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Factbox-How separatist-held regions of eastern Ukraine have grown closer to Russia

Moscow has cultivated close ties with pro-Russian separatists controlling swathes of the Donbass region of eastern Ukraine but denies being a party to their nearly eight-year war with Ukrainian government forces.

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Ukraine temporarily closes checkpoint in Donbass due to shelling

Ukraine on Sunday suspended operations at one of the seven checkpoints to territory in the eastern Donbass region controlled by Russia-backed separatists, due to heavy shelling, the Ukrainian military said.

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UK: Ukraine's 'Worst-case Scenario' Could Come Next Week

Ukraine could face the worst-case scenario of a Russian invasion as soon as next week, and Europe faced one of its most perilous security situations since the early 20th century, British foreign minister Liz Truss said on Saturday. "That worst-case scenario could happen as early as next week. The reality…

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Exclusive: Post-Soviet military bloc says it could send peacekeepers to Donbass if needed

The head of a Russia-dominated military alliance that is sometimes called Moscow's answer to NATO has said his organisation could send peacekeepers to territory in eastern Ukraine controlled by Russia-backed rebels if needed.

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Scholz's dismissal of alleged genocide in Donbass 'unacceptable,' Russia says

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's dismissal of Moscow's assertion of genocide in the east Ukraine region of Donbass held by pro-Russia rebels is "unacceptable," Interfax newsagency reported on Saturday, citing the foreign ministry.

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Ukraine won't respond to provocations, Zelenskiy says

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Saturday said Ukraine would not respond to provocations in the eastern Donbass region and would strive to establish peace through diplomacy.

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Putin Tells Russian Government to House People Leaving Donbass

President Vladimir Putin on Friday ordered the Russian government to house and feed people leaving two self-proclaimed east Ukrainian breakaway republics once they arrived in southern Russia. Russian-backed separatists announced the sudden surprise evacuation of their regions earlier on Friday, a shock turn in a conflict the West believes Moscow…

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Putin tells Russian government to house people leaving Donbass

President Vladimir Putin on Friday ordered the Russian government to house and feed people leaving two self-proclaimed east Ukrainian breakaway republics once they arrived in southern Russia.

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US and NATO officials ramp up warnings of potential Russian aggression in Ukraine

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken warned Thursday that Russia “is preparing to launch an attack” against Ukraine, echoing earlier comments from U.S. and Western officials who said an invasion could come any day and that Moscow would seek to use disinformation to create a pretext for such…

Los Angeles Times

West accuses Russia of trying to create pretext for war after shelling in east Ukraine

Joe Biden and Boris Johnson accuse Moscow of creating a ‘false flag’ after attack on preschool in Donbass

The Independent UK

Ukraine news – live: Biden expects Russia to strike ‘within days’ after ‘false flag’ Donbass school shelling

Western allies fear there will be more provocative attacks ‘over next few days,’ Boris Johnson says

The Independent UK

Blinken urges Russia to reject the 'path of war' at UN Security Council

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told the UN Security Council on Thursday that Russia must abandon the "path of war" and urged Russia to declare unequivocally that it would not invade Ukraine. Hours earlier, Moscow expelled the US deputy chief of mission in a move the White House slammed…

France 24

U.S. warns against Russian false claims being used as pretext for Ukraine invasion

The United States warned on Wednesday that Russia could use false claims about the conflict in Ukraine's Donbass region, including reports of mass graves and allegations of chemical weapons production, to justify an invasion of the former Soviet republic.

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Russia’s Parliament Asks Putin to Recognize Breakaway East Ukrainian Regions

Russia's lower house of parliament voted on Tuesday to ask President Vladimir Putin to recognize two Russian-backed breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine as independent and the European Union told Moscow not to follow through. The move by the State Duma, if approved, could further inflame a wider standoff over a…

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Russia's parliament asks Putin to recognise breakaway east Ukrainian regions

Russia's lower house of parliament voted on Tuesday to ask President Vladimir Putin to recognise two Russian-backed breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine as independent and the European Union told Moscow not to follow through.

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Separatists say they don't see imminent all-out war in east Ukraine

Politicians and military sources in Russian-backed breakaway regions of eastern Ukraine say they do not see an imminent risk of full-scale war while attempts are still under way to find a diplomatic solution.

France 24

Is the Ukrainian military really a David against the Russian Goliath?

As tensions rise ahead of Friday’s crunch talks between US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov over the Ukraine crisis, memories of the Russian army swiftly overpowering the Ukrainian military during the 2014 Crimean annexation have resurfaced. But Ukraine has significantly improved its defence capabilities…

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