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Russia will annex 4 occupied Ukrainian regions at ceremony on Friday, Putin spokesperson says

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Aniruddha Chakraborty
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Russia will annex 4 occupied Ukrainian regions at ceremony on Friday, Putin spokesperson says

BY A STAFF REPORTER: The Kremlin will host a ceremony on Friday at which agreements will be signed on the annexation of occupied Ukrainian territories to the Russian Federation, President Vladimir Putin's spokesperson told reporters on Thursday. Dmitry Peskov said the ceremony would take place on Friday at 3 p.m. local time (8 a.m. ET). Putin will deliver a speech and meet with Russian-backed leaders of the four occupied regions on the sidelines of the ceremony, he added. Separatist leaders from the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions, and the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics all traveled to Moscow following the announcement of poll results.



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