Ukraine

For two decades he has been a big beast on the Moscow political stage, but the Kremlin has finally confirmed that Vladislav Surkov is no longer Russia's point man in Ukraine.

Arsenal are set to make Mykola Matviyenko the most expensive Ukrainian player since Roman Abramovich lured Andriy Shevchenko to Chelsea after being linked with a £26.5 million ($34.7 million) move for the Shakhtar Donetsk star.

Helicopter footage has captured the extent of the wreckage left in the aftermath of the Ukraine International Airlines crash near Tehran’s Imam Khomeini Airport on Wednesday morning, which killed all 176 people on board.