Ukraine referendum

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting of the Government Coordination Council to discuss a range of military issues via a video link in Moscow, Russia, November 24, 2022. Sputnik/Aleksey Babushkin/Pool via REUTERS
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Russian politician files legal challenge over Putin's reference to Ukraine "war"

Service members of pro-Russian troops drive tanks in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict near the settlement of Olenivka in the Donetsk region, Ukraine July 29, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
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Russian lawmakers may consider incorporation of four Ukrainian regions into Russia on 4 Oct

Members of the local electoral commission gather at a polling station ahead of the planned referendum on the joining of the self-proclaimed Donetsk people's republic to Russia, in Donetsk, Ukraine September 22, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
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Over 96% said to favour joining Russia in first vote results from occupied Ukraine regions

Jens StoltenbergPhotographer: Valeria Mongelli/Bloomberg
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NATO chief says Putin's Ukraine escalation 'dangerous and reckless'

A man looks at a flight information board at the departure zone of Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia December 30, 2020. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina
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Flights out of Russia sell out after Putin orders partial call-up

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba speaks during a joint news conference with British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss (not pictured) at the British Embassy in Warsaw, Poland, April 4, 2022. REUTERS/Kuba Stezycki
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Russia's referendums 'won't change anything,' Ukraine's Kuleba says

A Russian all-terrain armoured vehicle is parked outside the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant during the visit of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) expert mission in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict outside Enerhodar in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, September 1, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko/File Photo
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Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia eyeing vote to join Russia in 'coming days'

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov speaks during a meeting with his Armenian counterpart Ararat Mirzoyan in Yerevan, Armenia, June 9, 2022. Russian Foreign Ministry/Handout via REUTERS
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Russia's Lavrov says separatist votes on joining Russia are a matter for residents

A man rides a bicycle past the ruins of a building destroyed by recent shelling during Russia-Ukraine conflict in the city of Kadiivka (Stakhanov) in the Luhansk region, Ukraine September 19, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
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Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine's Luhansk region to hold 23-27 Sept. referendum on joining Russia