Amid an intense fight between Ukraine and Russia, there seems to be some confusion going around regarding the capital city of Kyiv. You might have encountered two sets of spellings of Ukraine’s capital: Kiev and Kyiv.

What’s in a name: Is it Kyiv or Kiev, and how is it related to Russian conflict?

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken landed in Kiev in a show of support for Ukraine in its standoff with Russia and to push officials to tackle corruption. The top US diplomat landed in the Ukrainian capital ahead of a day that includes talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Antony Blinken arrives in Kiev to lend support to Ukraine

A man reportedly has taken one hostage and was threatening to detonate an explosive device in a business centre in the Ukrainian capital Kiev on Monday, AFP report said quoting the interior ministry.

Man takes hostage, threatens to detonate explosive device in Kiev

Canada on Friday lowered the number of its citizens killed in the crash of a jetliner in Iran from 63 to 57. "This is based on additional information we had about birth dates and comparing the travel documents that people were travelling on when they boarded the flight," Foreign Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne told a press conference.

Ottawa lowers Canadian death toll in Iran air crash to 57

Ukraine will ask the British Supreme Court on Monday not to force it to pay billions of dollars in debt to Russia without a trial that would determine whether Kiev was forced to borrow the money under duress.

Ukraine seeks to require UK court hearings if Russia tries to enforce debt

The EU on Thursday defended the "unprecedented" support it has given to Ukraine after it emerged US President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart had attacked the bloc for not doing enough.

European Union defends Ukraine support after Trump call row

Kyrylo Vyshynsky, a Russian-Ukrainian journalist flown to Moscow as part of a landmark prisoner swap with Kiev, on Monday thanked President Vladimir Putin and said his case was politically motivated.

Russia journalist freed in prisoner swap with Kiev thanks Putin

A long-awaited exchange of prisoners between Moscow and Kiev has begun, Russian state television reported on Saturday, broadcasting footage of buses leaving a jail in the capital.

Preparations for Russia-Ukraine prisoner exchange underway: Report

A court in Ukraine on Thursday released from pre-trial detention a man suspected of involvement in the downing of flight MH17, amid speculation he might be used in a prisoner swap with Russia.

Ukraine court releases MH17 'suspect' pending trial

Russia on Monday objected to a move by Ukraine to drag it before the world's oldest arbitration tribunal over access to coastal waters around annexed Crimea. Moscow's lawyers said the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague had no jurisdiction over the case brought by Kiev over the Black Sea, Sea of Azov and Kerch Strait.

Russia objects to Ukraine sea dispute case in The Hague

Ukraine's police said Sunday that 25 officers were injured in clashes with ultra-nationalists who tried to attack a presidential motorcade ahead of elections at the end of this month.

Tens of police hospitalised after Ukraine clashes ahead of poll

Ukrainian authorities on Monday raided three Orthodox churches aligned to Russia as political and religious tensions between the two countries grow. Police and security services also searched the homes of priests who have declared their allegiance to the Russian branch of the Orthodox church, regional police spokeswoman Alla Vashchenko told AFP.

Ukraine raids Orthodox churches with Russia ties

Ronaldo made it clear that he was seeking a new challenge after the game in Kiev

Cristiano Ronaldo told teammates he is leaving Real Madrid

The Kiev authorities drew both praise and consternation this week for staging the fake shooting of Arkady Babchenko, an exiled journalist, which they said was necessary to protect him

'We have Russian hit-list of 47 people', Ukraine tells allies

In a stunning twist on Wednesday, the Ukraine security services revealed Babchenko was still alive

How exiled Anti-Putin Russian journalist turned up alive

Police spokesman Yaroslav Trakalo said Babchenko, 41, was found bleeding by his wife after she heard shooting

Exiled Anti-Putin Russian journalist killed in Kiev

Fans happily fork out money to attend the climax of the European club season.

Champions League final: Fans spend 40 hours in flight to watch 90 minutes of football

A Ukrainian MP who was once hailed as a symbol of resistance against Russia but now stands accused of plotting a terrorist attack in Kiev was stripped of her immunity by parliament on Thursday

Ukraine allows arrest of MP over parliament attack plot

New tensions between Moscow and Kiev flared Thursday after Russia's Gazprom said it will not restart gas supplies to Ukraine and Naftogaz accusing its counterpart of violating agreements

Russia's Gazprom refuses to restart gas supplies to Ukraine

A CCTV camera recorded the bursting pipe explode in what may be more accurately called an eruption

Watch: Shocking water pipe explosion in Kiev, shoots up from sidewalk like a geyser

The past two years have seen every truce collapse and have left Poroshenko at a loss about what to do

Two years on since peace deal, war simmers in Ukraine

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