On Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula, occupied by Russia since 2014 , indigenous Crimean Tatars say they are being targeted by Moscow for the military draft, leaving them with a stark choice: Continue Reading
Ukraine said on Saturday it had encircled thousands of Russian troops around the eastern town of Lyman, in a battlefield rebuttal to the Kremlin a day after it proclaimed the Continue Reading
Kyiv’s forces are close to encircling a large concentration of Russian troops in eastern Ukraine in what would be a fresh blow to Moscow in the wake of its unpopular Continue Reading
If Moscow carries out a threat to sanction Ukrainian energy firm Naftogaz, one of the last functioning Russian gas supply routes to Europe could be shut, exacerbating the energy crisis Continue Reading
Russia’s Vladimir Putin will hold a signing ceremony on Friday formally annexing four more areas of Ukraine after conducting self-styled referendums condemned by Ukraine and the West as a sham. Continue Reading
After seven weary months of the war, many Ukrainians fear more suffering and political repression awaits them as referendums orchestrated by the Kremlin with help from gun-toting police portend Russia’s Continue Reading
KUPYANSK, Ukraine—The grain elevator towering over the eastern edge of Kupyansk, the former seat of Russian power in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, was supposed to be defended by soldiers from an Continue Reading
Images of drunken conscripts brawling and staggering as they depart for the Russian army suggest Vladimir Putin could have difficulty in creating effective fighting forces for his war in Ukraine Continue Reading
Referendums in Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia Seen as paving the way for Russian escalation of war Denounced as illegal, illegitimate by Ukraine, West Regions represent about 15% of Ukraine territory Continue Reading
Booklets were handed out on the eve of the referendum in Luhansk Russian-backed officials in four occupied regions of Ukraine are holding self-styled referendums on joining Russia. Denounced as illegitimate Continue Reading
