The Latest Breaking News from Luhansk

Vladimir Putin backing Vladimir Zhirinovsky predicted when the Russian forces would invade Ukraine, as they did in the early hours of February 22 by rolling tanks into Donetsk and Luhansk

Ukraine's efforts to join Nato are fiercely opposed by Russia, which is keen to stop the US-led military alliance from expanding further into eastern Europe

Russia’s Vladimir Putin has signed a decree recognising the independence of Donetsk and Luhansk

Russian President Vladimir Putin has received no support from members of the U.N. Security Council for his actions to bring separatists in eastern Ukraine under Moscow’s control

Germany pulls plug on Nord Stream 2 pipeline, as UK and European shares see-saw and rouble sinks to two-year low

UN chief Antonio Guterres said that Russia's decision to recognize Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine as independent is a violation of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine and inconsistent with the principles of the Charter of the United Nations.

Efforts to prevent a Russian invasion of Ukraine have been dealt a serious blow after Russia signalled its intention to deploy "peacekeeping" forces. What might Moscow do next?

Latest Ukraine crisis updates from February 22: Blinken cancels upcoming meeting with Russia’s Lavrov as tensions mount.

KHARKIV, Ukraine — In an almost-hourlong address that alternated between furious anti-Western rhetoric and the excoriation of Ukraine as a puppet nation, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday recognized two Ukrainian breakaway republics as independent, a move certain to further incite animosities with the West and escalate fears of an…