MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has acquired the right to build military bases in Ukraine's two breakaway regions under treaties signed by President Vladimir Putin with their separatist leaders. Putin on…
United Nations, Feb 22 (PTI) The escalation of tension along the Russia-Ukraine border is a matter of deep concern and the developments have the potential to undermine peace and security…
Washington, Feb 22 (PTI) Strongly condemning President Vladimir Putin's decision to recognise the so-called Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics as independent, US Secretary of State Tony Blinken on Monday said that…
Washington, Feb 22 (PTI) US President Joe Biden on Monday signed an executive order blocking trade and investment in parts of Ukraine that have been recognised as independent by his Russian…
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Following are extracts from a televised speech by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Ukraine. ON RECOGNITION OF PRO-RUSSIAN SEPARATISTS "I deem it necessary to make a decision…
By Mark Trevelyan (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin told the French and German leaders on Monday that he planned to sign a decree recognising two breakaway regions in eastern…
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev on Monday said Moscow may have to recognise the independence of two breakaway republics in eastern Ukraine if the situation there does…
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The leaders of two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine, the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic, on Monday asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to recognise…
By Tom Balmforth and Maria Kiselyova MOSCOW (Reuters) - Pro-Russian separatists said on Saturday they had uncovered a plan by Kyiv to seize territory they control in eastern Ukraine by…
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian-backed separatist authorities in eastern Ukraine gathered children at an orphanage in the breakaway region on Friday to begin evacuating them to Russia, the Interfax news agency…
DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - A loud warning siren sounded in the centre of the east Ukrainian city of Donetsk on Friday after a Russian-backed separatist leader in the breakaway region…
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS/KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine has asked the United Nations Security Council to discuss on Thursday a bid by Russia's parliament to recognize self-proclaimed separatists in eastern…