Ukraine conflict

Firefighters and rescue workers rushed to tackle the blazes amid soaring winds and heat.

Ex-president Poroshenko sees Russian influence at work in the new administration.

BBC Russian learns a senior official in Russia's FSB security service is a suspect in the MH17 case.

It is the first time the government has labelled a white supremacist group a terror organisation.

Russia puts up a wall of denial as it stands accused over the Malaysian jet shot down in 2014.

Four men are accused of downing the jet over Ukraine, but are absent from the Dutch court.

Russian-backed rebels and Ukraine's military blame each other for heavy shelling in Donbas region.

Authorities hope the long-awaited exchange will ease tensions between Russia and Ukraine.

Russia's president posed in the driver's cab, but the EU says it violates Ukraine's sovereignty.

The Russian leader says Ukraine should negotiate directly with the Russian-backed separatists.

Paris talks brought limited progress towards peace in rebel-held areas of eastern Ukraine.

Talks between Russia and Ukraine's leaders end with a pledge of a ceasefire by the end of 2019.

The first face-to-face talks between the leaders of Russia and Ukraine will take place in Paris.

War veteran Vasyl is HIV-positive. He never told anyone, but was shocked by their attitude to sex.