Russia launched referendums in four occupied areas of Ukraine on Friday expected to be used by Moscow to justify annexation, but Kyiv said the voting was mandatory with residents being threatened with punishment if they did not take part. The votes on whether the regions should become part of Russia began after Ukraine earlier this… Read More Russian-backed separatists begin referendum in occupied regions of Ukraine
Two Russian-controlled regions in eastern Ukraine announced plans to hold referendums on joining Russia later this week and an ally of President Vladimir Putin said the votes would alter the geopolitical landscape in Moscow’s favour forever. The move, which seriously escalates Moscow’s standoff with the West, comes after Russia suffered a battlefield reversal in northeast… Read More Separatists in occupied Ukrainian regions to hold referendum between September 23 to 27
One of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s top allies said on Tuesday he favoured holding referendums in two eastern Ukrainian regions in order to formally make them part of Russia, a move that would seriously escalate Moscow’s confrontation with the West. The statement by Dmitry Medvedev, a former president who is currently deputy chairman of the… Read More Separatists call for urgent referendums as Ukrainian forces liberate captured lands
U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday revealed new sanctions on Russian elites and two banks as the West tries to stop an all-out invasion of Ukraine by punishing Moscow for ordering troops to two separatist regions it has recognised. The European Union, Germany and Britain also announced ways they will hit Russia financially as they… Read More U.S. slams sanctions on Russian elites, banks over Ukraine crisis
Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his defence ministry to despatch Russian peacekeepers to eastern Ukraine’s two breakaway regions, according to a decree published early on Tuesday after he said Moscow would recognise their independence. Putin earlier signed decrees to recognise the two breakaway regions — the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic and the Lugansk People’s Republic… Read More Russian President Vladimir Putin orders deployment of peacekeepers to breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine
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