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With the election behind him, Putin says Russia aims to set up a buffer zone inside Ukraine

Mar. 18, 2024 16:55 PM EDT

Russian President Vladimir Putin said after extending his rule in an election that stifled opposition that Moscow will not relent in its invasion of Ukraine and plans to create a buffer zone to help protect against long-range Ukrainian strikes and cross-border raids. The Kremlin’s...

Putin extends rule in preordained Russian election after harshest crackdown since Soviet era

Mar. 18, 2024 16:12 PM EDT

President Vladimir Putin extended his reign over Russia in a landslide election whose outcome was never in doubt, declaring his determination Monday to advance deeper into Ukraine and dangling new threats against the West. After the harshest crackdown on dissent since Soviet times,...

How Russia's grab of Crimea 10 years ago led to war with Ukraine and rising tensions with the West

Mar. 18, 2024 14:53 PM EDT

A decade ago, President Vladimir Putin seized Crimea from Ukraine, a bold land grab that set the stage for Russia to invade its neighbor in 2022. The quick and bloodless seizure of the diamond-shaped peninsula, home to Russia's Black Sea fleet and a popular vacation site, touched off...

Russia says Ukraine launched far-ranging drone attacks on final day of Russia's presidential vote

Mar. 17, 2024 23:41 PM EDT

Ukraine launched a new wave of attacks inside Russian territory Sunday, killing at least two people, including a teenager, according to local officials, as Russians cast ballots on the final day of a presidential vote set to extend President Vladimir Putin's rule for another six years. ...

Russia says Ukrainian shelling killed 2 in a border city while it thwarted an incursion

Mar. 16, 2024 17:06 PM EDT

Ukrainian shelling of the Russian city of Belgorod killed two people, officials said Saturday, while Russia claimed to have thwarted a new attempt by saboteurs to cross the border. Saturday’s attacks occurred as Russians entered the second day of voting in a presidential election...

Russians are voting in an election that holds little suspense after Putin crushed dissent

Mar. 15, 2024 20:55 PM EDT

Russia began three days of voting Friday in a presidential election that is all but certain to extend President Vladimir Putin’s rule for six more years after he stifled dissent. At least half a dozen cases of vandalism at polling stations were reported, including a firebombing and...

Russia forces Ukrainians in occupied territories to take its passports – and fight in its army

Mar. 15, 2024 18:30 PM EDT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — He and his parents were among the last in their village to take a Russian passport, but the pressure was becoming unbearable. By his third beating at the hands of the Russian soldiers occupying Ukraine’s Kherson region, Vyacheslav Ryabkov caved. The soldiers...

Germany, France and Poland vow to procure more weapons for Ukraine in a show of unity

Mar. 15, 2024 12:57 PM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — Germany, France and Poland vowed Friday to procure more weapons for Kyiv and step up production of military equipment along with partners in Ukraine, promising that Ukraine can rely on the trio of European powers as it tries to overcome a shortage of military resources. ...

Russian missiles kill at least 16 people in the latest strike on southern Ukraine's Odesa

Mar. 15, 2024 11:57 AM EDT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian ballistic missile attack blasted homes in the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa on Friday, followed by a second missile that targeted first responders who arrived at the scene, officials said. At least 16 people were killed. The attack occurred as...

UN-backed human rights experts decry new evidence of torture of Ukrainian POWs by Russia

Mar. 15, 2024 08:49 AM EDT

GENEVA (AP) — U.N.-backed human rights experts said Friday they have gathered new evidence of “horrific” torture of Ukrainian prisoners of war by their Russian jailers, saying such practices could amount to war crimes. The Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine said human rights...