Ukraine breakaway regions

FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy appeals to Russians to stage protests over Russian forces' seizure of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the largest in Europe, during an address from Kyiv, Ukraine March 4, 2022 in this still image from video. Courtesty of Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS
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Ukraine says it stands firm on recognition of 1991 borders

Russia annexed the Crimea peninsula from Ukraine in 2014 and Russia has recognised declarations of independence by the self-proclaimed republics of Luhansk and Donetsk in the Donbass area of...

UkraineL Russia pressed its invasion of Ukraine to the outskirts of the capital Kyiv on Friday after unleashing airstrikes on cities and military bases and sending in troops and tanks from three sides. Photo :Hindustan Times
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Russian Defense Ministry blames Ukrainian nationalistic forces for rendering situation in country catastrophic

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy talks during an interview with Reuters after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, March 1, 2022. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
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Dramatic call with Ukraine leader prompted historic EU move to provide arms

A general view shows the rebel-held city of Donetsk, Ukraine January 27, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
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Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked DPR over 570 times in 10 days, 11 civilians dead: JCCC

Head of the separatist self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic Denis Pushilin gestures during a news conference in Donetsk, Ukraine February 11, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
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Donetsk leader says he wants talks with Ukraine but may need Russian help

Oleksiy Danilov, Secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council, speaks with Reuters during an interview in Kyiv, Ukraine December 15, 2021. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
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Ukraine to impose state of emergency but no martial law yet

The Ukrainian Embassy in Moscow.
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Kyiv calls on Ukrainians to leave Russia ‘immediately’

Ukrainian service members take part in tactical drills at a training ground in an unknown location in Ukraine, in this handout picture released February 22, 2022. Photo :Reuters
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Ukrainian lawmakers approve sweeping sanctions on hundreds of Russians

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with members of the Delovaya Rossiya (Business Russia) All-Russian Public Organization at the Kremlin, in Moscow, Russia, 3 February, 2022. PHOTO: Sputnik/Aleksey Nikolskyi/Kremlin via REUTERS
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Russia to decide on recognising Ukraine's breakaway regions on Monday - Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin looks up during a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron after their talks, in Moscow, Russia, 7 February, 2022. PHOTO: REUTERS
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Leaders of rebel-held regions in east Ukraine ask Putin to recognise them as independent

A general view shows the rebel-held city of Donetsk, Ukraine January 27, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
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Ukraine says mercenaries arrived in eastern Ukraine to stage provocations

The leader of the breakaway Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine, Denis Pushilin, ordered a general mobilization in a video message posted on Friday. (Denis Pushili via Telegram)
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Separatist leaders pre-recorded their video appeals, metadata shows-CNN

Russian servicemen drive tanks during military exercises in the Leningrad Region, Russia, in this handout picture released on 14 February 2022. Photo: REUTERS.
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China would back Russia, diplomatically, if it moved on Ukraine