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Putin’s annexation bid in Ukraine triggers new sanctions, Western condemnation

WASHINGTON — The war in Ukraine lurched into a volatile new phase Friday as Russian President Vladimir Putin signed decrees declaring the annexation of four Ukrainian regions, drawing widespread international condemnation and triggering punitive new economic measures from Washington and its Western allies.

Los Angeles Times

Russia vetoes UN resolution calling its referendums illegal

Russia has vetoed a U.N. resolution that would have condemned its referendums in four Ukrainian regions as illegal, declared that they are invalid and urged all countries not to recognize any annexation of the territory claimed by Moscow

The Independent UK

Ukraine says troops closing in on key Russian-held stronghold of Lyman

Ukrainian troops have captured two villages that lie very close to the eastern Russian-occupied stronghold of Lyman, officials said on Friday, in the clearest sign yet the town could soon fall.

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Putin says Russia will win Ukraine war at concert celebrating seizure of four regions

Putin ranted at spectators watching a televised patriotic pop concert on Moscow's Red Square on Friday that Russia would achieve victory in its seven-month-old military campaign with Ukraine

Daily Mirror

Behind the shining pomp of the Red Square rally is a Russia in turmoil

As a Moscow concert marked Putin’s declaration of the annexation of four regions of Ukraine, the backlash to mobilisation reached fever pitch

The Guardian - UK

Putin tells Red Square concert Russia will achieve victory in Ukraine

President Vladimir Putin told invited spectators watching a televised patriotic pop concert on Moscow's Red Square on Friday that Russia would achieve victory in its seven-month-old military campaign with Ukraine.

Reuters

Putin Celebrates Annexation: People in the 4 Regions Are Becoming Our Citizens Forever

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday cast his move to absorb four Ukrainian regions as part of an existential battle for Russia's very survival against an aggressive West, a blustery show of his readiness to further up the ante in the conflict in Ukraine that has now entered its eighth…

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US announces ‘severe’ Russia sanctions over annexation in Ukraine

Joe Biden accuses Moscow of ‘trampling on the United Nations Charter’ as US targets hundreds in new sanctions package.

Al Jazeera

NATO says Putin's 'serious escalation' will not deter it from supporting Ukraine

NATO accused Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday of provoking "the most serious escalation" of the war in Ukraine since it began, but said he would not succeed in deterring the alliance from supporting Kyiv.

Reuters

Russia vetoes UN resolution on proclaimed annexations, China abstains

Russia on Friday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution introduced by the United States and Albania condemning Moscow's proclaimed annexation of parts of Ukraine, with Russia's strategic partner China abstaining from the vote.

Reuters

Ukraine Applies for NATO Membership, Rules Out Putin Talks

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced a surprise bid for fast-track membership of the NATO military alliance on Friday and ruled out talks with President Vladimir Putin, striking back at Moscow after it said it had annexed four Ukrainian regions. Zelenskiy signed the NATO application papers in an online video clearly intended…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine applies for Nato membership after Russia annexes territory

Volodymyr Zelenskiy dismisses Moscow ceremony as a farce and rules out negotiations with Putin

The Guardian - UK

G7 ministers threaten "economic costs on Russia" over Ukrainian annexation

The foreign ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) countries condemned Russia's proclaimed annexation of four Ukrainian regions on Friday as a "new low point" in the war and vowed to take further action against Moscow.

Reuters

Ukraine war: Putin announces annexation of four regions, but his hold on them may be flimsy

Vladimir Putin has formally signed a treaty annexing four Ukrainian regions into the Russian Federation. The Russian president announced, at a ceremony in Moscow’s Red Square, that the incorporation of Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson, in the south and east of Ukraine, into Russia is the “choice of millions of…

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The Guardian - UK

Putin’s annexation speech: more angry taxi driver than head of state

Russian leader’s rambling speech focuses on western sins and leaves key Ukraine questions unanswered

The Guardian - UK

A new series immerses us in Russia’s 90s trauma – and the human cost of economic shock

Adam Curtis’s BBC project, TraumaZone, show us extraordinary events though the eyes of ordinary people, and how ideologues betrayed them, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

Reuters

Ukraine applies for NATO membership, rules out Putin talks

Reuters

Kyiv seeks steps to ensure security of Ukraine and Euro-Atlantic space

Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council met on Friday to discuss measures Russian President Vladimir Putin's proclamation of Moscow's annexation of a swath of Ukrainian territory.

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Daily Mirror

Tiny Vladimir Putin in bizarre 4-way handshake ritual after months avoiding human contact

In a speech repeatedly interrupted by applause in Moscow today, Russian warlord Vladimir Putin declared that four regions his troops grabbed in Ukraine were now part of Russia - in an illegal move widely condemned and unrecognised by the international community

Reuters

Ukraine tells Russia to appeal to Kyiv if it wants encircled troops freed

A Ukrainian presidential adviser said on Friday Russia would have to appeal to Kyiv for Moscow's encircled troops to be allowed out of the Russian stronghold of Lyman in eastern Ukraine if it was concerned about them.

Reuters

EU condemns Russian annexation, will never accept "illegal" referendums

The European Union said on Friday it firmly condemned the annexation by Russia of occupied Ukraine regions, adding it would never recognise "illegal" referendums held there and would tighten its sanctions to increase pressure on Moscow.

Al Jazeera

Ukrainians dismiss Russian attempt to annex more of their country

Everyday Ukrainians, officials, and many observers say Russia’s move is little more than a sham.

Reuters

Putin says Russia not seeking to revive Soviet Union

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday denied seeking to revive the Soviet Union, moments after announcing Moscow would annex four Ukrainian provinces following "referendums" decried in Kyiv and the West as a sham.

Reuters

Putin says Russia has 'four new regions' as he announces annexation of Ukrainian territory

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Russia had "four new regions" in a speech in the Kremlin on Friday in which he outlined Russia's annexation of four Ukrainian regions that Moscow's forces have partially seized during a seven-month conflict with Ukraine.

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin illegally seizes four Ukrainian regions he vows to defend 'by any means'

Vladimir Putin's annexed Russian-occupied areas of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia in a move which has been widely condemned in the West with UN chief Antonio Guterres calling it a 'dangerous escalation'

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