical rare earth mineral resources are in regions illegally annexed by Vladimir Putin ...