Russian President Vladimir Putin signed four laws ratifying the treaties on the accession of the Donetsk and the Lugansk People’s Republics, as well as the Kherson and the Zaporozhye Regions to Russia. The treaties were signed in Moscow on September 30. They stipulate the establishment of the new regions’ borders. ...
Russia says the United States’ decision to ship more weapons to Ukraine poses an “immediate threat” to Moscow’s interests and hikes the risk of a direct military confrontation between Russia and the West. “The supply of military products by the US and its allies not only entails protracted bloodshed and ...