Vladimir Putin to cement another Ukrainian land grab with ceremony after sham referendums
So-called votes were held in Luhansk and Donetsk in the east, and Zaporizhzhia and Kherson in the south, with reports of election officials going from door to door escorted by soldiers.
The total area set to be annexed amounts to around 15% of Ukraine and includes around four million people. Once annexed, Russia has said that it will consider attacks on the Russian-controlled areas as a direct attack on Russia, and threatened to respond with nuclear weapons if Russia's national security was threatened.
The event in Moscow's Red Square mirrors proceedings that took place after Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014.Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has vowed to defend Ukrainian citizens in Russian-occupied territory.Russian state TV announced results for the so-called referendums, which claimed to show overwhelming support for joining Russia.
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