Yuras Karmanau

Read the latest stories and analysis from Yuras Karmanau.

Leaders of ex-Soviet countries discuss closer ties

Leaders of ex-Soviet countries discuss closer ties

Yuras Karmanau · October 10, 2014 11:03 am

Ukrainian fire fighters have a break as they put out the fire at the destroyed building after shelling in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014. Fighting raged Sunday in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk despite a request from the pro-Russian rebels there for a cease-fire to prevent a "humanitarian catastrophe." One person was killed and 10 injured in shelling that started early Sunday morning and continued into the day, city council spokesman Maxim Rovinsky told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Ukraine demands that rebels in Donetsk surrender

Yuras Karmanau · August 10, 2014 5:01 pm

Ukrainian government soldiers sit atop of a tank with the words reading "To Lviv" in Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014. A top commander of the pro-Russia insurgency in eastern Ukraine said Saturday that Ukrainian forces have seized Krasnyi Luch a key town, leaving the rebel region's largest city of Donetsk surrounded. Lviv is an Ukrainian town (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Ukraine rebel leader asks for aid, cease-fire

Yuras Karmanau · August 9, 2014 9:15 pm

New Ukrainian rebel leader gives Moscow distance

Yuras Karmanau · August 8, 2014 7:38 pm

Residents inspect the damage after night shelling on a market in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014. Airstrikes and artillery fire between pro-Russian separatists and Ukrainian troops have brought the violence closer than ever to the city center, as Kiev's forces move in on the rebel stronghold. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Tensions grow in Ukraine over Russia troop buildup

Yuras Karmanau · August 7, 2014 2:34 am

Rescue workers carry the body of woman who was killed during shelling in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014. Ukrainian troops took control of a checkpoint Tuesday on the western edge of the main rebel stronghold of Donetsk as the government makes further gradual advances to quash pro-Russian separatist forces in the east. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Ukraine fighting reaches rebel-held Donetsk

Yuras Karmanau · August 5, 2014 4:44 pm

East Ukraine city dying under siege

Yuras Karmanau · August 4, 2014 7:00 pm

Australian and Dutch experts examine an area at the scene of the downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 plane near the village of Rossipne, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2014. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

Ukraine’s army on outskirts of rebel stronghold

Yuras Karmanau · August 3, 2014 4:13 pm

A building damaged by shelling is seen in Mikolaivka village, near the city of Slovyansk, Donetsk Region, eastern Ukraine Thursday, July 10, 2014. In the past two weeks, Ukrainian government troops have halved the amount of territory held by the rebels. Now they are vowing a blockade of Donetsk. In another sign of deteriorating morale among rebels, several dozen militia fighters in Donetsk abandoned their weapons and fatigues Thursday, telling their superiors they were returning home.(AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

Rifts appear among Ukraine’s pro-Russian rebels

Yuras Karmanau · July 10, 2014 7:46 pm

Cars pass an empty pro-Russian checkpoint after heavy fighting between pro-Russian fighters and Ukrainian government troops outside Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. The rebels fled Slovyansk, a city of 100,000 that had been their stronghold, over the weekend as Ukrainian troops mounted an offensive. They left behind a city heavily damaged by fighting and riven by vehemently differing views. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Rebel governor losing hope of Russia intervention

Yuras Karmanau · July 9, 2014 6:45 pm

Pro-Kiev Ukrainians face intimidation in the east

Yuras Karmanau · July 9, 2014 4:46 pm

A woman, name not given, looks out from her damaged house in the city of Slovyansk, Donetsk Region, eastern Ukraine Monday July 7, 2014. Ukraine's president Petro Poroshenko has called the capture of the Pro-Russian separatist stronghold of Slovyansk a "turning point" in the fight for control of the country's east. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

Slovyansk struggles back after rebels are routed

Yuras Karmanau · July 8, 2014 7:52 pm