An alleged daughter once hidden from public view has broken her silence by directly denouncing her 'father', Vladimir Putin, for the destruction he wrought across millions of lives in Ukraine

In President Donald Trump’s warm red-carpet greeting at the Alaska summit, Russians saw an opening to pull America away from its traditional allies in Europe.

Ukraine’s Donbas, consisting of Donetsk and Luhansk, is at the heart of Moscow’s goals. An industrial powerhouse in the Soviet era, it also has rich farmland, important rivers and a coastline on the Sea of Azov.