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Sep 21, 2022 · The map below shows the areas under Russian and Ukrainian control as of September 30. Russia controls more than 90,000 square kilometres (34,750 square miles) of territory or about 15...
Jun 9, 2023 · The maps below show how Russian aerial attacks have shifted since the widespread airstrikes on the first day of the invasion. Each three-day map shows locations of shelling, airstrikes and...
On 30 September 2022, Russia's president Vladimir Putin announced the annexation of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts of Ukraine in an address to both houses of the Russian parliament. The United Nations, Ukraine, and many other countries condemned the annexation.
Sep 30, 2022 · 1:44 p.m. ET, September 30, 2022 Putin says annexed Ukrainian territories will be part of Russia "forever" From CNN's Radina Gigova, Sarah Dean, Uliana Pavlova and Anna Chernova
- White House: Referendums in Ukraine ‘Pre-Staged and Falsified’
- Biden Calls Pipeline Leaks ‘Deliberate Act of Sabotage’
- U.S. Imposes New Sanctions
- Biden on Putin: ‘He Doesn’T Intimidate Us’
- Menendez: Putin Getting Desperate
- Ukraine Asks For Fast-Track NATO Application
- Annexation Follows Widely Discredited Referendums
- Russia Calls in Its Reservists
White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan characterized Russia’s illegal annexation of sections of Ukraine as a flagrant violation of international law and part of Vladimir Putin’s playbook of “deceit, disinformation and aggression.” "Based on our information, every aspect of this process was pre-staged and falsified,” Sullivan told repor...
President Joe Biden said Friday that leaks in a pair of natural gas pipelines between Russia and Europe were caused by a “deliberate act of sabotage.” The U.S. and its NATO allies are working to find out exactly what happened to the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines, Biden told reporters at the White House. Two underwater explosions were re...
The Biden administration sanctioned 278 Russian legislators, 14 individuals closely associated with Vladimir Putin’s military on Friday following Putin's declaration that he's announcing four regions in Ukraine. Sanctioned individuals included two international suppliers, three key leaders in Russia's financial architecture and immediate family mem...
President Joe Biden warned Vladimir Putin on Friday that the U.S. and its allies will not be intimidated by the Russian leader’s “reckless words and threats.” “He’s not going to scare us, and he doesn’t intimidate us,” Biden told reporters at the White House. Biden’s remarks came just hours after Putin falsely proclaimed four Ukrainian regions were...
Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Menendez said Friday that the U.S. will not recognize Russian authority over Ukrainian territory. “We will demand accountability for the atrocities in places under Russian illegal occupation like Bucha and Izyum. And we will never entertain Putin’s delusional attempts to rewrite the map of Europe,” Menendez, D-...
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy released a video statement Friday shortly after President Vladimir Putin proclamation urging NATO to fast-track the country's membership application to the military alliance. “We are taking our decisive step by signing Ukraine’s application for accelerated accession to NATO,” Zelenskyy said in comments that w...
Ukraine and Western officials have characterized the move as little more than a land grab and desperate tactic by Putin to disguise growing battlefield losses to Ukraine. Russia annexed the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine in 2014. Only a handful of countries, such as North Korea and Syria, have recognized that annexation. Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D...
Ever since Putin on Sept. 21 announced a call-up of reservists to fight in Ukraine, tens of thousands of men have fled Russia for neighboring countries such as Georgia, Kazakhstan and even Mongolia, where they have visa-free access. Some Russian media have claimed the mobilization could allow up 1 million people to be conscripted, though the Kremli...
Sep 30, 2022 · Putin declares there are 4 new regions of Russia at ceremony to formally annex parts of Ukraine. Sophia Ankel. Sep 30, 2022, 5:48 AM PDT. Russian President Vladimir Putin signs annexation...
Sep 30, 2022 · Here’s what we know: In Moscow, the Russian leader declares four Ukrainian regions part of his country, a widely denounced move. The U.S. and Britain ordered new sanctions on Russia in response.
