Russia has been steadily gaining in Ukraine but has focused its efforts on advancing in the country's eastern Donetsk region.

The map below shows when each of these countries declared independence. After independence, Ukraine moved to shed ... Russia opposes NATO bases near its borders and has asked for written ...

FIFA has apologised for displaying a map during the qualifying draw for the 2026 World Cup that excluded Crimea from Ukraine's territory, which Kyiv had criticised as an "unacceptable error".