Ukraine

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin for a cease-fire, imploring him to “stop this spiral of violence and death” in Ukraine and denouncing the “absurd” risk of the “uncontrollable” consequences of nuclear attack as tensions sharply escalate over the war. Francis uttered…

Image source, Reuters Image caption, Ukraine's forces have mounted a sweeping counter-attack to re-take territory in the east By Hugo Bachega in Kyiv & James FitzGerald BBC News Russia has withdrawn its troops from the strategic Ukrainian town of Lyman, in a move seen as a significant setback for its…

Russia said Saturday it had withdrawn troops from the city of Lyman as Ukraine's military inched closer to re-capturing the annexed city, the Associated Press reports. Why it matters: The withdrawal comes one day after Russian President Vladimir Putin annexed four regions of Ukraine, including the Donetsk region where Lyman is…

A Russian-installed official in Ukraine acknowledged Friday that President Vladimir Putin's forces in the occupied city of Lyman were partially encircled, potentially leading to what some believe could be a strategic Ukrainian victory in the eastern Donetsk region. "Our guys are fighting, we are pulling up reserves, we must hold…

Russian strikes killed 25 civilians and injured at least 50 others overnight in the Ukrainian province of Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine's prosecutor general said. Why it matters: The attack was one of the deadliest targeting Ukrainian civilians in recent weeks, according to the New York Times. It comes as the Kremlin plans…

WASHINGTON, Sept 29 (Reuters) - If Russia moves ahead with its plans to annex four Ukrainian regions, it would mark a "dangerous escalation" that would jeopardize the prospects for peace in the region, the United Nations Secretary-General said on Thursday. "Any decision to proceed with the annexation of Donetsk, Luhansk,…

Russian soldiers stand on Red Square in central Moscow on Sept. 29, 2022, as the square is sealed prior to a ceremony of Moscow's annexation of four occupied Ukrainian regions.ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP/Getty Images Russian President Vladimir Putin will annex four occupied regions of Ukraine on Friday, following staged referendums in which,…

A Russian strike on a dormitory in Kharkiv late Wednesday killed at least six people and injured a dozen more, Kharkiv's governor said. Oleh Synyehubov, the head of the Kharkiv region, said Russian forces hit a residential neighborhood in Ukraine's second-largest city with an Iskander short-range ballistic missile."It hurts when…

European Union chief wants bloc to put new sanctions on Russia, officials responsible for 'sham' Ukraine referendums.Read More

Updated Sept. 27, 2022 4:04 pm ET MYKOLAIV, Ukraine—Russia is set to formally annex occupied territories in Ukraine after staging referendums that involved coercion, threats and, in some places, soldiers going door to door and forcing people to vote at gunpoint. Kyiv and Western governments have described the votes as…