Putin declares Ukrainian regions part of Russia, defies West

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed treaties Friday to annex parts of Ukraine in defiance of international law, vowing to protect the newly incorporated regions by "all available means" in another escalation of his seven-month invasion of the country.

The European Union immediately responded to Putin's latest step with a joint statement rejecting and condemning "the illegal annexation" of the four regions: Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia. The Kremlin ceremony came three days after the completion in occupied regions of Moscow-orchestrated "referendums" on joining Russia that were dismissed by Kyiv and the West as a bare-faced land grab held at gunpoint and based on lies.

He portrayed Russia as being on a historical mission to reclaim its post-Soviet great power status and counter Western domination that he said is collapsing. Putin and his lieutenants have bluntly warned Ukraine against pressing an offensive to reclaim the regions, saying Russia would view it as an act of aggression - threats that Moscow can back up with the world's largest arsenal of nuclear warheads.

Retaking it could open the path for Ukraine to push deep into Luhansk, one of the regions Russia is absorbing. They followed analysts' warnings that Putin was likely to dip more heavily into his dwindling stocks of precision weapons and step up attacks as part of a strategy to escalate the war to an extent that would shatter Western support for Ukraine.

Russian-installed officials in Zaporizhzhia blamed Ukrainian forces for the strike, but provided no evidence.

And Republicans are all with Russia.

And he know full well the US and NATO allies aren't going to do a damn thing about it, beyond what we are already doing. He knows NATO doesn't want to engage in a shooting war because we believe in that instance hw would go nuclear, and given Russia's poor showing, he is right

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Putin signs treaties annexing Ukrainian regionsKYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin signed treaties Friday to annex occupied areas of Ukraine and said he would use “all available means” to protect the territory that Ukrainian and Western officials said Russia was claiming illegitimately and in violation of international law. cry more The real danger of Vladimir Putin’s decision to annex Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, and Luhansk, is that he will inevitable look weak, unable to defend Mother Russia herself, and if a Russian leader can’t defend its own territory, what good is he? UkraineWar RussianWarCrimes Let him do it, especially if it means peace and de-escalating from nuclear war.
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Putin announces Russia will annex four regions of Ukraine | CNNRussian President Vladimir Putin has formally announced the Kremlin's intention to annex nearly a fifth of Ukraine in blatant violation of international law. We shouldn't be policing the world. Our admin cant even take care of this country. Ridiculous, he's full of his self just like his infamous Trump and should all be thrown isa could've or prison for life for the crime against the people's. 🤦‍♀️
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