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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin signed treaties Friday to annex occupied areas of Ukraine and said he would use “all available means” to protect the territory that Ukrainian and Western officials said Russia was claiming illegitimately and in violation of international law.
In a speech preceding the treaty-signing ceremony, Putin urged Ukraine to sit down for talks to end the seven months of fighting that started when he ordered his troops to invade the neighboring country. But he warned that Russia would never give up the absorbed regions and would protect them as part of its sovereign territory.
The ceremony came three days after the completion of Kremlin-orchestrated “referendums” on joining Russia that were dismissed by Kyiv and the West as a bare-faced land grab held at gunpoint and based on lies.
Putin said Ukrainian authorities should “treat ... with respect” the lopsided results of the Moscow-managed votes and warned sternly that Russia would never surrender control of the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions.
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adnj wrote:No one can say that Putin gave away a region that the Ukrainians took from him.
Ben Hall and Roman Olearchyk in Kyiv
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Kyiv’s forces are close to encircling a large concentration of Russian troops in eastern Ukraine in what would be a fresh blow to Moscow in the wake of its unpopular mobilisation and declared annexation of four Ukrainian provinces.
After a lightning counter-offensive this month that liberated thousands of square kilometres in Kharkiv, Ukrainian units have pushed further east, alarming military bloggers and nationalist commentators in Moscow. By Friday they had almost surrounded the town of Lyman in north-east Donetsk, one of the provinces annexed by Russia.
The move has alarmed military bloggers and nationalist commentators in Moscow. Lyman is a key staging ground for Russian forces in their campaign to capture the rest of Donetsk province.
Ukrainian forces are advancing from three directions on the town - west, north and south - and are looking to trap potentially several thousand Russian troops there.
Ukraine’s main objective could be to attack Svatove, a town to the north of Lyman, that has become an important logistics hub for Russian forces after the Kharkiv counter-offensive, said Mykhailo Samus, director of the New Geopolitics Research Network in Kyiv and a former Ukrainian military officer.
“If the Russians lost Svatove it would be a disaster for them, especially if [the] Ukrainian offensive continues further east to liberate that part of Luhansk Oblast [province],” Samus added.
He said that as many as 5,500 Russian troops could now be surrounded in the Lyman area.
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hover11 wrote:NATO will only escalate situation. Better to talk with Russia directly without involving 3rd party. It would be in the interest of Ukraine and its people.
Zelensky's announcement in the response followed his previous warnings that annexation would cease diplomatic negotiations between the countries.
https://www.axios.com/2022/09/30/zelens ... on-ukraine
hover11 wrote:Well expect this war to prolong even further
Even WW2 was an attrition warhover11 wrote:Well expect this war to prolong even further
adnj wrote:
NATO ambassadors said in a statement that “any deliberate attack against allies’ critical infrastructure would be met with a united and determined response.” They refrained from saying who they thought was responsible, even though some allies like Poland, and many experts, have said they believe that Russia is responsible.
“All currently available information indicates that this is the result of deliberate, reckless, and irresponsible acts of sabotage. These leaks are causing risks to shipping and substantial environmental damage,” the envoys said.
The rising tensions around energy security in Europe come as Russia prepares to annex four regions of occupied Ukraine, a move widely condemned by the West. Russian energy giant Gazprom heightened uncertainty around energy supplies Wednesday by threatening on Twitter to cease dealing with a Ukrainian company that controls one of the two remaining pipelines that ship Russian gas to Europe.
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FrankChag wrote:^ Literally, the only person that seems wants this upcoming NATO vs. Russian war is Putin himself. And the GOPidiots. Not even the Russian troops nor the Russian people want this. And China might actually side with the Allies.
World War I was a war of attrition.viedcht wrote:Even WW2 was an attrition warhover11 wrote:Well expect this war to prolong even further
System of a down, about a decade ago:paid_influencer wrote:putin speech was legit tho
"The West made whole nations dependent on narcotics and organized hunts of people as if they're animals"
paid_influencer wrote:adnj wrote:
NATO ambassadors said in a statement that “any deliberate attack against allies’ critical infrastructure would be met with a united and determined response.” They refrained from saying who they thought was responsible, even though some allies like Poland, and many experts, have said they believe that Russia is responsible.
“All currently available information indicates that this is the result of deliberate, reckless, and irresponsible acts of sabotage. These leaks are causing risks to shipping and substantial environmental damage,” the envoys said.
The rising tensions around energy security in Europe come as Russia prepares to annex four regions of occupied Ukraine, a move widely condemned by the West. Russian energy giant Gazprom heightened uncertainty around energy supplies Wednesday by threatening on Twitter to cease dealing with a Ukrainian company that controls one of the two remaining pipelines that ship Russian gas to Europe.
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukrai ... 9ffd5a8f93
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The UN Security Council voted on a draft resolution that condemned the Russian annexation of four occupied regions in #Ukraine
In favour: 10
Abstentions: 4 (China, Brazil, India, Gabon)
Against: Russia (Veto)
The resolution was not adopted.
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The UN Security Council voted on a draft resolution that condemned the Russian annexation of four occupied regions in #Ukraine
In favour: 10
Abstentions: 4 (China, Brazil, India, Gabon)
Against: Russia (Veto)
The resolution was not adopted.
BRIC dgaf about ukranian independence
Don't leave out Paraná in Brazil.Dizzy28 wrote:When Tibet and Kashmir declare independence Russia will vote with them
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