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A soldier wearing Nazi imagery was given a medal by a Russia-backed separatist republic for killing Ukrainian 'nationalists'
The fighter's wore the "Valknot" and "Totenkopf," the first of which is tied to white supremacists …
Matthew Loh
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HIMARS strike by Ukraine targets Russian drone pilots at training school in Donetsk, say reports
Recent social media footage showed the aftermath of an alleged Ukrainian missile attack on a Russia…
Rebecca Rommen
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This map shows rebels' expansive claims to Ukraine that Putin just threw his weight behind
Moscow has recognized two "breakaway" regions of Ukraine whose Russian-backed leaders claim more te…
Charles R. Davis
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Trump praised Putin's justification to invade Ukraine as 'genius' and 'savvy'
"I'd rather see them send soldiers to our southern border," Trump said when asked about potential U…
Bryan Metzger
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Putin approves fast-track citizenship for people in captured Ukraine in a possible lead-up to Russian annexation
US officials and experts have warned that Russia plans to annex Ukrainian territory and stage "sham…
Jake Epstein,John Haltiwanger
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The Kremlin plans to send 100,000 Ukrainians to Siberia and the Arctic Circle, report says, as Zelenskyy warns of 'filtration camps' for captured people
Ukrainian officials have accused Russia of moving thousands of people from the city of Mariupol to …
Sophia Ankel
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This is all that's left of the strategically crucial Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine
The defeat was a major loss for the Ukrainian government. This separatist win was followed a month …
Jeremy Bender
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The leader of the Russian-backed republic in Ukraine was just assassinated in a cafe bombing
Assassinations on both sides of the conflict in Ukraine between Kyiv and the two Russian-backed Don…
Daniel Brown
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Kremlin admits that a dramatic Security Council meeting on Ukraine was recorded in advance, after people realized a minister's watch showed the wrong time
Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said Tuesday that recording meetings in advance is not unusua…
Sophia Ankel
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The slain leader of a Russian-backed republic in Ukraine was reportedly killed by a bomb planted on a chandelier
The perpetrator was most likely near the cafe and saw Zakharchenko enter before he or she…
Daniel Brown
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The Rebel Leader Whose Troops Likely Shot Down MH17 Claims That He's Retaken Parts Of Donetsk
A railway station at the forefront of the rebel stronghold of Donetsk, Ukraine, was the scene of fi…
Allan Smith,Elena Holodny
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Pro-Russia Activists Proclaim Separatist Republic In East Ukraine City
Saying Russian troops were within a 30-km (19-mile) zone on the other side of the Ukrainian border,…
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'We get the orders from Moscow as well': Secret phone calls from pro-Russian rebels revealed in the investigation of the downing of MH17 that killed 298 people
"The indications for close ties between leaders of the DPR and Russian government officials raise q…
David Choi
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It's been 5 years since MH17 was shot down, killing 298 people. Here's what happened, and why nobody has yet been held officially responsible
It lost contact with air traffic control at 1.20 p.m., who then spent the next two minutes frantica…
Sinéad Baker,Sinéad Baker,Sin…
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The Ukraine Conflict Has Now Displaced One Million People
Ukraine's pro-Moscow separatists signed a ceasefire agreement with the Ukrainian government in earl…
Reuters,Armin Rosen
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Russia is furious over reports that a commander sent his best drone operators to die as infantrymen because they criticized him
Dmitry "Goodwin" Lysakovsky and Sergei "Ernest" Gritsai recorded a video saying that their commande…
Matthew Loh
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Ukrainian POWs are being bought and sold on a Russian black market, report says
Chechen fighters have "bought" Ukrainian POWs from Russian forces so they can exchange them in thei…
Mia Jankowicz
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Pro-Russian troops appear to use motorcycles to outwit drones and assault Ukrainian positions
A Russia-backed separatist militia released footage claiming it attacked Ukrainian positions on fas…
Cameron Manley
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Video shows a Russian soldier diving out of the way of a drone, which then explodes just behind him
Video shows a soldier dodging a drone, which narrowly misses him and then explodes meters away. Rus…
Sinéad Baker
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Russia imposes 'military censorship' on the internet, ban on public gatherings and strikes in occupied Ukraine
Authorities in Donetsk have "imposed military censorship on mail, Internet communications and phone…