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Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine said Monday that a strike by Kyiv’s forces on the rebel de facto capital Donetsk left at least 16 people dead, ahead of talks to resolve the war. Rebel officials said fragments from a Ukrainian…

SLAVIANSK, Ukraine — Russian mercenaries with experience fighting in Syria and Libya have covertly trickled into two rebel territories in eastern Ukraine, helping to lay the groundwork for war, according to two senior European security…

<!-- -->Putin announced his decision to recognise the separatist territories after an hour-long national address.Moscow: Russia on Tuesday called on other countries to "follow" it in recognising east Ukraine's separatist republics, a…

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday (Feb 21) recognised the independence of Moscow-backed rebel regions in eastern Ukraine, a move that will further fuel tensions with the West amid fears of Russian invasion. Putin’s move…

<!-- -->Vladimir Putin announced that Russia is recognising the breakaway republics of Donetsk and Lugansk.London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday slammed Russia's recognition of separatist republics as "a flagrant…

<!-- -->Our goal is to listen to our colleagues and determine our next steps, said Putin. (FILE)Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that Moscow was considering recognising the independence of east Ukraine's two…

MOSCOW: Pro-Russian separatists said on Saturday they had uncovered a plan by Kyiv to seize territory they control in eastern Ukraine by force, and paraded a man they said was a Ukrainian spy. Authorities in the Ukrainian capital quickly…

MOSCOW: Russian-backed separatist leaders in eastern Ukraine declared a full military mobilisation on Saturday (Feb 19), a day after ordering women and children to evacuate to southern Russia because of what they said was the threat of…

A militant of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DNR) walks at fighting positions on the line of separation from the Ukrainian armed forces near the rebel-controlled settlement of Staromykhailivka (Staromikhailovka) in Donetsk…

<!-- -->The incident took place in Russian-backed separatist city of Lugansk in Ukraine. (Representational)Kyiv: An international oil pipeline running through a key rebel-held city in eastern Ukraine blew up on Friday, Russian media…