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Why is Russia about to annex Ukrainian territories?

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

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Ukraine advance on Russian outpost challenges Putin’s grip on Donbas

(This Sept 29 story has been refiled to correct date)

Reuters

Kremlin to annex four Ukraine regions Friday

MOSCOW: Russia will formally annex four regions of Ukraine its troops occupy at a grand ceremony in Moscow on Friday, the Kremlin has announced, after it suggested using nuclear weapons to defend the territories.

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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.

Al Jazeera

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

Russia’s annexation gamble: Why is Putin raising the stakes?

Russian political insiders say move to formally seize Ukrainian territory underscores Moscow’s refusal to back down.

Al Jazeera

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

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Pro-Moscow separatists urge Putin to announce annexation of Ukraine regions

Putin will continue invasion ‘at least’ until Donetsk is captured, Kremlin says

The Independent UK

Kremlin says military campaign in Ukraine to continue at least until capture of all of Donetsk region

The Kremlin said on Wednesday its "special military operation" in Ukraine must continue at least until the capture of all of east Ukraine's Donetsk region.

Reuters

Occupied Ukrainian regions to ask Putin to annex them

Russian-installed officials in occupied regions of Ukraine say they will ask President Vladimir Putin to incorporate them into Russia, claiming their residents overwhelmingly supported such a move in Kremlin-orchestrated votes widely viewed as illegitimate

The Independent UK

Russian proxies in Ukraine claim victory in annexation votes

UN says it remains ‘fully committed’ to Ukraine’s territorial integrity ‘within its internationally recognised borders’.

Al Jazeera

Vladimir Putin 'to appoint rocket man’ as tsar of territories annexed from Ukraine

Vladimir Putin's so-called "rocket man", Dmitry Rogozin, may be appointed as the head of Russia's newly occupied territories including Donetsk and Luhansk, despite the West slamming the referendum polls as an "illegal sham"

Daily Mirror

The Four Kremlin-held Ukraine Regions Voting on Annexation

Four regions of Ukraine that are mostly controlled by Russian forces are voting in polls that close Tuesday on whether or not to ask Russia to annex them. Kyiv and its allies have criticized the ballots as a "sham" and vowed not to recognize the results.

Asharq Al-Awsat

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

Europe continues investigation after seismic events recorded in Baltic Sea

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The Guardian - 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 Independent 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’

Evening Standard

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…

The Guardian - AU

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

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France 24

Moscow's proxies hold annexation polls in Russian-occupied Ukraine

Voting on whether Russia should annex Kremlin-controlled regions of Ukraine opened Friday as the West denounced the referendum that has dramatically raised the stakes of Moscow's seven-month invasion.

WEKU

Voting begins on referendums in Russian-controlled regions of Ukraine

The Moscow-orchestrated referendums, which have been widely denounced by Ukraine and the West as shams without any legal force, are seen as a step toward annexing the territories by Russia.

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…

France 24

Ukraine pushes east into Donbas as Russia holds 'sham' annexation polls

The Ukrainian military has recaptured a village in the eastern Donetsk region, as well as territory around the key town of Bakhmut in Donbas, a senior officer said on Friday. The military gains come as Moscow-proxies held votes on annexation by Russia. Read about the day’s events as they unfolded…

Reuters

Russia holds votes in occupied parts of Ukraine; Kyiv says residents coerced

(Refiles to remove extraneous word from headline)

Reuters

Voting begins in Russia's annexation plan for swathes of Ukraine

Voting began on Friday in four Ukrainian regions mostly held by Russian forces, the start of a plan by President Vladimir Putin annex a big chunk of Ukraine in what the West says is violation of international law that significantly escalates the war.

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