Russia’s President Vladimir Putin will sign a treaty annexing four areas of Ukraine on Friday, the Kremlin said, as separatist leaders arrived in Moscow.
Russian President Vladimir Putin will sign agreements on Friday to annex the occupied regions of Ukraine that just held referendums that were near-universally viewed as rigged, the Kremlin announced a day ahead of the event.
Russia President Vladimir Putin will begin annexing four Ukrainian regions Friday following a self-run referendum that the West and Kyiv have decried as a sham.
By Joshua Berlinger, CNN Russia is to annex nearly a fifth of Ukraine in blatant violation of international law, turning the millions of people living there into Russian citizens “forever,” President Vladimir Putin said Friday.
The Russian president signed what he calls "accession treaties" that world powers refuse to recognize. It's his latest attempt to redraw the map of Europe at Ukraine's expense.
Russian President Vladimir Putin started the process of annexing regions of Ukraine, saying he will sign laws to absorb them, defying international law.
Russian President Vladimir Putin illegally annexed four more Ukrainian regions Friday. NPR's Juana Summers speaks with senior policy researcher at the RAND corporation Dara Massicot about the move.
KYIV, Ukraine — Russian President Vladimir Putin launched the process of annexing parts of Ukraine by saying he would sign laws to absorb them despite international condemnation and protect the newly incorporated regions using “all available means.
Russian President Vladimir Putin started the process of annexing regions of Ukraine, saying he will sign laws to absorb them, defying international law.
Amid patriotic pageantry hyped up by the fervor of war, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday proclaimed the annexation of four Ukrainian regions, a flagrant violation of international law that
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed treaties to illegally annex parts of Ukraine, while Kyiv has submitted an “accelerated” application to join the NATO military alliance. At the Kremlin, Putin
CNN By Joshua Berlinger, Anna Chernova and Tim Lister, CNN President Vladimir Putin announced Russia would seize of nearly a fifth of Ukraine on Friday, declaring that the millions of people living there would be Russian citizens “forever.
By Joshua Berlinger, Anna Chernova and Tim Lister, CNN Russia is to annex nearly a fifth of Ukraine in blatant violation of international law, turning the millions of people living there into Russian citizens “forever,” President Vladimir Putin said Friday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has formally annexed four regions of Ukraine. Ukraine responded by submitting an application to quickly ascend into NATO. The moves are an escalation in the conflict.
