Moscow [Russia], October 5 (ANI): Days after holding referendums, Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed laws to formally take over the four regions Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson into the "Russian Federation."
Brussels [Belgium], September 30 (ANI): NATO has called on all states to reject Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions.
Washington [US], September 30 (ANI): The United States on Friday announced that it will impose "swift and severe cost" on Russia after President Vladimir Putin announced the annexation of four regions of Ukraine, which America quoted as a 'sham referendum.'
Moscow [Russia], September 30 (ANI): The US Embassy in Moscow has urged American citizens residing in Russia to leave immediately after the Russian government on September 21 began a mobilization of its citizens to the armed forces in support of its invasion of Ukraine.
Brussels [Belgium], September 30 (ANI): European Union leaders condemned Russia's "illegal" annexation of Ukraine's Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions and vowed that they will "never recognise" these areas.
Moscow [Russia], September 30 (ANI): In a big move, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday formally announced the annexation of four regions - Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhia and claimed that "this is the will of millions of people," media reports said.
Kharkiv [Ukraine], September 10 (ANI): Russia's Defence Ministry on Saturday said that they are pulling back forces from two areas in Ukraine's Kharkiv region where a Ukrainian counteroffensive has made significant advances in the past week.
Kyiv [Ukraine], July 11 (ANI): At least 29 people were killed after a Russian strike hit an apartment block in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian officials said Monday.
Kyiv [Ukraine], June 25 (ANI): Following months of gruelling and bloody fighting, Ukrainian forces have started withdrawing from Severodonetsk, one of the last major Ukrainian strongholds in the area.
Severodonetsk [Ukraine], June 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Some 300-400 Ukrainian troops are blocked on the territory of the Severodonetsk Azot Association chemical plant, Rodion Miroshnik, the ambassador of the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) to Russia said on Saturday.
Kyiv [Ukraine], May 8 (ANI): Two bodies were found and as many as sixty people have been feared dead in an airstrike carried out by the Russian forces on Saturday on a school in Luhansk, said media report citing local officials.
Moscow [Russia], April 8 (ANI/Sputnik): The European Union is imposing sanctions against lawmakers and officials of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic, the European Commission said on Friday.