An curved arrow pointing right. Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree annexing four territories in eastern Ukraine. He said the annexation is permanent, despite Western opposition.

Russia declared the annexation of four southern and eastern Ukrainian regions -- Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson. It annexed the Crimean peninsula from Ukraine in 2014. Ukraine and most ...

Russia will need about five years to capture four regions of Ukraine. In doing so, the losses of the Russian army could amount to 1.8 million soldiers, according to the new British Army chief ...

Russia wants to declare 'victory' over Ukraine on Feb. 24, Ukrainian intel claims * Zelensky is not 'important' to ...

Armed conflict in eastern Ukraine erupted in early 2014 following Russia’s annexation of Crimea ... Armed conflict in the regions quickly broke out between Russian-backed forces and the ...

US President Donald Trump suggested that Ukraine ... in four occupied regions – Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson – in an attempt to lend legitimacy to its annexation.