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The Latest Breaking News from Donbas

World reacts to Russia’s attack on Ukraine

President Putin has given approval to a ‘special military operation’ in the Donbas region.

Al Jazeera

‘Their golden hour’: Donetsk and Luhansk leaders revel in rising profile

Ukraine crisis has thrust Denis Pushilin and Leonid Pasechnik into centre of events, amid claim they are puppets of Putin

The Guardian - UK

Putin orders army into Ukraine, seeks to ‘demilitarise’ neighbour

Vladimir Putin said he’s ordered a “special military operation” to protect the people of the Donbas separatist region, but said Russia will “aim for demilitarisation and denazification of Ukraine.”

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Putin orders army into Ukraine, seeks to ‘demilitarize’ neighbor

Vladimir Putin said he’s ordered a “special military operation” to protect the people of the Donbas separatist region, but said Russia will “aim for demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine.”

Tribune News Service

Latest Russia-Ukraine updates: Tens of thousands flee their homes

Ukraine invasion news from February 24: UN says several thousand Ukrainians crossing into neighbouring countries.

Al Jazeera

Russia state TV paints Moscow as savior of eastern Ukraine

As the West sounds the alarm about the Kremlin ordering troops into eastern Ukraine and decries an invasion, Russian state media paints a completely different picture

The Independent UK

With Russia launching a military operation in Ukraine's Donbas region, what does Vladimir Putin want?

As Russian troops enter the eastern regions of Ukraine and Western leaders hit back with biting sanctions, many are wondering what it is Vladimir Putin actually hopes to achieve.

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Putin’s public approval is soaring during the Russia-Ukraine crisis, but it's unlikely to last

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered troops into eastern Ukraine on Feb. 21, 2022. The invasion could lead to the biggest armed conflict in Europe since World War II, Western leaders warn.

The Conversation

Game of cat and mouse may have only hours left to run

If Vladimir Putin’s field commanders have pressed the pause button on the operation to expand the Russian military presence in the Donbas pocket, all the signs suggest it will be for a matter of hours not days.

Evening Standard

Russia-Ukraine crisis: State media hails ‘the heroes of Donbas’

Channel 1 TV said Russians were ‘witness to an important historic event’

Evening Standard

Trudy Rubin: Why Putin's Ukraine aggression will change the world — an explainer on how we got here

The world is reacting to Vladimir Putin's new invasion of eastern Ukraine, as Western nations try forestall a wider invasion. I just returned from two weeks in Ukraine and Lithuania, where I spoke to leaders and everyday citizens about the crisis. Here is some background context to help untangle the…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

The conflict between Russia and Ukraine explained

UK warns Vladimir Putin’s invasion of eastern Donbas is underway

The Independent UK

Will war come to a town called New York in Ukraine?

NEW YORK, Ukraine — The bakery in the center of town offered poppy seed babka-like pastries and breads of various shades. The baker seemed reluctant to speak before blurting out that the shelling — always present but also far away — increased in recent days. She would have said more,…

Los Angeles Times

The other Russian interventions in its periphery

An explainer on what led to Russian interventions in Abkhazia and South Ossetia in 2008 and Crimea and Donbas in 2014.

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Al Jazeera

Putin backs separatists’ claim to Donbas region of Ukraine

Russian president says he recognises the territorial claims of self-declared separatist republics in eastern Ukraine.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine Crisis: Putin Gets OK to Use Force outside Russia

Russian lawmakers on Tuesday authorized President Vladimir Putin to use military force outside the country — a move that could presage a broader attack on Ukraine after the US said an invasion was already underway there. Several European leaders said Russian troops rolled into rebel-held areas in eastern Ukraine after…

Al Jazeera

Russians bemoan Putin’s decision to recognise ‘republics’

While government-friendly media celebrate, many outside the corridors of power are critical of their president’s move.

Los Angeles Times

Russian troops move into eastern Ukraine, EU says, as fear of war grows

KHARKIV, Ukraine — Russian troops have moved into eastern Ukraine, rumbling across the border into areas held by pro-Moscow rebels, the European Union’s top diplomat said Tuesday.

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The Independent UK

The conflict between Russia and Ukraine explained

UK warns Vladimir Putin’s invasion of eastern Donbas is underway

Daily Mirror

Putin's tanks and troops seen entering eastern Ukraine as Russia prepares for 'bloodshed'

Long convoys of Russian military vehicles including tanks have been filmed entering into separatist areas of eastern Ukraine further fuelling fears of a "major conflict"

Al Jazeera

Latest Ukraine updates: Biden announces new Russia sanctions

Latest Ukraine crisis updates from February 22: Blinken cancels upcoming meeting with Russia’s Lavrov as tensions mount.

The Independent UK

Biden and Putin agree to Ukraine summit but Kremlin says its ‘premature’ to make plans

Meeting will not go ahead if Russia invades, says US

The Guardian - AU

Luhansk and Donetsk regions recognised as as independent states by Russia – as it happened

Russian president has recognised Ukraine’s Luhansk and Donetsk regions as independent states: Zelenskiy says ‘we are not afraid’. Follow the latest updates

The Independent UK

Macron and Putin agree to push for ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, as US warns of imminent Russian invasion

Boris Johnson hailed Putin’s commitments to French president as a ‘welcome sign’, No 10 says

Los Angeles Times

As Ukraine tension grows, diplomacy stalls and Russian troops are massed at border

KHARKIV, Ukraine — With tens of thousands of Russian troops massed near Ukraine’s northern frontier, and as tensions intensified in the country’s eastern Donbas region, Western and Russian leaders continued to engage in a high-stakes dance Sunday mixing equal parts diplomatic bickering and military puffery — but with little sign…

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