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Putin signs annexation laws as Russia calls U.S. military aid for Ukraine an "immediate threat"

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Russia's U.S. ambassador said the ongoing provision of heavy weapons to Ukraine had cemented "Washington's status as a participant in the conflict.

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  1. Putin signs laws annexing 4 Ukrainian regions

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  2. Russia Illegally Annexes Large Portions of Ukraine

    Headline from Sofrep ·

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    Putin signs annexation laws as Russia calls U.S. military aid for Ukraine an "immediate threat"

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  1. NPR

    Putin plans to formally annex 4 regions from Ukraine Friday (opens NPR)

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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.

  2. France 24

    Live: Putin formally annexes four Ukrainian regions was conflict still rages (opens France 24)

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    Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed documents during a Kremlin ceremony to incorporate four Ukrainian regions following referendums slammed as a "sham" by the international community. The…

  3. Insider

    Putin has signed decrees recognizing the independence of 2 Ukrainian regions, laying the groundwork for their annexation by Russia (opens Insider)

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    Putin is expected to announce the annexation of four Ukrainian territories this week, following a series of sham referendums.

  4. Gopusa

    Putin signs annexation order for 4 Ukrainian regions (opens Gopusa)

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    Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed annexation treaties to illegally claim four regions it occupies in Ukraine and issued a veiled threat to use nuclear weapons to protect them. Putin made the signing in a Kremlin ceremony, where he gave a lengthy speech, claiming the "people have made…

  5. The Guardian

    Putin annexes four regions of Ukraine in major escalation of Russia’s war (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Russian president signs ‘accession treaties’ at Kremlin in defiance of international law

  6. WFMZ Allentown

    Putin signs treaties annexing Ukrainian regions (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    WFMZ Allentown's feed description

    Russian President Vladimir Putin started the process of annexing regions of Ukraine, saying he will sign laws to absorb them, defying international law.

  7. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    Russia's Putin Proclaims Annexation of Four Ukrainian Regions (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    President Vladimir Putin formally announced that Russia was absorbing parts of Ukraine during a Kremlin ceremony to formalize the annexation of four regions, defying international law.

  8. Deutsche Welle

    Russia: Putin announces illegal annexation of four Ukrainian regions | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    President Vladimir Putin has officially announced the illegal annexation of four regions of Ukraine, seven months after Moscow invaded the neighboring country.

  9. Al Jazeera

    Putin announces Russian annexation of four Ukrainian regions (opens Al Jazeera)

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    The move has been condemned by Ukraine and Western countries and represents major escalation in seven-month war.

  10. France 24

    Putin signs accord annexing four occupied Ukrainian regions in lavish ceremony (opens France 24)

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    Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed treaties to formally incorporate four Russian-occupied Ukrainian regions – Donetsk, Kherson, Lugansk and Zaporizhzhia – at a grand ceremony in the Kremlin.…

  11. Deutsche Welle

    Russia to annex 4 Ukrainian regions after so-called 'referendums' | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    President Vladimir Putin is expected to officially announce the illegal annexation of the four Ukrainian regions in a ceremony on Friday, more than 7 months since the invasion was launched.

  12. Hot Air

    Putin signs annexation decree (opens Hot Air)

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    Vladimir Putin’s Russia took a dangerous and irreversible step by recognising two regions of war-torn Ukraine as independent states ahead of the biggest military annexation of European territory...

  13. Forbes

    Putin Illegally Annexes Four Ukrainian Regions, Offers Conditional Ceasefire To Kyiv (opens Forbes)

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    The Russian president formally announced the annexation at a public event in Moscow’s Red Square Friday.

  14. Deutsche Welle

    Russian President Putin illegally annexes 4 Ukrainian regions | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    President Vladimir Putin has officially announced the illegal annexation of the four Ukrainian regions, more than 7 months since the invasion was launched.

  15. Courthouse News Service

    Putin annexation of four Ukrainian regions decried as illegal land grab (opens Courthouse News Service)

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    Russian President Vladimir Putin held a formal ceremony in the Kremlin to sign “accession treaties” to annex four Ukrainian regions. The West called the annexations illegal while Ukrainian troops continued the fight to recapture the lost territories.

  16. Fox News

    Putin signs decrees paving way for annexation of two Ukraine regions (opens Fox News)

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    Russian President Vladimir Putin signed decrees paving the way for the annexation into Russia of the occupied Ukrainian regions Kherson and Zaporizhzhia.

  17. Deutsche Welle

    Russia: Putin announces illegal annexation of 4 Ukrainian regions | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    President Vladimir Putin has officially announced the illegal annexation of the four Ukrainian regions, more than 7 months since the invasion was launched.

  18. The Daily Caller

    Putin Signs Decree Bringing Ukrainian Territory Under Russian Rule (opens The Daily Caller)

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    Russian President Vladimir Putin signed treaties to inaugurate the annexation of four Ukrainian territories in a ceremony at 3 p.m. local time Friday.

  19. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Putin signs annexation decrees (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    Russian President Vladimir Putin signed decrees Friday to declare four Ukrainian regions part of Russia as the Kremlin seeks to solidify its tenuous hold over Ukrainian territory through a widely denounced illegal annexation.

  20. PBS NewsHour

    Putin vows to defend illegally seized regions in Ukraine by 'all available means' (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    Russian President Vladimir Putin sharply escalated the war in Ukraine Friday, signing treaties to illegally annex four regions and vowing to defend the newly seized territory by "all available means." It all happened at the same time as one of Russia’s deadliest strikes on civilians.

  21. CBS News

    Russia's Putin announces annexation of 4 Ukraine regions, despite global outcry (opens CBS News)

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    Ukraine's president countered with a surprise application to join the NATO military alliance.

  22. Sofrep

    Russia Illegally Annexes Large Portions of Ukraine (opens Sofrep)

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    Russia is looking to take over parts of occupied Ukraine through annexation.

  23. France 24

    Live: Russia to 'consult' locals on annexed Ukraine regions' borders, Kremlin says (opens France 24)

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    The Kremlin said Monday that Russia would discuss with the local populations of two Ukraine regions that Moscow annexed last week to determine the exact borders of the regions to be integrated into Russia.…

  24. The Guardian

    Kremlin unclear on which parts of Ukraine it has ‘annexed’ (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Comment’s by Putin’s spokesperson reflect fact that Russia does not control parts of regions it claims to have annexed

  25. NPR

    Ukraine war updates: Ukraine retakes part of a region Russia claims to annex (Oct. 3) (opens NPR)

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    Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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