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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…

Sept. 27, 2022 9:36 am ET RUBTSY, Ukraine—The Ukrainian military offensive that ousted Russian troops from the Kharkiv region early this month has now crossed deep into the northern part of the nearby Donetsk region, increasingly threatening Russian control over lands that Moscow seeks to annex as sovereign territory in…

In this image made from a video released by the Russian Presidential Press Service, Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses the nation in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (Russian Presidential Press Service via AP) A careful reading of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Ukraine speech last week raises two contrarian questions. First, is…

Russia now has a weaker military, a weaker economy, better-armed and more numerous enemies, and less global influence than it did in January 2022...Read More

China's Foreign Minister says country's 'approach is to promote peace through talks'Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi addresses the 77th session of the UN General Assembly on Saturday. AP Beta V.1.0 - Powered by automated translation Follow developments at the UN General Assembly as they happen. China has called for a…

Published September 25, 2022 at 1:09 AM ISTANBUL (AFP) - A stream of Russians flocking to Istanbul on Saturday expressed personal relief but concern for the safety of loved ones after the Kremlin announced a partial mobilisation for the war in Ukraine. The price of some tickets from Moscow shot…

NEW YORK: The tide of international opinion appears to be decisively shifting against Russia, as a number of non-aligned countries are joining the United States and its allies in condemning Moscow’s war in Ukraine and its threats to the principles of the international rules-based order. Western officials have repeatedly said…

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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Voting began Friday in Moscow-held regions of Ukraine on referendums to become part of Russia, Russian-backed officials there said. The Kremlin-orchestrated referendums, which have been widely denounced by Ukraine and the West as shams without any legal force, are seen as a step toward annexing the…

Moscow is looking to mobilise up to one million reservists for the Ukraine war, not 300,000, according to Russian media reports. A secret clause in Russian president Vladimir Putin’s “partial” mobilisation decree permits the Kremlin to draft far more soldiers taht was announced, a source told the Novaya Gazeta Europe…