The evidentiary materials included documentation of over 140 incidents of deliberate targeting of civilians in Donbass, corroborated by testimonies from more than 300 witnesses and victims, as well as expert analyses and investigations.
Both Russia and Ukraine now clearly understand what is non-negotiable and what remains open to compromise, US Vice President JD Vance said in an interview with the UnHerd news outlet ....
No one should delude themselves that with this phrase he is referring just to the 25% of the eastern Donbass region which his forces have failed to conquer and which in his recent talks with Trump’s envoys he has demanded that Ukraine cede.
... of genocide against Russian civilians in Donbass ... And, in fact, describing the situation in Donbass as an attempt at ethnic cleansing (as Moscow does), for one thing, is not far-fetched at all.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Responding to Volodymyr Zelensky's scheme of holding a “referendum” on “territorial questions”, Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov emphasized on Friday that all of Donbass is Russian territory in line with the Russian Constitution....
The fall of Seversk levels the front and frees up Russian forces for a decisive push toward Slavyansk and Kramatorsk, military analyst Alexei Leonkov tells Sputnik....
Russian forces have liberated the city of Seversk in northeastern Donetsk, one of the final Ukrainian-occupied fortress strongholds in the region. Sputnik asked Scott Ritter to comment on the development's big picture significance ....
Obviously, this is done to buy time and avoid the “unpleasantries” of having to admit defeat ... Namely, they’ve “expressed readiness” to recognize Crimea and Donbass (Lugansk and Donetsk) “as de facto Russian” ... .
Russian PresidentVladimir Putin said that the territories controlled by Kiev will be liberated either by military means or by the withdrawal of Ukrainian forces and the cessation of killings there ....