“They use their expensive rockets for nothing, just to frighten people,” a member of Ukraine’s Parliament said of Russian attacks on the country’s cities and infrastructure.
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Putin Signs Annexation Laws as Russia Loses Ground in Ukraine
Russian state television trumpeted the news, while playing down or ignoring the fact that Moscow’s forces are in retreat in multiple parts of the front line.
Scouting for Firewood, or for Russia? On the Front Line in Ukraine.
Outside the city of Lyman, Ukrainian troops ran across a 69-year-old Soviet veteran. He was placed in an improvised blindfold. All were enveloped in the fog of war.
Russia’s Annexation Claim Is News to Residents of Lyman, Ukraine
Without access to electricity, radios or the internet, residents of Lyman said they were unaware of President Vladimir V. Putin’s grandiose celebration of an illegal land grab.
Russia Strikes Regions in Eastern Ukraine Then Declares Them Russian
The strikes killed a total of 30 civilians and wounded 107 in one of the bloodiest attacks in recent weeks.
Putin Plans Annexation of Ukraine Territories. Here’s What to Know.
The Kremlin is using pageantry and a show of adhering to Russian legal formalities to give the move a veneer of legitimacy.
Russia Plans to Illegally Annex Lands It Invaded, Even as Its Military Falters
Even though Russia has failed to fully control the four territories it seeks to annex, the Kremlin is preparing a show designed to present a sheen of legitimacy to its illegal takeover.
Russian Proxies in Ukraine Push Moscow to Annex Occupied Regions
The requests lent an air of formality to a process condemned by the West. They followed sham referendums in four regions in Ukraine that purported to put voters’ stamp of approval on joining Russia.
As Russians Flee, Some Find Draft Notices Waiting at the Border
The Kremlin dispatched federal security forces to frontier border crossings packed with Russian men trying to escape the draft by entering countries like Georgia, Kazakhstan and Mongolia.