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International investigators concluded that the plane was shot down over eastern Ukraine with a missile fired by pro-Russian rebels.

Russia's foreign ministry flatly denies accusations a Malaysian passenger jet was shot down in 2014 by a Russian-made missile launched from a village held by pro-Russian rebels.

The Ukrainian military admitted Tuesday that it no longer had full control over the strategic railway hub of Debaltseve.

A ceasefire agreed between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian rebels seems to be holding after coming into force on Sunday.

European leaders met into the early hours of Thursday in a grinding, last-ditch effort to forge a cease-fire in Ukraine's increasingly violent year-old conflict.

Fighting between Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian rebels in the country has left more than 5,000 people dead since mid-April, according to t

The United States, Australia and Japan on Sunday urged Russia to stop meddling in Ukraine and demanded justice for the victims of a Malaysia Airlines jet allegedly downed by pro-Russian rebels.

Ukraine's truce and troops withdrawal deal lay in tatters Tuesday after the deadliest wave of attacks by pro-Russian insurgents in more than a month left nine soldiers and four civilians dead.

Ukraine's president took advantage of a fragile cease-fire to tour a once-embattled port city Monday and tell backers that his forces would never yield the territory to pro-Russian rebels.

Ukraine struggled to maintain a tenuous cease-fire with pro-Russian rebels after a series of repeated breaches Sunday.

Kiev and pro-Russian rebels reached an agreement on Friday to pull back troops, swap hostages and send humanitarian aid to war-ravaged eastern Ukraine, an OSCE official said.

Pro-Russian rebels on Sunday shot down a Ukrainian fighter jet ahead of urgent talks between Kiev and Moscow's top diplomats to defuse tensions over fighting in the east of the ex-Soviet nation.

The Home Minister says PM Najib Razak's secret diplomacy with pro-Russian rebels shows that he is sincere in trying to get things done.

Black boxes recovered from downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in rebel-held east Ukraine show shrapnel from a rocket explosion caused the passenger jet to crash, a Ukrainian security official said.

Pro-Russian rebels on Wednesday shot down two Ukrainian fighter jets in eastern Ukraine just days after the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, a Ukrainian military spokesman told AFP.

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