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Russia now has right to build military bases in eastern Ukraine – treaties
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…
Escalation of tension along the Russia-Ukraine border is a matter of deep concern: India at UNSC
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…
Clear attack on Ukraine’s sovereignty, territorial integrity: Blinken
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…
Biden blocks trade, investment in parts of Ukraine recognised as independent by Russia
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…
Extracts from Putin’s speech on Ukraine
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…
Explainer-What will Russian recognition of breakaway Ukraine regions mean?
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…
Russia’s Medvedev says Moscow may have to recognise two breakaway regions in east Ukraine
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…
Leaders of rebel-held regions in east Ukraine ask Putin to recognise them as independent
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…
Separatist rhetoric, ‘false-flag operation’ fears stoke Ukraine tensions
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…
Separatists in eastern Ukraine begin mass evacuation -Interfax
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…
Warning siren sounds in rebel-held capital in east Ukraine -Reuters witness
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…
Ukraine asks U.N. Security Council to discuss Russian bid to recognize separatists
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…
