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Articles with tag "Occupied Ukraine"

opinion Natalia Morozova

Handing the Donbas to Moscow Will Doom its People to Suffering

As draft peace proposals include the handover of Ukraine’s Donbas, we cannot ignore the rights abuses Moscow committed in occupied territory.
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Meet the Political Blogger Speaking to Young, Anti-War Russians. His Views Might Surprise You.

Although Alexander Shtefanov opposes both the war and Putin’s government, he often breaks with other exiled anti-war opposition figures.
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Coal Mines in Occupied Luhansk Face Risk of Closure Without $505M Injection

The largest coal industry investor in the occupied Ukrainian territories said their company was operating at a loss and lacked funds to expand mining.
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Ukrainian Strikes Leave Majority of Occupied Donetsk Without Power for Second Night, Proxy Leader Says

Kremlin-installed officials said around 65% of energy customers in the occupied territory had lost power due to overnight air attacks on power plants.
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Russia Claims to Have Seized 2 New Villages in Southern Ukraine

Russia's Defense Ministry said its troops had taken Rivnopillia and Mala Tokmachka in the southern Zaporizhzhia region.

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Online, Russia Invents Ukrainians Who Cheer On Its Occupation

Fake accounts routinely pose as Ukrainians to seed favorable narratives across VKontakte pages run by Kremlin-backed authorities.
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Russia Sentences 2 Colombians Who Fought With Ukraine to 13 Years

In July 2024, the two were reportedly arrested in Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, still wearing their Ukrainian army uniforms.
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Russia Makes Steady Gains in Ukraine in October – Analysis

Russia now controls 81% of the Donetsk region, which it claims to have annexed and is fighting to secure full control over.
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Russian Election Chief Clashes With Moscow-Installed Zaporizhzhia Governor Over ‘Illegal’ Dismissal

Analysts told Kommersant the standoff reflects an ongoing struggle over control of Russia’s electoral machinery in newly annexed territories.
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Russia Says Captured 3 Villages in Ukraine's East

The Russian army is grinding through eastern Ukraine in costly meter-for-meter battles for small settlements.
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Russian-Installed Official Killed in Occupied Ukraine

Vladimir Leontyev, 61, started collaborating with Russian forces and was appointed mayor of Nova Kakhovka soon after the town was captured in April 2022...
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Russian Children Form Human ‘89’ to Mark Anniversary of Unrecognized Annexation of Ukraine

The number “89” references Russia’s tally of its federal subjects after annexing the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions. 
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Russia Says Situation at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant Under Control

Europe's largest atomic energy plant lost power on Sept. 23, the longest of the 10 outages it has undergone since Russia seized the station.
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UN Slams 'Systematic' Russian Torture of Ukrainian Civilians

A UN rights office report concluded that Russia "has subjected Ukrainian civilian detainees to consistent patterns of serious violations" of international...
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In First, Chinese Cargo Ship Docks in Sanctioned Crimean Port – FT

The series of stops by a foreign tanker in Sevastopol, which is internationally recognized as part of Ukraine and is barred by sanctions, is unprecedented...
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Ukraine Says Sumy Region Village Taken Back From Russia

Ukrainian troops have "liberated and completely cleared" Russian forces from Bezsalivka.
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‘There’s No Life Without Water’: Occupied Donetsk Residents Plead for Water Amid Supply Collapse

Faced with severely limited and poor-quality water, residents are calling on Putin to investigate local authorities' action — and inaction.
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Moscow Sends Dozens of Water Trucks to Occupied Donetsk Amid Shortage Crisis

While Donetsk residents have dealt with sporadic water shortages for years, the situation has worsened dramatically in recent weeks.
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Sun, Sea and the Russian Flag: Inside Vacation Season on the Beaches of Occupied Ukraine

Russia is promoting summer getaways to occupied seaside towns as part of a broader push to normalize control over territory it seized by force.
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Moscow-Backed Governor in Occupied Zaporizhzhia Awards Jailed Russian General Popov

Yevgeny Balitsky awarded Ivan Popov the Order “For Merit to the Zaporizhzhia Region,” citing his “demonstrated courage, professionalism and fulfillment...
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