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Articles with tag "Occupied Ukraine"

'illegal actions'

EU Condemns Russian Elections in Occupied Ukraine

Brussels said "it will not recognize either the holding of these so-called ‘elections’ or their results."
little surprise

Moscow Claims Putin's Party Leading Votes in Annexed Ukraine Regions

The elections in the four regions, which Russia claims to have annexed despite not fully controlling them, have been dismissed by Ukraine and its allies...
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In depth

Kremlin Seeks to ‘Legitimize’ Authority With Elections in Occupied Ukraine

The four regions will vote to choose local parliaments despite Moscow failing to fully control any of them and active combat in several areas.
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voting irregularities

Vote Fraud Reported as Russian Local, Regional Elections Get Underway

The election watchdog Golos said it had already received close to 600 complaints of violations as of Friday afternoon.
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delayed admission

Russia Announces ‘Tactical’ Withdrawal From Ukraine’s Robotyne

A Kremlin-installed official in occupied southern Ukraine claimed that abandoning the village would benefit Russian forces.
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conflicting accounts

Kremlin-Installed Official Targeted in Bomb Attack – Reports

Yury Afanasyevsky, head of the customs office in the self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic, was at his home during the assassination attempt.
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heavy sentence

Moscow-Installed Court Jails Ukrainian Soldier 22 Years for Killing Civilian

Gunner Maxim Ovcharenko and two of his unidentified fellow soldiers were accused of shooting a Mariupol resident in April 2022.
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sham vote

Local Polls Open in Russian-Occupied Areas of Ukraine

The Kremlin-backed mayor of Donetsk said that troops will be deployed to polling stations to “provide security to members of election commissions.”...
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Zveri

Russian Pop-Rock Star Visits Soldiers in Occupied Ukraine, Deletes Past Anti-War Posts

Singer Roman Bilyk and his hit band Zveri previously condemned the war in Ukraine on social media, but the posts have since been deleted.
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occupied areas

Russian-Installed Court Hands Heavy Jail Terms to 5 Ukrainian Soldiers

The court said three of the soldiers had fought in Mariupol, which was captured by Russian forces in May 2022 after a devastating siege.
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Donetsk

Russia-Installed Court Jails 3 Ukrainian Soldiers

The soldiers sentenced on Thursday all fought in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, which was captured by Russian forces last May.
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opinion Konstantin Skorkin

Occupied Ukraine’s Turncoat Elites Struggle to Make Their Mark in Russian Politics

Those Ukrainians who have thrown their lot in with Moscow now find themselves in the same boat as an aging authoritarian regime.
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Akhmat

'Elite’ Chechen Fighters Tasked With Policing Occupied Nuclear City in Ukraine – Al Jazeera

The Chechen fighters enjoy a “higher status” and “do not mingle professionally or socially” with other Russian troops.
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devastated city

Chechnya’s Grozny Establishes ‘Sister City’ Ties With Occupied Mariupol

Prior to Grozny, St. Petersburg established sister city relations with Mariupol shortly after Russian forces drove out the last Ukrainian defenders.
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subsidy slash

Russia Shifts Domestic Health Spending to Occupied Ukraine – Vedomosti

Dozens of regions saw cuts in federal subsidies used to finance the construction of new clinics and the purchase of medical equipment.
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Maria Lvova-Belova

700K Ukrainian Children Transferred to Russia Since Invasion – Official

The new report claims that the “overwhelming majority” of Ukrainian children who arrived in Russia were accompanied by parents or relatives.
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war-scarred city

In Photos: In Russian-Occupied Mariupol, Locals Try to Return to Everyday Life Amid the Ruins

More than a year into its occupation by Russia, Mariupol still bears the scars of last spring's relentless Russian offensive.
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exit route

Moscow-Installed Authorities in Occupied Ukraine Lift Martial Law as Crimea Tourists Flee

Eyewitnesses and live traffic maps showed major congestion along roads leading from northern Crimea into the occupied Kherson region.
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cruel and unusual

Ukrainian Prisoners Tortured, Forced to Dig Russian Trenches – AP

The report describes a system of detention and abuse of civilians that the AP said stands in direct violation of the Geneva Conventions.
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In depth

Evacuated Residents of War-Scarred Bakhmut Envision a Far-Off Return Home

Five hundred days into Russia’s invasion, the day when Bakhmut's population will be able to return looks increasingly distant.
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