World Oct 01 Ukraine alleges Russia kidnapped head of Europe’s largest nuclear plant Russian forces blindfolded and detained the head of Europe’s largest nuclear plant, Ukraine’s nuclear power provider said Saturday, reigniting long-simmering fears over the plant's security.
World Sep 30 Putin declares Ukrainian regions part of Russia, defies West as NATO talks heat up Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed treaties to annex parts of Ukraine, defying international law. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy responded by saying his country is submitting an “accelerated” application to join the NATO military alliance.
World Sep 29 Russia to formally annex 4 regions of Ukraine Friday, after votes condemned by West Russia says it will formally annex occupied parts of Ukraine where it held Kremlin-orchestrated "referendums" in which it claimed that residents had voted overwhelmingly to live under Moscow's rule.
Politics Sep 28 WATCH: State Department spokesman Ned Price holds briefing as Russia works to annex parts of Ukraine Russia positioned itself Wednesday to formally annex parts of Ukraine where occupied areas held a Kremlin-orchestrated “referendum” on living under Moscow’s rule that the Ukrainian government and the West denounced as illegal and rigged.
World Sep 28 Russia poised to formally annex occupied Ukraine after ‘forced’ vote Russia is poised to formally annex parts of Ukraine after occupied areas held a Kremlin-orchestrated "referendum" — denounced as illegal and rigged by Kyiv and the West — to live under Moscow's rule.
World Sep 27 Pro-Moscow officials say 4 occupied areas of Ukraine have voted to join Russia According to Russia-installed election officials in Zaporizhzhia region, 93.11 percent of the ballots case in the vote were in support of the annexation. Results from three other Ukrainian regions were expected to follow shortly.
World Sep 27 Kremlin-led referendum vote concludes, rising Western tensions Moscow-backed officials in the four occupied regions in southern and eastern Ukraine said polls closed Tuesday afternoon after five days of voting and the counting of ballots had started.
World Sep 26 Russian military recruiter shot at enlistment office amid troop call-up A young man shot a Russian military officer at close range at an enlistment office Monday, in an unusually bold attack reflecting resistance to the Russian leadership's efforts to mobilize hundreds of thousands of men to wage war on Ukraine.
World Sep 25 EU divided on response to Russians fleeing military service Russia’s rush to mobilize hundreds of thousands of recruits to staunch stinging losses in Ukraine is a tacit acknowledgement that its “army is not able to fight,” Ukraine’s president said Sunday, as splits sharpened in Europe over whether to welcome…
World Sep 20 Separatist-controlled areas in Ukraine to vote on joining Russia The separatist leaders of four Russian-controlled areas of Ukraine say they are planning to hold votes starting later this week for the territories to become part of Russia as Moscow loses ground in the war it launched.