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Articles with tag "Occupied Ukraine"

muted event

Kremlin Opts for Low-Key Festivities on Crimea Annexation Anniversary

Analysts say the anniversary's ideological value for the Kremlin has been lost in the year since the invasion of Ukraine.
damning conclusion

UN Investigators: Russian Deportation of Ukrainian Children a 'War Crime'

Russia's forced transfer and deportation of Ukrainian children to areas under its control amounts to a war crime, UN investigators said Thursday.
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Bureaucratic limbo

Still No Sign of Integration for Occupied Ukrainian Regions

The Kremlin still maintains direct control over the four Ukrainian regions that it claims as Russian territory.
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under reconstruction

Russian Defense Minister Visits Destroyed Ukrainian City Mariupol

The Defense Ministry said Shoigu toured the destroyed port city to oversee reconstruction efforts.
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military fatigue

The Photos That Have Defined Russia's One-Year Invasion of Ukraine

In the early hours of Feb. 24, 2022, after months of posturing and threats, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his forces to launch an all-out assault...
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Inch by inch

Russia Says Village in Ukraine's Kharkiv 'Liberated'

Russia on Saturday claimed to have taken control of a small village near the key city of Kupiansk in the northeastern Ukrainian region of Kharkiv. "The...
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unrecognized annexation

Russian Maps Featuring Occupied Ukraine Territories Go on Sale in Moscow

Bookstores across Moscow have begun selling maps that show four partially occupied southeast Ukrainian regions as Russian territory, media reported...
global pariah

Russia's Union of Journalists Faces Expulsion From International Body

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), which represents journalists from 146 countries, has initiated the expulsion of Russia's Union of Journalists...
spring forward

Russia-Annexed Ukrainian Regions to Move to Moscow Time – Ministry 

Residents of the Kremlin-controlled areas of four Ukrainian regions will soon have to put their clocks forward by an hour as their time zone switches to...
outsourced help

Russia Recruits Doctors to Work in Occupied Ukraine – Reports

Russia’s Health Ministry has asked regional health authorities to recruit doctors and nurses to work in Moscow-occupied regions of Ukraine, according...
Personal injury

Ex-Russian Space Chief Sends Macron Shrapnel That Almost Killed Him

The former head of Russia's space agency Dmitry Rogozin said on Wednesday that he had sent a piece of shrapnel from a French howitzer shell that injured...
Razed to the Ground

In Photos: Mariupol's Russian Occupiers Begin the City's Reconstruction

The once little-known Ukrainian port city of Mariupol underwent a transformation this year from relative obscurity to being a household name and becoming...
defensive works

Russian Job Sites Recruit Trench Diggers for Occupied Ukraine, Border Areas

Russian job sites are advertising trench- and fortification-digging jobs in occupied Ukrainian and nearby Russian regions, independent media reported...
icy streets

St. Petersburg Funnels $1.5Mln from City Budget to Mariupol Reconstruction – Media

St. Petersburg has contributed 100 million rubles ($1.5 million) toward the reconstruction of Mariupol, the southern Ukrainian port city largely destroyed...
occupied regions

Over 80K Russian Passports Issued in 'Annexed' Ukraine – Moscow

Moscow said Thursday it has issued more than 80,000 Russian passports to residents of four Ukrainian territories since President Vladimir Putin claimed...
on the run

Nearly 1 in 3 Prisoners Freed by Retreating Russians Recaptured, Ukraine Says

Ukrainian law enforcement said it has caught and returned to prison 166 of 457 inmates who were freed by Russia’s military and Russian-installed...
military remains

Russian Proxy Officials Exit Kherson Region's Nova Kakhovka

Russian proxy officials in the city of Nova Kakhovka in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region said Tuesday that they were relocating deeper into Russian-held...
In depth

‘The Happiest Day’: Joy in Kherson as Ukrainian Troops Re-Enter City

Russian troops withdrew from the right bank of the Dnipro River on Friday in a major military defeat for the Kremlin that led to scenes of jubilation in...
Kirill Stremousov

Funeral of Senior Russian-Installed Kherson Official Held in Crimea

Kirill Stremousov, the deputy head of the Moscow-installed administration in the occupied Kherson region of Ukraine, was buried in the Crimean city of...
illegitimate documents

EU Won't Recognize Russian Passports from Occupied Ukraine

The European Union said Thursday it will not recognize Russian passports issued in regions of Ukraine annexed by Moscow. The move — which also covers...
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