Vladimir Putin grabbed much of Donbas, an eastern region of Ukraine, and pretended he had not. As a figleaf he used ...

The Donetsk region, largely captured by Russian separatist forces in 2014 ... forces following a surprise incursion in August. Ukraine's control over territory in the Kursk region was recently ...

He took aim at Washington's "absence" in the Minsk agreements - signed in 2014 and 2015 in an attempt to secure a ceasefire between Ukraine's government and Russia-backed separatists in the east ...

Russia’s claims that it no longer employs the “Tochka-U” system are false. This strike originated from Russian-occupied territory inside Ukraine.

CHISINAU (Reuters) - The leader of Moldova's separatist Transdniestria region ... had long received Russian gas passing through Ukraine, but authorities in Kyiv, locked in a nearly three-year ...

It is also worth noting that the alignment of Moldova's and Transdniester's fiscal and customs policies has meant that 70 ...

Gas piped via Ukraine has long been the main way Russia supported the separatist region, which broke free of control of Moldova's central government, fought a brief war against government forces ...

Separatist authorities reduce Sunday rolling ... has relied on Russian gas shipped through Ukraine. Authorities in Ukraine, locked in a 34-month conflict with Russia, refused to extend a transit ...

Transdniestria, a tiny pro-Russian and mainly Russian-speaking separatist region along the Dniester River and the border with Ukraine ... bringing under Moldovan control the Moldovagaz state ...

Western leaders have threatened additional sanctions against Russia, who they accuse of stoking tension in Ukraine. Moscow denies the claim. Both the separatists and Russia have dismissed a ...