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The European Union condemned a bid by Russian lawmakers to have President Vladimir Putin recognize separatist regions in Ukraine as independent, saying it would violate the Minsk agreements Moscow had signed up to. "The EU strongly …
Russia’s State Duma backed a resolution calling for diplomatic recognition of Donbas and Lugansk People’s Republics, raising tensions between Russia and Ukraine another notch, even as Russian troops began a partial withdrawal from the …
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrived in Russia for a meeting with President Vladimir Putin. Their talks will take place during the most tense period in relations between the West and Russia. The root of the contradictions is …
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said that Ukraine wants peace and seeks to resolve all problems solely through talks. "We want peace and we want to resolve all problems only by means of talks. Both Donbass and Crimea will …
The German tabloid Bild published a report by unnamed intelligence agencies about Russia's "plan" to annex Ukraine. The publication also contains a commentary from the Russian Embassy in Germany, where the statements made by the …
Beginning the day after Joe Biden’s inauguration, Ukraine has been complaining of Russia’s troop buildup of over 90,000 men on its border
The people's militia of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic claims that Ukrainian security forces have deployed armoured vehicles near the Kyiv-controlled village of Novotoshkovskoye along the contact line in Donbas. …
The US newspaper Breitbart’s columnists denounced Volodymyr Zelenskiy for his request for more aid to Ukraine due to an alleged growing threat from Russia. The readers of the publication actively discussed the topics of Donbas and …
Developments in Donbass look like genocide, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting of the Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights on Thursday. "You and I know what is happening in Donbass. It …
The reports by the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) indicate the offensive actions of Ukraine’s armed forces in Donbass, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a briefing on Thursday. …
Moscow does not violate international law by issuing Russian passports to residents of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Friday at a meeting with civil society members …
A war in Donbas against Ukraine can and should be avoided, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with Sputnik. "If it depends on us and on the [Donbas] militias, as far as we can understand their principled …
After negotiations between the presidents of Russia and the United States, Vladimir Putin and Joseph Biden, the intensity of passions around Donbass began to decline. Ukraine has declared its desire to solve the problem through diplomatic …
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky on Tuesday invited his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to meet "at any location" in the conflict-hit eastern Ukrainian region of Donbass. In a video address, released on Tuesday, …
The situation in eastern Ukraine remains tense. Everyone seems to be ready for war. On the one hand, Kiev's motives are quite understandable. It wants to take back its territories. On the other hand, theories are being put forward …
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said that Ukraine did not wat a war and was committed to diplomatic ways of settling the situation in Donbass. However, in his words, Ukraine would not drop its guard in case of escalation, …
For the first time, the Ukrainian Armed Forces used the Bayraktar Turkish unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the Donbas, the Ukrainian Military Portal reports. ”Yesterday, medium-altitude attack unmanned aerial vehicle Bayraktar …
Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the situation in Donbas, eastern Ukraine, with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in a phone talk on Thursday. Both Putin and Merkel voiced concern over the rising tensions in the southeast of …
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Russian and U.S. officials have discussed the situation in southeastern Ukraine, where a recent uptick in violence and an increased Russian troop presence across the border have heightened …
Ukraine’s leaders have gone too far in their rhetoric about the conflict in Donbass, which is fraught with grave consequences, and they won’t get away with their actions in Donbass, speaker of the Russian State Duma lower parliament …
