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Russia ‘suffered heavy losses and evacuating wounded’ from Kherson and Luhansk, Ukraine claims

It is also claimed Vladimir Putin recruited more than 650 prisoners from a high-security jail

Evening Standard

Putin Signs Laws Annexing 4 Ukrainian Regions

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed laws absorbing four Ukrainian regions into Russia, a move that finalizes the annexation carried out in defiance of international law. The documents were published on a Russian government website on Wednesday morning. Earlier this week, both houses of the Russian parliament ratified treaties making…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Commentary: Forget about diplomacy. Putin’s annexation guarantees a longer war

September was a rocky month for Vladimir Putin, the Russian strongman used to getting his way after more than two decades at the top of Russia’s political hierarchy.

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Indian doctor appeals to govt. to rescue his pet jaguar and panther from Ukraine

The doctor was forced to leave his pets behind with a local farmer when he left Luhansk in eastern Ukraine, a hotbed of the conflict in the region, in search of alternate sources of income

The Hindu

EU summons Russia's envoy over annexation of Ukrainian territory

The European Union summoned Russia's envoy to the bloc to condemn and reject Moscow's "illegal annexation" of the Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia regions of Ukraine, the bloc's diplomatic service said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Russia’s Federation Council Ratifies Annexation of Four Ukrainian Regions

The upper house of Russia's parliament voted on Tuesday to approve the incorporation of four Ukrainian regions into Russia, as Moscow sets about formally annexing territory it sized from Kyiv during its seven-month conflict. In a session on Tuesday, the Federation Council unanimously ratified legislation to annex the Donetsk, Luhansk,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia no longer has full control of any of four ‘annexed’ Ukrainian provinces

Kyiv’s troops advanced in southern Kherson province and made additional gains in east

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What’s next after Russia’s defeat in Ukraine’s Donetsk?

Criticism rises in Russia as Ukrainian forces celebrate their recapture of Lyman, an important eastern town.

Al Jazeera

Live Updates: Russia-Ukraine War

Russian shelling of eight Ukrainian regions over the past 24 hours has killed two civilians and injured 14 more, Ukraine’s presidential office has reported

The Independent UK

Key Donetsk town liberated and under full Ukrainian control, Zelensky says

Video appears to show Ukrainian soldiers raising national flag at entrance to town

The Independent UK

Ukraine's retaking of Lyman key for neighbouring Luhansk region - governor

Serhiy Gaidai, the governor of Ukraine's Luhansk region, said that the retaking of Lyman in the neighbouring Donetsk region is one of the key factors for reclaiming lost territory in Luhansk.

Reuters

Ukrainian forces perform victory dance after liberating eastern city of Lyman

Troops raise Ukrainian flag in city hours after Putin said area was Russia’s ‘for ever’, with Moscow admitting its forces have retreated

The Guardian - UK

Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 220 of the invasion

Putin signs ‘accession treaties’ illegally claiming parts of Ukraine; Zelenskiy applies for Ukraine to join Nato; Russians hit civilian convoy, killing dozensSee all our Ukraine coverage

The Guardian - AU

Putin’s speech on annexation: What exactly did he say?

President Vladimir Putin announced that four occupied regions of Ukraine would formally be incorporated into Russia.

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The Conversation

Ukraine war: Putin announces annexation of four regions, but his hold on them may be flimsy

Vladimir Putin has formally signed a treaty annexing four Ukrainian regions into the Russian Federation. The Russian president announced, at a ceremony in Moscow’s Red Square, that the incorporation of Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson, in the south and east of Ukraine, into Russia is the “choice of millions of…

Daily Mirror

UK slaps sanctions and export bans on Russia after Putin annexes four Ukraine regions

Putin has declared the annexation of the Russian-controlled territories of four Ukraine's Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions, after holding sham referendums in the occupied areas.

Al Jazeera

Ukrainians dismiss Russian attempt to annex more of their country

Everyday Ukrainians, officials, and many observers say Russia’s move is little more than a sham.

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin illegally seizes four Ukrainian regions he vows to defend 'by any means'

Vladimir Putin's annexed Russian-occupied areas of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia in a move which has been widely condemned in the West with UN chief Antonio Guterres calling it a 'dangerous escalation'

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Kremlin says any attack on annexed territory will be an attack on Russia

The Kremlin said on Friday that attacks against any part of the swathe of Ukraine that President Vladimir Putin was about to annex would be considered aggression against Russia itself, adding that Russia would fight to take the whole of the eastern Donbas region.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Kremlin: Any Attack on Annexed Territory Will be an Attack on Russia

Reuters

Factbox-The four regions that Russia is poised to annex from Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin will proclaim the annexation of four Ukrainian regions at a Kremlin ceremony on Friday, a major escalation in the seven-month war. Ukraine and the West have denounced the moves - as they did with Moscow's 2014 seizure of Crimea - as illegal seizures after what they…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UK's PM: Putin Cannot Alter International Borders Using 'Brute Force'

Britain will never accept the regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia as "anything other than Ukrainian territory" Prime Minister Liz Truss said, adding that Russian President Vladimir Putin was violating international law. "Putin cannot be allowed to alter international borders using brute force.

Evening Standard

Joe Biden says US will ‘never, never’ recognise Ukraine regions as part of Russia

Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson are set to be announced as Russian territory

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war live: Putin annexes Ukrainian regions; Kyiv applies for Nato membership – as it happened

Volodymyr Zelenskiy makes the announcement hours after Russia declares annexation of Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk and Luhansk

Al Jazeera

Putin signs ‘independence’ decrees for Zaporizhia, Kherson

Putin to host formal ceremony in Moscow after declaring Ukrainian lands ‘independent’ in major escalation of war.

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