They were among 298 who lost their lives when the Malaysia Airlines plane was shot out of the sky over eastern Ukraine on ... MH17 came down in a field bordered by sunflowers.

Yellow and black fields of sunflower in the rolling plains of Russia Sunflower seed production in the European Union, Ukraine and Russia will drop 11.7% to a total of 24.82 million tons this year ...

Shelby Holliday goes in search of the little-known stories behind big business and news headlines, revealing the surprising ramifications for individuals.

That means if you're growing your own sunflowers, you'd need the seeds of about 140 plants! 12. They Are Ukraine's National ...

In 1996, defense ministers of the United States, Russia and Ukraine gathered at the site of a former Soviet-era underground missile hangar and planted sunflower seedlings. The U.S. defense ...