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Moscow proxies in southern Ukraine aim for September vote on joining Russia

Russian-installed officials in a region of Ukraine partly under Moscow's control are aiming to stage a referendum on joining Russia in September, the RIA Novosti news agency reported, citing a local official.

Reuters · Jul 14, 2022

Russian Duma speaker: Ukraine pushing Moscow to expand its military goals - RIA

Russian parliamentary speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said on Tuesday that Ukraine was doing "everything" to ensure that Moscow's troops would not stop their "special military operation" at the borders of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) in eastern Ukraine, the RIA Novosti agency reported.

Reuters · Jul 5, 2022

Eastern Donbas ‘extremely difficult’ for Ukrainians as Russia intensifies attacks

Luhansk governor says 568 civilians are holed up in chemical plant and Lysychansk being shelled ‘en masse’

The Guardian - UK · Jun 21, 2022

Russia tries to link Brit fighter to Ukraine mass grave as captured dad faces trial

Andrew Hill, 35, from Plymouth, faces a possible death penalty and is one of three captured Brits currently on trial in the unrecognised Donetsk People’s Republic for "monstrous crimes"

Daily Mirror · Jun 8, 2022

Donbas separatist leader calls for Russia's military operation to be accelerated - RIA

The leader of Russian-backed separatists in the breakaway Donetsk region called on Thursday for the military operation in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine to be accelerated, the RIA Novosti news agency reported.

Reuters · May 26, 2022

Live Updates | Russia picking up pace in eastern Ukraine

Ukraine’s General Staff says Russia is increasing the pace of its offensive in the east of the country

The Independent UK · Apr 28, 2022

Russia investigates rumours of British SAS troops on the ground in Ukraine

The Investigative Committee, Russia's equivalent of the FBI, has launched a new probe into allegations that British SAS troops are being used to sabotage the Ukraine invasion

Daily Mirror · Apr 23, 2022

Russia’s own state media proves it is committing war crimes in Ukraine, says US expert on Putin

President Voldomyr Zelensky has called for Nuremberg-style hearings

The Independent UK · Apr 12, 2022

Fears genocidal language in Russian media may prompt more war crimes

State news agency publishes article decrying ‘Ukrainianism’ as an ‘artificial anti-Russian construct with no civilisational substance’

The Guardian - UK · Apr 7, 2022

US astronaut returns to Earth with Russian cosmonauts

The return to Earth was smooth despite tensions between the US and Russia over Ukraine

Evening Standard · Mar 30, 2022