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Russian-Appointed Official in Ukraine Killed in Car Bomb

A car bomb in Russian-controlled territory in Ukraine's eastern Lugansk region killed a Moscow-appointed government official on Monday, local authorities said. The local branch of Russia's Investigative Committee, which probes major crimes, said the deputy head of a state-run administrative agency was killed when "an unidentified device detonated ...

Putin Demands Ukraine Pull Back Troops, Abandon NATO

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Moscow would only halt its offensive on Ukraine if Kyiv effectively surrenders by pulling its troops out of the east and south and dropping its bid for NATO membership. Ukraine, NATO and the United States immediately rejected Putin's hardline conditions to halt the full-scale military offensive ...

Russia Claims Two More Villages in East Ukraine

Russia said Thursday that it took two more east Ukrainian villages -- in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions -- as its forces continue their advance deeper into the country. The defense ministry said Russian forces captured the village of Mykolaivka, around 15 kilometers (nine miles) from the city of Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region, as well as the ...