Putin Moves to Incorporate Four Ukrainian Regions Into Russian Federation
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed treaties to annex four regions of eastern and southern Ukraine, in a steep escalation of the conflict between the two nations. The Biden administration imposed new sanctions against Russian officials in response to the annexation.
The annexations were predicated on the results of referendums that Kyiv and the West dismissed as a sham. The four regions, all at least partially occupied by Russian forces, together form a swath of land extending from Luhansk in the east through Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia to the Black Sea coast of Kherson. Their seizure would create a land bridge between the Russian mainland and Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014.
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