2023. Russia's Elections Commission said that the pro-Kremlin United Russia part had won local elections in four regions of Ukraine occupied by Russian forces, in a vote dismissed by Kyiv. (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP) (Photo by ALEXANDER...
Ukraine's President Volodymr Zelenskyy said Friday that there can "no sustainable peace" in Ukraine — or Europe — until the country regains control of Crimea and other regions currently occupied by Russia. "Without Crimea, without the Donbass and the occupied territories, there can be no su...
SinceRussia's full-scale invasionbegan two and a half years ago, Ukraine has become one of the most mined countries in the world. Landmines have been documented in 11 of Ukraine's 27 regions, and these hidden weapons are crippling the country's agricultural economy and maiming — even kill...
22, 2022. Four occupied regions in Ukraine are set to start voting Friday Sept. 23, 2022 in Kremlin-engineered referendums on whether to become part of Russia, setting the stage for Moscow to annex the areas in a sharp escalation of the nearly seven-month war. / AP The referendums ...
Russia’s bridge to Crimea – a peninsula in Ukraine that Russia has occupied since 2014 – was partially disabled following an October explosion. Russian officials called the incident a “terrorist attack” and blamed Ukraine’s chief of military intelligence for orchestrating it, but Ukraine has ...
Russia had already begun mobilizing men in occupied regions to fight in the war against Ukraine after "annexing" the regions, a move Ukraine and its allies have condemned as illegal. Martial law means the civil administrations in those regions are now essentially a military ones. ...
Putin signs law formally annexing four Ukrainian regions Russian President Vladimir Putin meets the Moscow-appointed heads of four Ukrainian regions, partially occupied by Russia, at the Grand Kremlin Palace on Sept. 30, 2022, in Moscow, Russia. ...
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 suggestion that Russia could be persuaded to cede any parts of the Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhia, and Kherson oblas...
Four Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine began voting in referendums on joining Russia, according to their separatist leaders, in a move that raises the stakes of Moscow’s invasion seven months after fighting began.
Singapore will prohibit transactions or the facilitation of fundraising for the Russian government and Central Bank of Russia or any entity owned by them. Singapore will prohibit providing financial services in the separatist regions of Donetsk and Luhansk in the transport, telecommunication, and energy...