Return of Russian-occupied regions 'not even up for discussion' in peace deal, Putin aide says The return of Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine to Kyiv in a potential peace deal is "not even up for discussion", a senior Putin aide has said. Nikolai Patrushev rejected the suggesti...
Since then, Russia has also illegally annexed four other partially occupied regions in Ukraine, attempting to "Russify" the regions and holding voting there ahead of the three-day Russian presidential election last weekend that Putin won. Ukraine condemned the ballots held on its territory, describin...
Kyiv has ruled out any peace deal that would involve it ceding territory and has dismissed calls for a ceasefire that would involve Russian forces remaining in territory they have occupied, saying this would simply give Moscow time to rebuild its forces. "Worrying voices have appeared, saying tha...
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that the United States last monthsecretly sent Ukraine a number of long-range missilesthat Kyiv has urgently sought so that its forces can hit Russian forces well behind the front lines. Ukraine used them for the first time last week to strike an airfield in occupied Crimea, the officials ...
Ukraine has recaptured more than 2,300 square miles of territory, Zelenskyy says Ukraine has recaptured more than 6,000 square kilometers (2,300 sq miles) of Russian-occupied territory, President Zelenskyy said Monday night. "From the beginning of September until today, our soldiers have alread...
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the world is on the verge of a nuclear disaster as tensions mount over the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. "The world is on a verge of nuclear disaster due to occupation of world's third largest nuclear power plant in Energodar...
This map graphic, provided by Maxar Technologies, shows the various areas where the satellite imaging company has recently taken photos indicating a buildup in Russian military might. The neighboring country of Ukraine is also shown for reference. ...
“Russia is a criminal three times over: it bombed Syria to ruins, occupied part of Ukraine, and is now selling stolen Ukrainian grain to Syria,” the ministry’s press service cited Dmytro Kuleba as saying. “I want to remind the participants in this deal: what is stolen has never brou...
Tensions between him and the president have been rising since a much anticipated Ukrainian counteroffensive, which was launched in June with the help of an array of Western weapons, failed to produce major territory gains in Russian-occupied areas, disappointing allies. Ukraine now is grappling wi...