Putin declares annexation of Ukrainian lands in Kremlin ceremony

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  1. > LONDON, Sept 30 (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday presided over a ceremony to annex four Ukrainian regions partly occupied by his forces, escalating his seven-month war and taking it into an unpredictable new phase.
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    > “This is the will of millions of people,” he said in a speech before hundreds of dignitaries in the St George’s Hall of the Kremlin.
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    > The ceremony took place three days after the completion of hastily staged referendums in which Moscow’s proxies in the occupied regions claimed majorities of up to 99% in favour of joining Russia.
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    > Ukraine and Western governments described those votes as bogus, illegitimate and conducted at gunpoint.
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    > In a speech repeatedly interrupted by applause, Putin declared that Russia had four new regions.
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    > He urged Ukraine to cease military action and return to the negotiating table. Kyiv has vowed to recapture all the lands seized by Russia and said that Russia’s decision to annex the territories had destroyed any prospect of talks.

  2. I feel like a clip of that Putin led *Rossiya, Rossiya, Rossiya* chant is someday gonna be used in a history book to exemplify all this madness.

  3. Transgender surgery, Germany militaristic, neolioberals are conquerors….

    >If you had “satanism,” “Goebbels,” “biological weapons,” “crude gender reassignment surgery quip,” and “nuke threats” on your Putin bingo card you may have just won.

  4. Man I hate living in a hitorically important period of the world. If Putin gets Ghaddafi’d or Mussolini’d I would consider printing out a part of the recording and framing it on the wall. Genuinely feeling so angry over this shit, it just aint right.

  5. Already a poor nation plans to support even more people. That country is fucked for 30 more years at least. From WW2 to communism to Putin.

  6. Putin has effectively made it legal to easily mobilise his army in four regions of Ukraine as by under Russian law they are part of Russia.

    Unfortunately The Russian Empire is back and I can imagine they won’t be stopping with Ukraine

  7. Waiting for the russians trolls to come out: we are not all like this, we are trembling, we are so ashamed. The fuck you are. Insane leader of an insane nation.

  8. That speech…so much schizophrenia, revisionism and other bs in one spot, all of talking points I’ve heard from putinoids over the last 8 years, it’s all in one speech. Cranked up to 11.

    Actually bad for my mental health. And I’m surrounded by people who probably actually believe in at least half of the shit he talked about (how the West wants to divide Russia and traditional values bs)

    And I’m supposed to be stuck in this fucking country, risking my life for a revolution that won’t happen, with the borders closed?

  9. At this rate, good luck trying to hold onto them. Even now another city is about to be encircled by the Ukrainians.

  10. We’re all fucked, aren’t we?

    When Ukraine tries to retake control of these regions it will be considered an attack on Russian soil.

    I’m genuinely worried.

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