Anna Veselovskaya gives up her city life to house and look after dozens of stray cats and dogs at Crimea’s biggest private animal shelter. Watch the video to know more.

Ukraine's Jamala wins this year's Eurovision Song Contest, held in Stockholm, Sweden.

A senior US Treasury official directly accuses Russian President Vladimir Putin of corruption, in a BBC programme.

An investigation by Russian opposition activists concludes that 220 Russian soldiers died in two major battles in eastern Ukraine.

Russia and Ukraine agree to call for the withdrawal of more types of weapons in Ukraine's east, as fresh clashes renew fears for a truce there.

Germany plans to bring 100 mothballed tanks back into service in what is widely seen as a response to rising tensions with Russia over Ukraine.

Russia plans to station state-of-the art missiles in its westernmost Baltic enclave and deploy nuclear-capable bombers to Crimea as part of massive war games to showcase its resurgent military power amid bitter tensions with the West over Ukraine