The official media outlet of Russia-backed separatists in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine confirmed rebel leader ...

The Presnensky District Court of Moscow handed down a verdict in a criminal case against the former deputy head of the Department "T" (for combating offenses in the fields of fuel and energy and ...

Ukraine and Russia are trading blame for the killing of a top separatist leader in eastern Ukraine. Aleksandr Zakharchenko, the head of the head of the breakaway separatist entity known as the Donetsk ...

Kiev, Nov 4 (EFE).Kiev, Nov 4 (EFE). — ProRussian rebel leader Alexander Zakharchenko was sworn in Tuesday as head of the selfproclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic in eastern Ukraine, after winning ...

MOSCOW — A blast in a war-themed cafe in eastern Ukraine on Friday killed the most prominent leader of the Russia-backed separatists who have fought Ukrainian forces since 2014, rebel officials said.

Prime Minister of the self-proclaimed "Donetsk People's Republic" Alexander Zakharchenko attends a news conference in Donetsk August 11, 2014. Reuters/Sergei Karpukhin Alexander Zakharchenko, the ...

DONETSK, Ukraine-- The leader of separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine was officially sworn in Tuesday after an election that was roundly condemned by the West as illegal and destabilizing. Alexander ...

The eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk went into lockdown on Friday night following the apparent assassination of separatist leader Alexander Zakharchenko in a blast that ripped though a cafe. After ...