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Evening Standard
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John Dunne

Separatist leaders in Ukraine plan votes to join Russia following battlefield defeats

Dmitry Medvedev has said separatists will vote to join Russia.

(Picture: AP)

Four Russian-controlled regions in eastern Ukraine announced plans to hold referendums on joining Russia later this week as Ukraine continued to reclaim territory in a counter attack.

The Russian-backed Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR) and the neighbouring Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) said the planned referendums would be held from Sepember 23 to 27.

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