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Russia threatens fresh Kyiv strikes, warns foreigners to leave

Russia said Monday it would intensify strikes on Kyiv, targeting what it called Ukraine’s “decision-making centres”, and urged foreign diplomats and civilians to evacuate the capital. The warning followed a weekend barrage of drones, missiles and hypersonic weapons that killed four people, as Moscow vowed retaliation for an alleged Ukrainian…

France 24 · May 25

Russia Says Captured Two Villages In East Ukraine

Russia said Sunday its forces had captured two frontline villages in Ukraine, Andriivka in the eastern Lugansk region and Pishchane in the northeast Kharkiv region.

International Business Times · Jul 21, 2024

Four Killed By Strike On Russian-held Ukrainian City

A Ukrainian missile strike Friday on the Russian-controlled city of Lugansk ripped through a block of flats, killing four people and wounding over 40, Russia-appointed officials said.

International Business Times · Jun 7, 2024

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Russia Says Toll In Ukraine Strike On Occupied City Rises To 28

Russia said Sunday the death toll from a Ukrainian strike on a bakery in the occupied eastern city of Lysychansk climbed to 28 people, including a child.

International Business Times · Feb 4, 2024

Putin signs accord annexing four occupied Ukrainian regions in lavish ceremony

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed treaties to formally incorporate four Russian-occupied Ukrainian regions – Donetsk, Kherson, Lugansk and Zaporizhzhia – at a grand ceremony in the Kremlin. The ceremony followed discredited referendums in the Russian-occupied regions, which have been slammed as a "sham" by the international community.

France 24 · Sep 30, 2022

UN Security Council to Vote Friday on Resolution Condemning Russia Annexation Referendums

The United Nations Security Council will vote Friday on a resolution condemning the referendums on annexing several Russia-occupied regions of Ukraine, the council's current president, France, said Thursday. The resolution -- drafted by the United States and Albania -- has no chance of passing thanks to Moscow's veto power, though…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 30, 2022

Russia Holds Breakaway Polls in Ukraine

Moscow-held regions of Ukraine begin voting Friday on whether to become part of Russia, in referendums that Kyiv and its allies have condemned as an unlawful land grab. The referendums in eastern Donetsk and Lugansk regions, as well as in the southern Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions have been roundly dismissed…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 23, 2022

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Syria Breaks Ties with Ukraine

Syria announced Wednesday that it was severing ties with Ukraine in support of its close ally Russia, adding that the move was a response to a similar step by Kyiv. "The Syrian Arab Republic has decided to break diplomatic relations with Ukraine in conformity with the principle of reciprocity and…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 20, 2022

Himars Precision Rockets Shift the Balance in Ukraine

US-made precision rockets have given Ukraine forces a major battlefield boost since they were introduced in June, tilting the balance against the Russians and possibly forcing Moscow to pause its offensive, experts said. Since mid-June, using the Himars missile systems, Ukraine has destroyed more than 20 major Russian ammunition depots…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 15, 2022

Ukraine Severs Ties with NKorea after Pro-Russia Separatists Recognition

Kyiv said Wednesday it was severing relations with North Korea, as Pyongyang confirmed it was formally recognizing two self-proclaimed pro-Russian republics in eastern Ukraine. North Korea's recognition of the so-called Donetsk People's Republic and Lugansk People's Republic came after another Russian ally, Syria, made the same move last month, AFP…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 14, 2022

Evacuations as Russia Advances in Ukraine's Donbas

The evacuation of desperate civilians from Sloviansk pressed on Wednesday as Russian troops pushed towards the eastern Ukrainian city in their campaign to control the Donbas region. Sloviansk has been hit by heavy bombardment as Russian forces advance westwards on day 133 of the invasion. "Twenty years of work; everything…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 7, 2022

Ukraine War to Shift to Donetsk after Fall of Luhansk; Russia Claims Major Victory

Russian forces in Ukraine will focus on trying to seize all of the Donetsk region, having forced Ukrainian troops to withdraw from the last major city under their control in the neighboring Luhansk region, the governor of Luhansk said on Monday. After abandoning an assault on Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital,…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 4, 2022

Sanctions against Russia: taking stock four months after the start of the war

On 23 February – the eve of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – the Council of the European Union (EU) adopted the first package of sanctions in response to Moscow’s recognition of the self-proclaimed autonomous republics of Donetsk and Lugansk.

