Tag: region’s
Russia ‘referendums’: Last day of voting in occupied Ukraine regions – BBC News
It is the last day of voting in so-called referendums in four Russian-occupied regions of Ukraine. Nearly four million people living in Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia are being asked to attend polling stations and vote on whether they want to be part of the Russian Federation. Kyiv and its Western allies have described the referendums as a scam. Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog #Russia #Ukraine…
Russia to annex 4 Ukrainian regions on Friday
The Kremlin says the four occupied regions of Ukraine that held widely condemned referendums on joining Russia will be incorporated into the country on Friday. On Moscow’s Red Square, billboards proclaim “Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson – Russia!” in preparation for the annexation move. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our…
Russia holds ‘referendums’ in occupied regions of Ukraine – BBC News
Russian-backed officials in four occupied regions of Ukraine are holding self-styled referendums on joining Russia. Denounced as illegitimate and a sham by Ukraine and the West, these so-called votes are taking place over five days while all four areas – two in the east and two in the south – are on the front line. An annexation could lead to a claim by Russia that…
Ukraine war: Separatist regions to vote on joining Russia
The Russian-controlled part of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region will hold a referendum on joining Russia between Sept. 23-27, the TASS news agency reported, citing an official decree. Russian-installed officials in three other regions of Ukraine – the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics in the Donbas and in Kherson region in southern Ukraine – said earlier on Tuesday they will stage referendums to join Russia on the…
Putin to consider recognising rebel-held Ukrainian regions as independent states – BBC News
In a meeting with the Russian security council, Vladimir Putin has asked for the separatist Donetsk and Luhansk “people’s republics” to be recognised as independent states. Russia-backed rebels in those areas – located in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region – have been fighting the Ukrainian military since 2014 but Moscow has not officially recognised their self-declared republics. Ukraine and the West fear that if this happens,…
Ukraine crisis: Russia orders troops into rebel-held regions – BBC Newsnight
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered troops into two rebel-held regions in eastern Ukraine, after recognising them as independent states. Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog Footage released overnight appeared to show Russian military vehicles heading towards the Ukrainian border. Russia said the troops would be “peacekeeping” in the breakaway regions, which it has backed since 2014. But the US said calling them peacekeepers was “nonsense” and…