Russia expected to annex Ukraine territory within days

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As Russia moves closer to annexing parts of Ukraine, Ukrainians are fleeing those Russian-occupied territories, dismissing the results of a five-day vote that showed strong support for joining Russia.

So-called referendums - that Kyiv and the West have widely discredited as illegal shams.

Ukrainians here, at a reception center for evacuees, said people were forced to tick ballots in the street by roving officials at gunpoint.

“No one was interested in your opinion. You simply have to tick the box (in the ballot)."

But here in Moscow, preparations for the impending annexation moved swiftly.

This stage has been set up in the Red Square with giant video screens, and billboards reading "Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson - Russia!"

Those four provinces that stand to be annexed make up about 15% of Ukrainian territory altogether.

On Wednesday the Russia-installed administrations of those four provinces formally asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to incorporate them into Russia.

Putin could proclaim the annexation in a speech within days, and has warned he would use nuclear weapons to protect any Russian territory from attack.

And in a series of calls to rally international support against annexation, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy spoke to the leaders of countries, including Britain, Canada, Germany and Turkey, to press for more military aid and tougher sanctions on Moscow.

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good luck with that Russia, I think Ukraine will have something to say about that. This is not Ukraine in 2014. Slava Ukraini! 💙💛

RaymondL
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This changes nothing. Ukraine will just continue to fight for their land as they always have. Slava Ukraïni! 🇺🇦

Rocket_scientist_
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God bless Mr president zelensky you show the whole world how brave and good citizens are. you could run away from Ukraine and live like others. You didn't I respect you very much

thenewcyrusthegreat
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Nothing will change...
Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson & Crimea are internationally recognised territories of Ukraine..
And Pootin cannot illegally & unilaterally change that.
Slava Ukraini.

tanektan
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This is disgusting, how can referendum be conducted without independent observation. Ukraine people should distance themselves from Russia

gdewyg
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Could of happened in April if it weren't for Boris 🤬

herodotus
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Since Russia had done the annexation, Ukraine should officially be part of NATO and the EU and receive full NATO protection.

benjaminwong
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Russia says out of th 1 million that voted 800 k said yes.
They did it with % so calculating 7 thousand voted no.
Where are the other 193 thousand.

Daniel
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This is like the opening to a Ghost Recon game.

I grew up with the war in the Middle East, and now I'll grow old with wars in Europe...

SeriousMcnegative
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Respect to the people of Ukraine.. Stay strong Ukraine.. Greetings from Denmark. 👍

perjrgensen
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A person with gratitude will always be
respected and loved.

oiybmmh
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insha'Allah those states Will be with RUSSIAN FEDERATION 🇮🇷👌💪

syedaliasghar
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Well some Russian media stated they're holding off for a few because shocker it didn't achieve the "PR" response they wanted, especially after the mobilization

cristo
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0:16 you can literally see nothing is selected all these papers are blank XD

jakubx
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Votes under duress should not count under international law.
Though Russia has trashed so many international laws recently, we cannot expect them to abide by any of them.

custossecretus
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It's not like this changes anything. They've been handing out russian ID, drove in with 1984-style propaganda blasting vehicles and tried to draft men since the beginning of the war? Ukraine has struck crimea, which was illegally annexed 8 years ago and nothing to be afraid of happened. So just keep fighting.

captainmcawesome
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we always take back our own, just look at the map and the size of our country

SlavaKalibru
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What is this Moss cow mentioned several times? A Russian breed of cow that eats only moss?

Karlston
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😅😅It’s democracy; United States held elections during the civil war, which Abraham Lincoln won. Did the southerners vote for him?

xxoo-lpvc
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annex
verb
/əˈnɛks/
1.
add as an extra or subordinate part, especially to a document.
"the first ten amendments were annexed to the Constitution in 1791"
2.
add (territory) to one's own territory by appropriation.

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