Posted on Sep 29, 2022
Putin to annex occupied Ukrainian regions at ceremony after 'sham' votes
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Russia will formally annex four regions of Ukraine partially controlled by its military, the Kremlin announced Thursday, in a major political escalation of the war against its neighbor.
It comes after Moscow-backed authorities staged votes in the occupied regions of Ukraine's east and south that were widely denounced as a sham to justify a land grab following Russia's recent military setbacks.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that Russian President Vladimir Putin would attend a ceremony on the accession of the four regions — Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia — at the Kremlin's St. George's Hall on Friday.
"There will be a big speech by Putin there too," Peskov said.
It comes after Moscow-backed authorities staged votes in the occupied regions of Ukraine's east and south that were widely denounced as a sham to justify a land grab following Russia's recent military setbacks.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that Russian President Vladimir Putin would attend a ceremony on the accession of the four regions — Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia — at the Kremlin's St. George's Hall on Friday.
"There will be a big speech by Putin there too," Peskov said.
Putin to annex occupied Ukrainian regions at ceremony after 'sham' votes
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
CSM Chuck Stafford For Some Reason this Came On My youtube feed. I think it Rings a Bell again. Someone is Bldg another Iron Curtain! The New Czar, Lenin, Stalin, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axWVMr-RpMM
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."This is not the first time Russia has annexed Ukrainian land. In 2014, the year Moscow began supporting pro-Kremlin troops in eastern Ukraine, Putin annexed the Crimean Peninsula after a vote that was also dismissed as a sham.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he is undeterred by the new annexations, pledging to retake and liberate all of his country's territory currently under Russian control.
Underscoring the challenges the Kremlin faces in holding onto that land despite the formal annexation, Russian troops in one strategic city in Donetsk — Lyman — are on the verge of being encircled by Ukrainian troops, according to the latest daily briefing by the Institute for the Study of War, a U.S.-based military think tank."
..."This is not the first time Russia has annexed Ukrainian land. In 2014, the year Moscow began supporting pro-Kremlin troops in eastern Ukraine, Putin annexed the Crimean Peninsula after a vote that was also dismissed as a sham.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he is undeterred by the new annexations, pledging to retake and liberate all of his country's territory currently under Russian control.
Underscoring the challenges the Kremlin faces in holding onto that land despite the formal annexation, Russian troops in one strategic city in Donetsk — Lyman — are on the verge of being encircled by Ukrainian troops, according to the latest daily briefing by the Institute for the Study of War, a U.S.-based military think tank."
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