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Putin pushes ahead with annexation despite outcry from Western leaders

By Mike Brest
Published September 30, 2022 1:54pm ET
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Putin pushes ahead with annexation despite outcry from Western leaders
From left, Moscow-appointed head of Kherson Region Vladimir Saldo, Moscow-appointed head of Zaporizhzhia region Yevgeny Balitsky, Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, Denis Pushilin, the leader of the Donetsk People's Republic and Leonid Pasechnik, leader of self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic wave during a ceremony to sign the treaties for four regions of Ukraine to join Russia, at the Kremlin in Moscow, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. The signing of the treaties making the four regions part of Russia follows the completion of the Kremlin-orchestrated "referendums." | (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the annexation of four regions in Ukraine that just concluded referendums that have universally been denounced by the West as illegitimate.

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