Pro-Moscow separatists in Eastern Ukraine planning vote to join Russia
24 Jan 2025
KYIV: With Ukraine swiftly recapturing territory in its northeast from Russia, the separatist leaders of the Moscow-controlled Luhansk and Donetsk regions said they are planning to hold votes starting late this week for the territories to declare themselves as part of Russia.
The announcement of the referendums starting Friday came after Dmitry Medvedev, a former Russian leader and a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, said that annexing Luhansk and Donetsk into Russia itself would make the redrawn Ukraine-Russia boundary “irreversible” and would give Moscow authority to use “any m...
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