Ukraine referendums

Ukraine referendums

Head of the separatist self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic Denis Pushilin, Chairman of the Committee of Russia's State Duma on Information Policy, Information Technology and Communications Aleksandr Khinshtein and Secretary of the United Russia Party's General Council Andrey Turchak attend a news conference on preliminary results of a referendum on the joining of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) to Russia, in Donetsk, Ukraine September 27, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

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Drone footage shows long queues of vehicles on the way to exit Russia on its border with Georgia, in Verkhny Lars, Russia, September 26, 2022, in this still image obtained from a video. The Insider/Handout via REUTERS

Russia issues new nuclear warning as it wraps up contested Ukraine referendums