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Red spray paint is seen spread across the walls on the Russian Consulate after it was vandalized on September 30, 2022 in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/Getty Images via AFP)
September 30, 2022, 7:54 pm
Israel rejects annexation as West sanctions Russia, threatens any who back land grab
US and UK announce new sanctions; G7 says it will punish countries that back Moscow’s claims on Ukrainian regions; EU vows to ‘never recognize’ move
By Agencies and ToI Staff
From left, Moscow-appointed head of Kherson Region Vladimir Saldo, Moscow-appointed head of Zaporizhzhia region Yevgeny Balitsky, Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, Denis Pushilin, the leader of the Donetsk People's Republic and Leonid Pasechnik, leader of self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic wave during a ceremony to sign the treaties for four regions of Ukraine to join Russia, at the Kremlin, Moscow, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
September 30, 2022, 4:56 pm
Putin annexes Ukrainian regions, vows to use ‘all means’ to protect territories
Russian leader signs treaties, ratcheting up conflict and deriding West, says residents of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia are Russian citizens ‘forever’
By Jon Gambrell and HANNA ARHIROVA
Voters exit booths after voting in a referendum at a polling station in Donetsk, the capital of Donetsk People's Republic controlled by Russia-backed separatists, eastern Ukraine, September 27, 2022. (AP Photo)
September 29, 2022, 2:42 pm
Defying West, Russia says it will annex four occupied Ukraine regions Friday
Putin to lead ceremony in Kremlin that will formally incorporate Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia areas into Russian territory, spokesperson says
By Agencies and ToI Staff
People walk past a billboard displaying a soldier and a Russian flag and reading 'We believe in our army and our victory' in Luhansk, Luhansk People's Republic controlled by Russia-backed separatists, eastern Ukraine, September 27, 2022. (AP Photo)
September 28, 2022, 2:01 pm
Russia readies to annex parts of Ukraine after widely denounced referendums
Moscow-installed officials in occupied areas say they’ll ask Putin to absorb them into Russia following votes that Israel and other Western countries have rejected
By AP and ToI Staff
FILE - A military vehicle drives along a street with a billboard that reads: "With Russia forever, September 27", prior to a referendum in Luhansk, Luhansk People's Republic controlled by Russia-backed separatists, eastern Ukraine, September 22, 2022. (AP Photo/File)
September 23, 2022, 9:59 am
‘Sham’ vote on Russian annexation begins in occupied parts of Ukraine
Separatist Donetsk leader calls widely denounced referendum ‘a historical milestone’; vote clears way for Moscow to claim Ukrainian forces are attacking Russia itself
By AP
A Russian soldier guards an area near a memorial in Kherson region, south Ukraine, May 20, 2022, with a replica of the Victory banner marking the 77th anniversary of the end of World War II in the background. (AP)
September 21, 2022, 2:19 am
Ukrainian regions plan vote on joining Russia as West decries ‘sham’ referendums
Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev says ballot results in four regions controlled by Moscow would make new borders ‘irreversible,’ in move that could escalate fighting
By Jon Gambrell
Ukrainian servicemen stand atop a destroyed Russian tank in a retaken area near the border with Russia in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, September 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
September 20, 2022, 11:20 am
Ukraine using captured Russian tanks to shore up counteroffensive
DC-based think tank, citing claim by Moscow, says Kyiv deploying T-72s as it tries to push gains into Russian-occupied region of Luhansk
By Jon Gambrell
Screen capture from video of Vladimir Kozlovsky, an Israeli citizen who was captured by pro-Russian forces in Ukraine, shown praying in a synagogue in Luhansk after as he was released from captivity, August 25, 2022. (Youtube screenshot)
August 25, 2022, 4:40 pm
Israeli captured by pro-Russia forces in Ukraine released
Russian state media says Vladimir Kozlovsky ‘collaborated’ with captors, was handed over to Russian Jewish community, and will later catch a flight to join wife in Israel
By ToI Staff
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, July 8, 2022. (Willy Kurniawan/Pool Photo via AP)
July 20, 2022, 5:00 pm
Russia says its military in Ukraine expanding focus, cites Western weapons supply
Foreign Minister Lavrov says forces will now deal with targets beyond country’s east because of new threat posed by arms given to Ukrainians
By AFP
File - Then-Syrian president Bashar Assad (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin, in Damascus, Syria, January 7, 2020. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
July 20, 2022, 10:43 am
Syria announces cutting all ties with Ukraine in support of close ally Russia
Kyiv already severed relations with Damascus after Syria recognized breakaway republics of Donetsk and Luhansk in eastern Ukraine
By AFP
In this handout photo released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on, July 2, 2022, a Russian Su-25 ground attack jet fires rockets on a mission at an undisclosed location in Ukraine. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File)
July 7, 2022, 1:38 pm
Russia taking ‘operational pause’ in Ukraine as its forces regroup, analysts say
For the first time since invading its neighbor in February, Moscow made no claims of territorial gains on Wednesday, notes US think tank; UK says Russians ‘reconstituting forces’
By MARIA GRAZIA MURRU and OLEXSANDR STASHEVSKYI
Russian soldiers set a Russian national flag and a replica of the Victory banner after capturing the eastern village of Bilohorivka which is now a territory under the Government of the Luhansk People's Republic control, eastern Ukraine, July 3, 2022. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)
July 4, 2022, 5:41 pm
Russia declares victory in Donbas region of Luhansk as Ukrainian forces withdraw
Putin calls on Russian military units to ‘rest’ and ‘increase their combat capabilities’ after taking control; Ukrainian forces retreat to avoid being surrounded
By FRANCESCA EBEL
Damaged residential buildings in Lysychansk, in the Luhansk region, Ukraine, July 3, 2022. (Luhansk region military administration, via AP)
July 3, 2022, 11:46 pm
Ukraine retreats from key Luhansk redoubt, in major gain for Russia
Kyiv gives up control of Lysychansk, last major city in the region still in its hands, freeing up Moscow’s forces to advance on other Ukrainian strongholds
By Benoit Finck and Dmytro Gorshkov
Ukrainian soldiers ride an armoured vehicle on the main road to Lysychansk in Ukraine's eastern region of Donbas on June 26, 2022. (Bagus Saragih/AFP)
July 3, 2022, 6:43 am
Battle rages for key Ukraine city; Belarus claims to down missiles fired by Kyiv
Official says Lysychansk still in Ukrainian control, after Moscow-backed separatists report encircling it; Zelensky: ‘Cruelty’ of war increasing in some places
By Benoit Finck and Dmytro Gorshkov
Vladimir Kozlovsky displays his Israeli ID card in a video apparently taken after he was taken captive by pro-Russian forces in Luhansk after fighting for the Ukrainian army, June 30, 2022. (Screenshot/Twitter)
June 30, 2022, 8:59 pm
Israeli citizen fighting for Ukraine taken captive by pro-Russian forces in Luhansk
Foreign Ministry says it is aware of status of Vladimir Kozlovsky, seen in video filmed and distributed by separatists showing his Israeli ID card
By ToI Staff
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