The Conversation · Jun 27, 2022

EU Debates Ukraine Candidacy as Russia Makes Life 'Hell' in East

EU leaders will gather in Brussels Thursday to discuss calls to formally grant war-torn Ukraine "candidate status" to join the bloc, as Russian forces slowly advance in the eastern Donbas region despite fierce resistance from Kyiv's military. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he had been conducting a "telephone marathon" on…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 23, 2022

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France 24 · Jun 14, 2022

Battle for Donbas will determine course of Ukraine war, Zelensky says

Ukrainian President Voldymyr Zelensky said the battle for the eastern Donbas region is “key to deciding who will dominate in the coming weeks” of the war in his daily address Tuesday. French President Emmanuel Macron visited French troops at a NATO base in Romania Tuesday, where he thanked them for…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 13, 2022

Ukrainian, Russian Forces Fight for 'Every Meter' in Severodonetsk

Ukrainian and Russian forces were fighting for "literally every meter" in Severodonetsk, President Volodymyr Zelensky said, as fighting intensified in an eastern region where the country's top commander said the land "is covered in blood". Severodonetsk and nearby Lysychansk have been targeted for weeks as the last areas in the…

Bangkok Post · Jun 8, 2022

Russia hammers eastern Ukraine city as world seeks to lift grain siege

KYIV, Ukraine: Kyiv's forces may have to retreat from the eastern city of Severodonetsk, a senior Ukrainian official conceded on Wednesday, as diplomatic efforts intensified to unblock grain stuck in Ukraine's ports.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 6, 2022

Ukraine Says Controls 'Half' of Severodonetsk

Ukrainian troops have beaten back Russian forces to control half of a flashpoint eastern city, local officials said, as President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the front lines to support his country's "true heroes". As the see-saw battle raged on for the strategically important city of Severodonetsk -- the largest in the…

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Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 2, 2022

Russians Edge Closer to Taking Key Ukrainian City

Russian forces edged closer Thursday to taking a key Ukrainian city after days of intense fighting, tightening their slow squeeze on the eastern Donbas region as Washington warned the war could last months. The industrial hub of Severodonetsk has become a key target for Moscow, and the local governor said…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 1, 2022

US to Send Ukraine Advanced Weapons, as Battle for East Rages

President Joe Biden has said the United States will send more advanced rocket systems to Ukraine, as Russian troops press their ferocious bid to complete the capture of a key eastern city. The battle for Severodonetsk has grown in intensity in recent days, with heavy casualties on both the Ukrainian…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 24, 2022

Russia Intensifies Donbas Offensive as War Enters Fourth Month

Russian forces on Tuesday stepped up their offensive on the last pocket of resistance around Lugansk in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region, as the conflict entered its fourth month. Since Moscow's invasion in late February, Western support has helped Ukraine hold off its neighbor's advances in many areas -- including the…

Bangkok Post · Apr 18, 2022

Ukraine says Russia wants to 'destroy' Donbas, Mariupol readies final defence

KYIV, Ukraine: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of wanting to "destroy" the entire eastern region of Donbas, as the last remaining forces in the strategic port of Mariupol prepared Monday for a final defence.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 8, 2022

Civilians Flee East Ukraine, Warnings of 'Horrific' Abuses

Civilians in eastern Ukraine struggled to evacuate Friday as Russia redirects its firepower, with President Volodymyr Zelensky warning of "even more horrific" devastation being uncovered around the capital. Ukrainian allies tightened the screws on Moscow further in response to shocking images from Bucha and other regions around Kyiv, with the…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 16, 2022

Top UN Court to Rule on Ukraine Invasion

The UN's top court is set to rule Wednesday on Ukraine's urgent request for Russia to immediately halt its invasion, with Kyiv claiming that Moscow falsely accused its pro-Western neighbor of genocide to justify the war. The International Court of Justice will hand down its judgement at 1500 GMT in…

The Independent UK · Mar 7, 2022

Russia issues four key demands Ukraine must follow to halt invasion ahead of peace talks

Dmitry Peskov claimed that under Russia’s demands Ukraine could be an ‘independent state’ with ‘conditions of neutrality’

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