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Russia to formally annex four occupied Ukrainian regions

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

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Russia plans to annex parts of Eastern Ukraine – an Eastern European expert explains 3 key things to know about the regions at stake

Russia is set to formally annex four occupied territories in eastern Ukraine, claiming the region as its own more than six months after it first invaded its neighboring country.

The Conversation

Factbox-Russia's annexation plan in Ukraine: Kremlin signing ceremony

President Vladimir Putin will host a signing ceremony in the Kremlin on Friday to incorporate four Ukrainian regions into Russia, a major step towards formally annexing around 15% of Ukraine.

Reuters

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UN chief warns Putin that annexing Ukraine territory is a ‘dangerous escalation’ with ‘no legal value’ – as it happened

António Guterres warns Putin against annexation of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia before expected announcement on Friday

The Guardian - AU

Russia’s mobilisation sparks ‘backlash’ over its war in Ukraine

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

Al Jazeera

Ukrainians flee from Russian annexation - while they still can

"It's funny. Nobody voted, yet the results are in," laughed Lyubomir Boyko, 43, from Golo Pristan, a village in Russian-occupied Kherson province as he waited on Wednesday outside a United Nations aid office with his family at a refugee reception centre.

Reuters

Conscription fears as young Ukrainian men stopped from leaving occupied areas

Russian soldiers turning back men aged 18 to 35 at only crossing point, say witnesses and NGOs on the ground

The Guardian - UK

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Ukraine war – live: Leaks on Russian gas pipeline clearly deliberate, says Denmark

Europe continues investigation after seismic events recorded in Baltic Sea

The Independent UK

Russia-Ukraine war: Sweden launches sabotage investigation after explosions reported near Nord Stream pipelines – as it happened

Swedish seismologists says blasts detected near gas pipelines, which are leaking into Baltic sea

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine war – live: Ukrainians helping stage Russia referendums ‘to face treason charges’

Nearly four million people in Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia are being asked to participate in polling dismissed by Ukraine as ‘sham’

The Independent UK

Ukrainians scared by Russia's preordained referendums

After seven weary months of war, many Ukrainians fear more suffering and political repression awaits them

The Independent UK

Watch: Zelensky says pseudo-referendums will be condemned

President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday released his evening video address in which he said the world would condemn the 'pseudo-referendums' being carried out in the occupied territories of Ukraine. The Kremlin-orchestrated referendums in the Luhansk, Kherson and partly Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk regions were widely seen as a prelude to…

Evening Standard

Russia-Ukraine war: at least 730 protesters detained in Russia; Europe urged to accept Russians fleeing draft – as it happened

Arrests made in 32 cities at rallies against mobilisation; border crossings from Russia to Finland have doubled and 10km queue reported at frontier with Georgia

The Guardian - AU

‘Why bother voting?’: apathy in Ukraine amid so-called referendums

Hastily arranged polls in Russia-controlled regions have seen little campaigning, but there are increased reports of door-to-door searches and repression

The Guardian - UK

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Exclusive-Ukraine will never forgive Russia - Russian Nobel laureate

Ukraine will never forgive Russia for a shameful conflict which has thrown back Russia's development by half a century to Soviet times predating Mikhail Gorbachev, journalist and Nobel Peace laureate Dmitry Muratov told Reuters.

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Russia begins annexation vote, illegal under international law, in occupied Ukraine

Ukrainians are fleeing from Russian-held areas to avoid the sham referendums, which could pave the way for annexation. "It was all staged," said one Ukrainian. "How can you vote when they have guns?"

Evening Standard

Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine begin voting in ‘referendums’ on joining Russia branded ‘shams’ in West

The Kremlin-orchestrated votes in Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia are widely considered to be illegitmate

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia Holds Breakaway Polls in Ukraine

Moscow-held regions of Ukraine begin voting Friday on whether to become part of Russia, in referendums that Kyiv and its allies have condemned as an unlawful land grab. The referendums in eastern Donetsk and Lugansk regions, as well as in the southern Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions have been roundly dismissed…

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After battlefield setbacks in Ukraine, Putin orders mobilisation

Russian President Vladimir Putin announces plans to mobilise up to 300,000 military reservists to fight in Ukraine.

Reuters

Russian-held parts of Ukraine's Mykolaiv region to be incorporated in Russian-held Kherson

The Russian-installed administration of southern Ukraine's Kherson province said parts of the neighbouring Mykolaiv region that are under the control of Russian forces would be incorporated into Kherson province, Russia's TASS news agency reported on Wednesday.

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war live: Putin’s address on ‘votes’ in occupied regions postponed, say Russian media – as it happened

Russian leader’s speech reportedly delayed as Kyiv says referendums would end any chance of diplomatic solution to invasion

The Guardian - UK

Four occupied Ukraine regions plan imminent ‘votes’ on joining Russia

‘Referendum’ announcements in Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson may indicate move to annex territories

The Independent UK

Russia moves to tighten grip on Ukraine as separatists announce referendums on joining Moscow

Votes in four regions will be held later this week

Reuters

Russia-controlled Kherson region to hold referendum on joining Russia on Sept 23-27

The Russian-controlled part of Ukraine's Kherson region will stage a referendum on joining Russia between Sept. 23-27, Russian news agencies reported on Tuesday, citing local Russian-installed officials.

Reuters

Russian-installed officials in Kherson say they will hold vote on joining Russia

Russian-installed officials in the Kherson region of Ukraine said they have decided to hold a referendum later this week on joining Russia and have urged the Kremlin to give its permission as soon as possible, the separatist head of the region said on Tuesday.

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