Putin looking stronk as bull on Russian TV today! Cancer treatments in Sochi last week all going according to plan. And the slurred speech is a nice touch.
Posted on 08/25/2022 8:55:20 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
Russia is preparing to hold "sham" referendums in occupied Ukrainian territories within a matter of days or weeks, the US warned on Wednesday.
Moscow has instructed officials to begin preparations in areas that have fallen under its control during its war on Ukraine, including Kharkiv, Kherson, Zaporizhia, parts of Donetsk and Luhansk, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters.
The first referenda could be announced as soon as this week's end, he added, noting the US and international community will not view any such elections as legitimate.
"We expect Russia to try to manipulate the results of these referenda under the false claim of the Ukrainian people wanting to join Russia. It will be critical to call out and counter this disinformation in real time," Kirby said.
"Russian officials themselves know that what they're doing will lack legitimacy, and it will not reflect the will of the people. The Ukrainian people, in any free and fair referendum, would vote overwhelmingly against joining Russia," he added.
The comments come after the US announced an additional $3 billion in military assistance for Kyiv's forces as Ukraine marked its Independence Day. The package includes surface-to-air missile systems, laser-guided rockets, Puma drones, and VAMPIRE counter-drone weapons, according to the Pentagon.
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Putin looking stronk as bull on Russian TV today! Cancer treatments in Sochi last week all going according to plan. And the slurred speech is a nice touch.
Election Deniers!
The US knows all about “sham” referendums.
Putin looks like he’s dying. I hope it hurts.
“US warns Russia preparing to hold ‘sham’ referendum in Ukraine”
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Unlike the perfectly legitimate Mueller and Schiff hearings or the 2020 election or the Covid lockdowns.
I heard they reached out to Detroit, Cook County and Philadelphia for advice. Maricopa felt slighted and this is causing somewhat of a diplomatic strain on relations.
It’ll be a more honest election than what we have here in America
And DC is mad because that’s OUR game! We have a Patent on that process!
US press/media has no room to criticize after Bidens/Demorats coup!
You're repeating Biden regime propaganda, the same regime responsible grotesque war crimes in Ukraine, the last of which involved being complicit in targeting a nuclear power plant and targeting civilians in Donetsk.
The lies aren't working. There will be referendum held. It, like the one in Crimea and ones in the Donetsk and Lugansk, will be legitimate and the results will be permanent.
Only someone completely ignorant of Ukraine doesn't realize that eastern half of it is comprised largely if ethnic Russians and most there prefer being part of Russia or independent rather than being under the rule of Ukrainian nationalists that despise them because of their ethnicity.
This is just more evidence of what those of us that know the truth have been saying all along -- Russia is winning the war. Nothing short of unconditional Ukrainian surrender, will stop Russia from liberating all of Ukraine east of the Dnieper river and securing the entire Black Sea coastline. RESISTANCE IS FUTILE!
Putin was slurring his words badly, too. Sochi cancer treatments not working it appears.
You should talk.
Have you even looked at Dementia Joe lately?
Putin IS and looks far stronger than Joe Biden.
Putin is sick and feeble. Biden is sick and feeble. Putin is a pedo. Biden is a pedo.
The Globalists are more than WELCOME to send observers to see if the elections are held in a fair manner.
And if they don’t, they will be in NO POSITION to state they are ‘Sham Elections’.
It’s their choice.
Like how Dementia Joe and the Dems “maninlpulated” the 2020 elections and managed to blatantly steal it through massive ballot fraud?
“Putin looks like he’s dying. I hope it hurts.”
So do a lot of Russians - so that the war ends much sooner.
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