Head of operating company says power from reactors at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant is needed to protect essential safety equipment from cold damage during winter

Second strike in two days to hit humanitarian convoy; Russia in retreat from most of Kharkiv region

State nuclear company says Russian troops stopped car of director-general of Zaporizhzhia plant, blindfolded him and took him to undisclosed location, hours after Putin declaration

G7 may punish countries that back Moscow's claims on Ukrainian regions, Washington warns; EU vows to 'never recognize' move; Italian far-right leader slams 'neo-imperialist' Putin

Russian leader signs treaties after referendum derided in West as sham, says residents of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia are its 'citizens forever'

Strike in Zaporizhzhia takes place just hours before Moscow plans to annex more areas of Ukraine in an escalation of the seven-month war

Putin to lead ceremony in Kremlin that will formally incorporate Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia areas into Russian territory, spokesperson says

Moscow-installed officials in occupied areas say they'll ask Putin to absorb them into Russia following votes that Israel and other Western countries have rejected

Separatist Donetsk leade calls referendum widely denounced as pretense 'a historical milestone'; vote clears way for Moscow to claim Ukrainian forces are attacking Russia itself

Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev says ballot results in four regions controlled by Moscow would make new borders 'irreversible,' in move that could escalate fighting

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