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Russia to annex 4 regions of Ukraine on Friday, Kremlin confirms

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The Kremlin will annex four Russian-controlled regions of Ukraine on Friday following referendums widely dismissed as illegal shams.

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  1. Russia poised to annex regions of Ukraine with credit to disputed vote

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    Russia to annex 4 regions of Ukraine on Friday, Kremlin confirms

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  1. Insider

    Putin could announce Russia is annexing parts of occupied Ukraine on Friday, UK defense chiefs warn (opens Insider)

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    Ukraine and the West say the referendums are illegitimate and will not be recognized, but Russia could still try absorb parts of Ukraine anyway.

  2. Courthouse News Service

    Russia poised to annex regions of Ukraine with credit to disputed vote (opens Courthouse News Service)

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    Courthouse News Service's feed description

    Just as it annexed Crimea in 2014, the Kremlin is expected to do the same in occupied regions of Ukraine where referendums drew suspiciously landslide results.

  3. Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier

    Russia poised to annex occupied Ukraine after sham vote (opens Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)

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    Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier's feed description

    Russia has positioned itself to formally annex parts of Ukraine after occupied areas held a Kremlin-orchestrated “referendum” — denounced as illegal and rigged by Kyiv and the West — to

  4. MyNorthwest

    Official: Ukraine will fight for land Russia likely to annex (opens MyNorthwest)

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    MyNorthwest's feed description

    KYIV, Ukraine (AP) -- Ukraine is determined to reclaim territory that Russia is likely to annex following stage-managed voting in occupied areas and takes

  5. Sioux City Journal

    Russia prepares to annex occupied Ukraine despite outcry (opens Sioux City Journal)

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    Sioux City Journal's feed description

    Russia is poised to formally annex areas of Ukraine where it has military control after Kremlin-orchestrated referendums there reportedly endorsed living under Moscow’s rule. But the ballots were widely discredited

  6. WQAD

    Russia to annex parts of Ukraine after internationally discredited vote (opens WQAD)

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    WQAD's feed description

    International analysts and Ukraine's government accused Russia of holding a sham vote in order to seize the territory they occupy in Ukraine.

  7. PBS NewsHour

    Russia poised to formally annex occupied Ukraine after 'forced' vote (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    PBS NewsHour's feed description

    Russia is poised to formally annex parts of Ukraine after occupied areas held a Kremlin-orchestrated "referendum" — denounced as illegal and rigged by Kyiv and the West — to live under Moscow's rule.

  8. Al Jazeera

    Russia poised to annex Ukraine regions after ‘sham’ referendum (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Moscow set to formally annex occupied Ukrainian areas after holding referendum as Kyiv, West decry move as ‘illegal’.

  9. Christian Science Monitor

    Kremlin unmoved: Russia prepares to annex occupied Ukraine (opens Christian Science Monitor)

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    Christian Science Monitor's feed description

    Armed Russian troops collected ballots during five days of voting in Kremlin-organized referendums in Ukraine that asked if the occupied areas should become part of Russia. Western countries say the move is an attempt to justify Russia’s invasion.

  10. NBC4 Washington

    Russia Prepares to Annex Occupied Regions of Ukraine Despite Outcry (opens NBC4 Washington)

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    Russia is poised to formally annex areas of Ukraine where it has military control after referendums there reportedly endorsed Moscow’s rule.

  11. The Times of Israel

    Russia readies to annex parts of Ukraine after widely denounced referendums (opens The Times of Israel)

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    The Times of Israel's feed description

    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

  12. France 24

    Kremlin proxies in Ukraine plead to Putin for annexation (opens France 24)

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    Kremlin-backed officials in Ukraine appealed to President Vladimir Putin Wednesday to annex the regions under their control, after the territories held votes denounced by Kyiv and the West as a "sham".

  13. Al Jazeera

    Russia’s mobilisation sparks ‘backlash’ over its war in Ukraine (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Meanwhile, ‘sham’ annexation votes were held in Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine in the 31st week of the war.

  14. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Ukraine voters OK annexation, Russians claim (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    KYIV, Ukraine -- The Kremlin paved the way Tuesday to annex more of Ukraine and escalate the war by claiming that residents of a large swath overwhelmingly supported joining with Russia in stage-managed referendums the U.S. and its Western allies have dismissed as illegitimate.

  15. PBS NewsHour

    Russia to formally annex 4 regions of Ukraine Friday, after votes condemned by West (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    Russia says it will formally annex occupied parts of Ukraine where it held Kremlin-orchestrated "referendums" in which it claimed that residents had voted overwhelmingly to live under Moscow's rule.

  16. Wyoming Public Media

    Putin plans to formally annex 4 regions from Ukraine Friday (opens Wyoming Public Media)

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    The Kremlin says Russian President Vladimir Putin intends to formally annex four territories from Ukraine on Friday, following staged referendums that were condemned by the West.

  17. Al Jazeera

    Russia to formally annex four occupied Ukrainian regions (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhia set to be incorporated into Russia at a ceremony in Moscow on Friday.

  18. Al Jazeera

    Why is Russia about to annex Ukrainian territories? (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Incorporating four occupied regions into Russia shows the Kremlin has no intention of backing down in Ukraine.

  19. Casper Star-Tribune

    Russia to annex 4 regions of Ukraine on Friday, Kremlin confirms (opens Casper Star-Tribune)

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    Casper Star-Tribune's feed description

    The Kremlin will annex four Russian-controlled regions of Ukraine on Friday following referendums widely dismissed as illegal shams.

  20. Deutsche Welle

    Russia-Ukraine updates: Kremlin to annex four more Ukrainian regions after sham referenda | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    Russia will annex four more regions of Ukraine in a ceremony set for Friday, the Kremlin has said. Meanwhile, Sweden says there is another leak in gas pipelines running from Russia to Europe. DW has the latest.

  21. Local Memphis

    Kremlin gets ready to annex 4 regions of Ukraine on Friday (opens Local Memphis)

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    The official annexation was widely expected following the votes that wrapped up on Tuesday. Those votes were widely believed to be shams.

  22. WFMZ Allentown

    Kremlin will annex 4 regions of Ukraine on Friday (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    WFMZ Allentown's feed description

    Russia has confirmed it will formally annex parts of Ukraine where occupied areas held a Kremlin-orchestrated “referendum” on living under Moscow’s rule that the Ukrainian government and the West denounced

  23. Valdosta Daily Times

    Kremlin: 4 regions of Ukraine to be folded in Russia Friday (opens Valdosta Daily Times)

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    Valdosta Daily Times's feed description

    The Kremlin says that the four regions of Ukraine that held referendums on joining Russia will be incorporated into the country on Friday. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russian

  24. Deutsche Welle

    Russia-Ukraine updates: Kremlin recognizes indepedence of two Ukrainian regions before annexation ceremony | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    Russian leader Putin signed decrees to recognize Kherson and Zaporizhzhia as independent states on Friday, hours before hosting a ceremony for annexing the occupied Ukrainian territories. DW has the latest.

  25. Omaha World-Herald

    Russia to annex more of Ukraine on Friday at the Kremlin (opens Omaha World-Herald)

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    Omaha World-Herald's feed description

    Russia is planning to annex more of Ukraine on Friday. The move represents an escalation of the seven-month war expected to isolate the Kremlin further, draw it more international punishment

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