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Occupied parts of Ukraine vote on joining Russia in ‘sham’ referendums
CNN.com ^
| September 23, 2022
| Tim Lister, Julia Kesaieva, Olga Voitovych and Simone McCarthy
Posted on 09/23/2022 3:28:03 AM PDT by Timber Rattler
Four Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine are expected on Friday to begin voting in referendums on joining Russia, in a move that raises the stakes of Moscow’s invasion seven months after fighting began.
The referendums, which are illegal under international law, could pave the way for Russian annexation of the areas, allowing Moscow to frame the ongoing Ukrainian counteroffensive as an attack on Russia itself.
Such a move could provide Moscow with a pretext to escalate its faltering war, which has seen Kyiv regain thousands of square miles of territory this month.
In an address Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin raised the specter of nuclear weapons in his address, saying he would use “all the means at our disposal,” if he deemed the “territorial integrity” of Russia to be jeopardized.
The votes, which are expected to take place over five days, were called by pro-Russian officials in the self-declared republics of Donetsk and Luhansk, and in Russian-held parts of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia in the south, with questions on the ballot varying slightly depending on the region. Together the four regions make up around 18% of Ukraine’s territory.
The plans, which are being held under military occupation and effectively carried out at gunpoint, have been strongly condemned by both the government of Ukraine and its allies in the West as “a sham.” The European Union has said it won’t recognize the results and has indicated it is preparing a new package of sanctions against Russia.
Putin backed the referendums in an address to the nation on Wednesday.
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To: ought-six
The Karelian issue will certainly be on the table when Russia collapses again.
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posted on
09/23/2022 8:38:14 AM PDT
by
lodi90
To: Timber Rattler
you and cnn make lovely propaganda together.
this how you roll TROLL.
To: Travis McGee
Your "Poofy-Haired Piano Puppet in 1999 New York" meme really burned the neocon bacon yesterday.
I reposted it and got attacked by 3 or 4 of the neokoolaid drinkers.
Suddenly, the neoconneds love FecesBuch factcheckers.
83
posted on
09/23/2022 9:12:09 AM PDT
by
kiryandil
(China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
To: Timber Rattler
84
posted on
09/23/2022 9:43:25 AM PDT
by
lodi90
To: Timber Rattler
Occupied parts of Ukraine vote on joining Russia in sham 'referendums'
FI4CNN.
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posted on
09/23/2022 10:53:56 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: kiryandil
I'm amazed that a few so-called "conservatives" on FR support the same clique that were behind the Biden-Ukraine corruption, the 2014 Maidan Coup, Trump's bogus impeachment, etc etc, are blindly following the same clique into WW3 with Russia.
It looks like the endless Soros money has even reached down to the FR Bot level.
86
posted on
09/23/2022 10:54:03 AM PDT
by
Travis McGee
(EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
To: Travis McGee
The
ten-day forecast for Charing Cross Station, London calls for extra sweaters...
Winter is coming.
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posted on
09/23/2022 11:29:57 AM PDT
by
kiryandil
(China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
To: lodi90
Nato gave a bunch of mohommedan quislings their own country using illegal means to do it.
To: SmokingJoe
“Sham”? Look no further than the sham presidential election of 2020 if you want to see a “sham” election.
89
posted on
09/23/2022 1:32:58 PM PDT
by
JJBookman
(Democrats are EXPERTS at cheating elections. - Rod Blagojevich )
To: Flick Lives; Bruce Campbells Chin
Flick Lives wrote:
"How’d our intervention in Iraq and Libya work out?"
Our goals are different from the goals of rulers in countries like Russia, so we don't measure success by whether or not we've conquered nations, kept them and subjected them to slavery for our enrichment.
We aren't being nuked by a Middle East that eventually would have looked more like the Soviet Union, and we're satisfied with that. An added benefit for the people in the Middle East is that in general, their lives are a little better than they otherwise would have been.
Don't cry for Qaddafi Duck. He was a commie bad boy trying to rile up the whole Middle East and evil commie imperialist nations against us.
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posted on
09/23/2022 3:43:42 PM PDT
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familyop
("For they that sleep with dogs, shall rise with fleas" (John Webster, "The White Devil" 1612).)
To: Timber Rattler
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posted on
09/23/2022 7:12:05 PM PDT
by
familyop
("For they that sleep with dogs, shall rise with fleas" (John Webster, "The White Devil" 1612).)
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