Kiev Blast

Around 10,000 people were evacuated after a fire and explosions hit a defence ministry ammunition depot 176 kms (109 miles) east of the Ukrainian capital Kiev early on Tuesday morning, officials said.

A blast hit the premises US embassy in Kiev shortly after midnight, but the police reported no casualties.

Ukraine urgently evacuated hundreds of residents today from the site of a series of fuel depot blasts near Kiev that set off a ferocious fire and left several people missing and at least one confirmed dead.

Several Ukrainian firefighters were feared dead today outside Kiev when a ferocious blast tore through a fuel depot, sparking a "gigantic" fire that spread to nearby buildings.

Thirty-three miners were confirmed dead late on Wednesday after a coal mine blast in the rebel-held city of Donetsk near the battle front in eastern Ukraine, indicating no one trapped in the rubble survived.

A bomb killed two people during a pro-government march in the east Ukraine city of Kharkiv today, officials said, as Kiev's army and rebels wrangled over a truce requiring them to pull back heavy weapons.

Ukraine used the first meeting Monday of a landmark council with the EU to press for more financial support as it pushed ahead with reforms in the face of Russian "aggression."

A five-year old girl was killed on Friday by shelling in war-torn east Ukraine and her mother seriously wounded, Ukrainian officials said.

A powerful explosion near a munitions factory rocked the rebel-held city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine on Monday, breaking windows several kilometres (miles) away, but there was no word of any casualties.

Explosions rang out near the crash site of downed flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine on Thursday as international investigators arrived for the first time in nearly a week after Kiev announced a surprise one-day halt to its offensive against rebels.

At least 27 people were injured on Friday in the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk in four successive blasts that President Viktor Yanukovych called a challenge to the nation. "There is a total of 27" injured in three explosions in the city of about a million people east of the capital Kiev, said an emergencies ministry official, adding ther...

Fireworks blasted into dusk sky over Kiev and television announcers declared "Bravo!" as Ukraine beat Saudi Arabia 4-0 in a stunning return to World Cup.

Around 10,000 people were evacuated after a fire and explosions hit a defence ministry ammunition depot 176 kms (109 miles) east of the Ukrainian capital Kiev early on Tuesday morning, officials said.

A blast hit the premises US embassy in Kiev shortly after midnight, but the police reported no casualties.

Ukraine urgently evacuated hundreds of residents today from the site of a series of fuel depot blasts near Kiev that set off a ferocious fire and left several people missing and at least one confirmed dead.

Several Ukrainian firefighters were feared dead today outside Kiev when a ferocious blast tore through a fuel depot, sparking a "gigantic" fire that spread to nearby buildings.

Thirty-three miners were confirmed dead late on Wednesday after a coal mine blast in the rebel-held city of Donetsk near the battle front in eastern Ukraine, indicating no one trapped in the rubble survived.

A bomb killed two people during a pro-government march in the east Ukraine city of Kharkiv today, officials said, as Kiev's army and rebels wrangled over a truce requiring them to pull back heavy weapons.

Ukraine used the first meeting Monday of a landmark council with the EU to press for more financial support as it pushed ahead with reforms in the face of Russian "aggression."

A five-year old girl was killed on Friday by shelling in war-torn east Ukraine and her mother seriously wounded, Ukrainian officials said.

A powerful explosion near a munitions factory rocked the rebel-held city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine on Monday, breaking windows several kilometres (miles) away, but there was no word of any casualties.

Explosions rang out near the crash site of downed flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine on Thursday as international investigators arrived for the first time in nearly a week after Kiev announced a surprise one-day halt to its offensive against rebels.

At least 27 people were injured on Friday in the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk in four successive blasts that President Viktor Yanukovych called a challenge to the nation. "There is a total of 27" injured in three explosions in the city of about a million people east of the capital Kiev, said an emergencies ministry official, adding ther...

Fireworks blasted into dusk sky over Kiev and television announcers declared "Bravo!" as Ukraine beat Saudi Arabia 4-0 in a stunning return to World Cup.