Petro Poroshenko

Dozens of Ukrainian police in riot gear raided a protest camp outside parliament in a failed attempt to detain former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili

Vladimir Putin accuses the Kiev authorities of 'waging terror' while Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko says Moscow's claims are 'senseless and cynical'

Arseny Yatseniuk had resisted pressure to resign since surviving a no-confidence motion against his government in February

Petro Poroshenko calls up German Chancellor Angela Merkel over troop deaths

The rebels denounced Petro Poroshenko's call for peacekeepers, saying their presence would 'violate' the ceasefire

Both sides indicated yesterday that they would begin the pullout only after the other party does so

It has kindled slender hopes of reprieve between the government troops and Russian-backed separatists

Deal followed by allegations from Kiev of a new, mass influx of Russian forces into rebel-held eastern Ukraine

Russian, Ukrainian and European leaders hold peace talks with negotiations focused on how much authority to give to rebel-held regions

Merkel, Hollande, Putin and Poroshenko to meet in Belarusian capital on Wednesday as violence escalates