Slaviansk

• Pushed From Slaviansk, Ukraine Rebels Barricade Donetsk

  Pro-Russian rebels erected new barricades on the streets of Donetsk on Monday, preparing to make a stand in the city of a million people after losing their bastion in the town of Slaviansk in the worst defeat of their three-month uprising.

• Pushed from Slaviansk, Ukraine Rebels Barricade Donetsk

  Pro-Russian rebels erected new barricades on the streets of Donetsk on Monday, preparing to make a stand in the city of a million people after losing their bastion in the town of Slaviansk in the worst defeat of their three-month uprising.

• Ukraine Says Forces Will Press Forward After Taking Rebel Stronghold

  Ukraine's government said it would quickly seize more territory from pro-Russian separatists after re-taking their stronghold of Slaviansk in what President Petro Poroshenko called a turning point in the fight for control of the country's east.

• Ukraine Hails Capture of Rebel Stronghold as Turning Point in Conflict

  Ukrainian security officials said on Sunday they were in full control of the former rebel stronghold of Slaviansk after re-taking it in a victory which President Petro Poroshenko said could mark a turning point in the fight against the separatists.

• Ukraine Leader Orders Flag Raised in Rebel Stronghold After Overnight Army Successes

  Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Saturday ordered the army to raise the national flag in the separatist stronghold of Slaviansk, eastern Ukraine, after hearing reports of military successes there, the presidential website said.

• Three Ukrainian Military Killed in Rebel Attack: Military Spokesman

  Three members of the Ukrainian military were killed on Saturday when pro-Russian separatists attacked their post near the eastern flashpoint city of Slaviansk with small arms and mortar fire, a military spokesman said.

• Ukraine Military Helicopter Downed by Rebel Fire, Nine Feared Dead

  A Ukrainian helicopter used for carrying military cargo was brought down by rebel fire near the town of Slaviansk in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday and nine people were feared dead, a government forces spokesman said.

• Ukraine Government Reports Rebel Attacks Despite Ceasefire

  Ukrainian government forces accused pro-Russian separatists of firing on Ukrainian military checkpoints in several parts of the east on Monday night despite a ceasefire declared by the rebels.

• Residents of East Ukraine in a Daily Struggle to Survive

  Clutching empty plastic bottles, hundreds of people stand waiting for water in this besieged city, with the almost constant thud of artillery shells echoing in the distance.

• As Ukraine Moves on Rebel Stronghold, Residents Live With Sound of Shelling

  Only one of the Ukrainian army checkpoints encircling the separatist stronghold of Slaviansk, where a military operation was in its third day on Thursday, was letting traffic through - most on its way out.

• Fighting Rages In Eastern Ukraine Town, Residents Flee

  Ukrainian government forces battled separatists with artillery and automatic weapons on Wednesday in a second day of fighting in and around Slaviansk, forcing many residents to flee.

• Vote for Self-Rule Would Spell Disaster, Ukraine Tells Rebels

  Acting Ukrainian President Oleksander Turchinov told eastern regions gripped by a pro-Russian uprising that they would be courting catastrophe if they voted "yes" in a separatist referendum on Sunday.

• Ukraine Moves Special Forces to Odessa After Helicopter Downed in East

  Pro-Russian rebels shot down a Ukrainian helicopter in fierce fighting near the eastern town of Slaviansk on Monday, and Kiev drafted police special forces to the southwestern port city of Odessa to halt a feared westward spread of rebellion.

• Dozens Die in Odessa, Rebels Down Ukraine Helicopters

  Dozens of people were killed in a fire and others were shot dead when fighting between pro- and anti-Russian groups broke out on the streets of Odessa on Ukraine's Black Sea coast on Friday, opening a new front in a conflict that has split the country.

• Ukraine rebels free Swedish hostage; Barack Obama seeks unity against Russia

  Pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine freed a Swedish observer on Sunday, but said they had no plans to release seven other European monitors they have been holding for three days.