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Ukraine has previously accused Moscow of using chloropicrin, which was used as poison gas in World War I. The latest statement by Ukraine’s General Staff singled out CS, or tear gas, which it said Russia had used in various grenades. CS gas, widely used by police forces, is banned on ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin briefly attended an open-air rally in Moscow on Monday evening at which he told the crowd that the annexation of Crimea and other regions in Ukraine had been difficult but worthwhile. The rally and concert in Red Square marked the 10th anniversary of Russia’s ...
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia launched major military exercises in Crimea on Thursday under the personal supervision of Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu as part of a show of force on Ukraine's southern border that has prompted intense concern in Kyiv and the West. The defence ministr...
unanimously Friday to incorporate Crimea, after Sunday's hastily called referendum in which residents of the Black Sea peninsula overwhelmingly backed breaking off from Ukraine and joining Russia. Ukraine and the West have rejected the vote, held two weeks after Russian troops had taken over Crimea....
Ukraine has accused Moscow of planning to conscript Ukrainian civilians from the Russian-occupied regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, according to the latest U.K. intelligence. Moscow previously did the same in the Russian-occupied Donbas and Crimea, according to the report by the U.K. Defense...
Obama, who was in office when Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, also warned that Ukraine was the latest example of a trend that has “seen the forces of division and authoritarianism make headway around the world.” The line was a thinly veiled swipe at Obama’s successor, the now...
Zi Faámelu was born and raised in Crimea, an area of Ukraine that was invaded and taken over by Russia in 2014. Now the 31-year-old lives in Kyiv, the capital city that has been under Russian siege for nearly a week. She is running out of food and hasn't left her house...
Catch up: Here's the latest news on the war in Ukraine From CNN staff Ukraine’s new defense minister Rustem Umerov began the week by cleaning house, dismissing seven key officials from their posts as part of his mandate to bring a new approach to the role. The dismissals were report...