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British government vows to do 'whatever it takes' to secure release of citizens jailed in Ukraine

The UK says it will do whatever it takes to secure the release of two British prisoners sentenced to death in a breakaway state in eastern Ukraine.

ABC News · Jun 14, 2022

'Show' trial of foreign fighters in Donetsk breaks with international law – and could itself be a war crime

The sentencing to death of three foreign fighters captured by Russian troops and handed over to authorities in a breakaway region in Ukraine presents a serious deviation from international law – one that in itself represents a war crime.

The Conversation · Jun 13, 2022

Russians Blast Ukrainian Air And Ground Targets With Missile Systems

This Kremlin clip shows Russian troops using high-precision missile systems to destroy Ukrainian air and ground targets.

Zenger · Jun 13, 2022

British 'mercs' captured while fighting for Ukraine threatened with the death penalty

Shaun Pinner and Aiden Aslin charged with 'a number of crimes against civilians of the Donetsk People’s Republic'

Wales Online · May 2, 2022

Inside Donetsk, the separatist republic that triggered the war in Ukraine

Foreign Correspondent spends a week inside the alternative reality of the "anti-fascist" Donetsk People's Republic in the lead-up to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

ABC News · Mar 2, 2022

Raw recruits called up to fight in Russian-backed separatist region

Andrey, 21, had never held a gun before this week. It came as a shock when he received a phone call telling him he had been called up for military duty.

Reuters · Feb 23, 2022

As it happened: US to impose sanctions on breakaway Ukraine regions following Russian recognition

US President Joe Biden will soon move to prohibit US investment and trade with the self-declared republics of Donetsk and Luhansk in eastern Ukraine, the White House said Monday, following Russian President Vladimir Putin’s announcement that he would recognise the separatist areas as independent nations. Read about the day's events…

France 24 · Feb 21, 2022

Luhansk and Donetsk regions recognised as as independent states by Russia – as it happened

Russian president has recognised Ukraine’s Luhansk and Donetsk regions as independent states: Zelenskiy says ‘we are not afraid’. Follow the latest updates

The Guardian - AU · Feb 21, 2022

Biden says diplomacy still possible; OSCE reports more attacks in east – as it happened

Russian state media say a blast has occurred in Donetsk amid multiple US warnings of false flag incidents

The Guardian - US · Feb 18, 2022