AFTER SHAM REFERENDUMS, A SHAM ‘EVACUATION’: Under the guise of evacuating civilians to safety, Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered tens of thousands of Ukrainian residents to leave their homes in the Kherson region ostensibly to avoid the advance of Ukrainian forces on the city.

In an attempt to tighten his tenuous control over four regions he has claimed are now part of Russia, Putin also imposed martial law, accusing Ukraine of targeting civilians with terrorist tactics.

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