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An elderly woman casts her ballot during a referendum in Luhansk, Luhansk People's Republic controlled by Russia-backed separatists, eastern Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 26, 2022. Voting began last Friday in four Moscow-held regions of Ukraine on referendums to become part of Russia. (AP Photo)

Vote in Ukraine’s Russia-held areas stokes tension with West

By Adam Schreck and Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Leonid Pasechnik, leader of self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic speaks to journalists as he casts his ballot at a polling station in Luhansk, Luhansk People's Republic controlled by Russia-backed separatists, Ukraine, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022. Voting began Friday in four Moscow-held regions of Ukraine on referendums to become part of Russia. (AP Photo)

Live Updates: Russia-Ukraine War

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

A group of Russians smile at the border crossing Verkhny Lars between Georgia and Russia on Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. Long lines of vehicles have formed at a border crossing between Russia's North Ossetia region and Georgia after Moscow announced a partial military mobilization. A day after President Vladimir Putin ordered a partial mobilization to bolster his troops in Ukraine, many Russians are leaving their homes. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov, File)

Putin’s call-up fuels Russians’ anger, protests and violence

By Dasha Litvinova - Associated Press

Ukrainian soldiers fire in the recently retaken Kupiansk in the Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. Russian and Ukrainian forces exchanged missile and artillery barrages on Thursday as both sides refused to concede ground despite recent military setbacks for Moscow and the toll on the invaded country after seven months of war. (AP Photo/Kostiantyn Liberov)

Russians strike Ukraine as Kremlin-staged votes continue

By Karl Ritter - Associated Press

A Police officer detains a demonstrator during a protest against a partial mobilization in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022. (AP Photo)

Russian police block mobilization protests, arrest hundreds

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President Joe Biden speaks during a Democratic National Committee event at the National Education Association Headquarters, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden says U.S. will never recognize occupied Ukraine regions if they vote to join Russia

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

A military vehicle drives along a street with a billboard that reads: "With Russia forever, September 27," prior to a referendum in Luhansk, Luhansk People's Republic controlled by Russia-backed separatists, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Four occupied regions in Ukraine are set to start voting Friday Sept. 23, 2022 in Kremlin-engineered referendums on whether to become part of Russia, setting the stage for Moscow to annex the areas in a sharp escalation of the nearly seven-month war. (AP Photo/File)

Occupied Ukraine holds Kremlin-staged vote on joining Russia

By Hanna Arhirova - Associated Press

In this image made from a video released by the Russian Presidential Press Service, Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses the nation in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (Russian Presidential Press Service via AP)

Putin sets partial military call-up, says he won’t ‘bluff’ on nukes

By Karl Ritter - Associated Press

Ukrainian servicemen stand atop a destroyed Russian tank in a retaken area near the border with Russia in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Ukraine, using captured Russian tanks, firms up its lines

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Illustration on Russian threats to U.S. satellites by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Russia readies to attack U.S. satellites

By Brandon J. Weichert

Illustration on FBI complicity in "Russiagate" with Danchenko by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Durham’s latest ‘Russiagate’ bombshells: FBI informant Danchenko made up key parts of Steele dossier

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Ukrainian servicemen ride atop of an armored vehicle on a road in Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022. As the war slogs on, a growing flow of Western weapons over the summer is now playing a key role in the counteroffensive, helping Ukraine significantly boost its precision strike capability. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

Ukraine pushes major counteroffensive as war marks 200 days

Associated Press

FILE - Ukrainian soldiers attend their positions, in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, July 2, 2022. As the war slogs on, a growing flow of Western weapons over the summer is now playing a key role in the counteroffensive, helping Ukraine significantly boost its precision strike capability. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

Russian troops retreat after Ukraine counteroffensive

By Karl Ritter and Hanna Arhirova - Associated Press

FILE - Russian opposition activist and a municipal deputy of the Krasnoselsky district Ilya Yashin stands in a cage at a court room during a hearing on his detention the Basmanny district court in Moscow, July 13, 2022. Yashin, 39, is one of the few prominent opposition figures that refused to leave Russia despite the unprecedented pressure the authorities have mounted on dissent in recent years. A sharp critic of the Kremlin, a vocal ally of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny and an uncompromising member of a Moscow municipal council, Yashin was arrested in June. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov, File)

Jailed Kremlin critic: Government has ‘failed to shut me up’

By Dasha Litvinova - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a plenary session at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. (Vladimir Smirnov/TASS News Agency Host Pool Photo via AP)

Putin, Xi to meet in Uzbekistan next week, official says

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Russian President Vladimir Putin applauds during a plenary session at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. (Sergei Bobylev/TASS News Agency Host Pool Photo via AP)

Putin mocks West, says Russia will press on in Ukraine

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin watches the Vostok 2022 (East 2022) military exercise in far eastern Russia, outside Vladivostok, on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. The weeklong exercise that began Thursday is intended to showcase growing defense ties between Russia and China and also demonstrate that Moscow has enough troops and equipment to conduct the massive drills even as its troops are engaged in military action in Ukraine. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin attends joint military drills with China, others

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

Taliban fighters and supporters celebrate the first anniversary of the withdrawal of US-led troops from Afghanistan, in front of the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi) ** FILE **

Suicide attack at Russia embassy in Kabul kills 2 diplomats

Associated Press

FILE - Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev (l) and his wife Raisa wave to well wishers when strolling through market place in downtown Stuttgart, Wednesday, June 14, 1989. In background is the New Castle where Gorbachev had talks with representatives of West German state Baden-Wurttemberg. When Mikhail Gorbachev is buried Saturday at Moscow's Novodevichy Cemetery, he will once again be next to his wife, Raisa, with whom he shared the world stage in a visibly close and loving marriage that was unprecedented for a Soviet leader. Gorbachev's very public devotion to his family broke the stuffy mold of previous Soviet leaders, just as his openness to political reform did. (AP Photo/Arne Dedert, File)

Gorbachev’s marriage, like his politics, broke the mold

By Julia Rubin - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un shake hands during their meeting in Vladivostok, Russia, April 25, 2019. As the war in Ukraine stretches into its seventh month, North Korea is hinting at its interest in sending construction workers to help rebuild Russian-occupied territories in the country's east. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool, File)

North Korea may send workers to Russian-occupied east Ukraine

By Kim Tong-Hyung - Associated Press