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The Latest Breaking News from Luhansk

Tell us: do you live in a Ukraine province annexed by Russia?

If you’re living in Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Luhansk or Donetsk provinces, we’d like to hear from you

The Guardian - UK

Russia Seeks to Regain Ground, Hits Ukraine’s Infrastructure

Russia's troops fought Thursday to regain lost ground in areas of Ukraine that Russian President Vladimir Putin has illegally annexed while Moscow tried to pound the invaded country into submission with more missile and drone attacks on critical infrastructure. Russian forces attacked Ukrainian positions near Bilohorivka, a village in the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Putin Declares Martial Law in Annexed Ukraine Regions

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday declared martial law in four regions of Ukraine recently annexed by Moscow. The upper house of Russia’s parliament quickly endorsed Putin’s decision to impose martial law in the annexed Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia regions.

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Putin demands all-Russia war effort as he declares martial law in occupied Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday he was introducing martial law in four Russian-occupied regions of Ukraine that Moscow claimed last month as its own territory but is struggling to defend from Ukrainian advances.

Reuters

Idaho man dies while fighting as volunteer in Ukraine

An Idaho man who volunteered to join the Ukrainian military has died of a shrapnel wound sustained during a Russian attack in Luhansk

The Independent UK

Ukraine: At least 13 killed after shelling in Zaporizhzhia

Zaporizhzhia, along with Luhansk, Donetsk, and Kherson, was one of the four regions annexed by Russia following sham referendums

Evening Standard

How Putin lost hearts and minds in eastern Ukraine

The sham referendums serve only to highlight that many once pro-Russian Ukrainians are turning their backs on Moscow, says humanitarian worker Brian Milakovsky

The Guardian - UK

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Ukraine recap: bad news from the battlefield for Putin, renewed nuclear threats from Russia

Vladimir Putin had barely finished his speech last Friday welcoming four new regions into Mother Russia, when his mouthpiece, Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov admitted that they didn’t actually know where the borders of these regions were. “We will clarify everything today,” he said, when quizzed as to whether Russia…

The Conversation

Residential areas in Zaporizhzhia hit as Russia targets cities

Five other Ukrainian cities hit on Thursday as well as civilian areas in Kherson, Dontesk and Luhansk regions

The Guardian - UK

Russia ‘suffered heavy losses and evacuating wounded’ from Kherson and Luhansk, Ukraine claims

It is also claimed Vladimir Putin recruited more than 650 prisoners from a high-security jail

Evening Standard

Putin Signs Laws Annexing 4 Ukrainian Regions

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed laws absorbing four Ukrainian regions into Russia, a move that finalizes the annexation carried out in defiance of international law. The documents were published on a Russian government website on Wednesday morning. Earlier this week, both houses of the Russian parliament ratified treaties making…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Commentary: Forget about diplomacy. Putin’s annexation guarantees a longer war

September was a rocky month for Vladimir Putin, the Russian strongman used to getting his way after more than two decades at the top of Russia’s political hierarchy.

Chicago Tribune

Indian doctor appeals to govt. to rescue his pet jaguar and panther from Ukraine

The doctor was forced to leave his pets behind with a local farmer when he left Luhansk in eastern Ukraine, a hotbed of the conflict in the region, in search of alternate sources of income

The Hindu

EU summons Russia's envoy over annexation of Ukrainian territory

The European Union summoned Russia's envoy to the bloc to condemn and reject Moscow's "illegal annexation" of the Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia regions of Ukraine, the bloc's diplomatic service said on Tuesday.

Reuters

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia’s Federation Council Ratifies Annexation of Four Ukrainian Regions

The upper house of Russia's parliament voted on Tuesday to approve the incorporation of four Ukrainian regions into Russia, as Moscow sets about formally annexing territory it sized from Kyiv during its seven-month conflict. In a session on Tuesday, the Federation Council unanimously ratified legislation to annex the Donetsk, Luhansk,…

The Guardian - UK

Russia no longer has full control of any of four ‘annexed’ Ukrainian provinces

Kyiv’s troops advanced in southern Kherson province and made additional gains in east

Al Jazeera

What’s next after Russia’s defeat in Ukraine’s Donetsk?

Criticism rises in Russia as Ukrainian forces celebrate their recapture of Lyman, an important eastern town.

The Independent UK

Live Updates: Russia-Ukraine War

Russian shelling of eight Ukrainian regions over the past 24 hours has killed two civilians and injured 14 more, Ukraine’s presidential office has reported

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The Independent UK

Key Donetsk town liberated and under full Ukrainian control, Zelensky says

Video appears to show Ukrainian soldiers raising national flag at entrance to town

Reuters

Ukraine's retaking of Lyman key for neighbouring Luhansk region - governor

Serhiy Gaidai, the governor of Ukraine's Luhansk region, said that the retaking of Lyman in the neighbouring Donetsk region is one of the key factors for reclaiming lost territory in Luhansk.

The Guardian - UK

Ukrainian forces perform victory dance after liberating eastern city of Lyman

Troops raise Ukrainian flag in city hours after Putin said area was Russia’s ‘for ever’, with Moscow admitting its forces have retreated

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 220 of the invasion

Putin signs ‘accession treaties’ illegally claiming parts of Ukraine; Zelenskiy applies for Ukraine to join Nato; Russians hit civilian convoy, killing dozensSee all our Ukraine coverage

Al Jazeera

Putin’s speech on annexation: What exactly did he say?

President Vladimir Putin announced that four occupied regions of Ukraine would formally be incorporated into Russia.

The Conversation

Ukraine war: Putin announces annexation of four regions, but his hold on them may be flimsy

Vladimir Putin has formally signed a treaty annexing four Ukrainian regions into the Russian Federation. The Russian president announced, at a ceremony in Moscow’s Red Square, that the incorporation of Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson, in the south and east of Ukraine, into Russia is the “choice of millions of…

Daily Mirror

UK slaps sanctions and export bans on Russia after Putin annexes four Ukraine regions

Putin has declared the annexation of the Russian-controlled territories of four Ukraine's Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions, after holding sham referendums in the occupied areas.

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