ZAPORIZHZHIA — A defiant Vladimir Putin proclaimed Russia’s annexation of a swathe of Ukraine in a pomp\u002Dfilled Kremlin ceremony, promising Moscow would triumph…
The Russian president’s proclamation of Russian rule over 15% of Ukraine – the biggest annexation in Europe since World War Two – has been firmly rejected by Western countries and even many of Russia’s close allies.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
The ceremony culminated in the 69-year-old leader chanting “Russia Russia!” as he clasped the hands of the four Russian-backed officials he wants to run the annexed regions, which Ukraine is fighting to win back.“People living in Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson region and Zaporizhzhia region are becoming our compatriots forever,” said Putin, referring to the four Ukrainian regions which he said Russia was annexing.
U.S. President Joe Biden condemned what he called Russia’s “fraudulent attempt” to annex sovereign Ukrainian territory, which he said was a flagrant violation of international law and said new U.S. sanctions would hurt those who provided political or economic support to the annexation drive.In Ukraine’s Donetsk region, Russia’s garrison in the town of Lyman was in serious trouble on Friday with reports from both sides saying Russian forces were nearly surrounded.
Ukraine’s military said it was withholding details of the situation on the battlefield until the area was stabilized, but that an operation was under way to encircle Russian forces.The war’s brutality was further hammered home just hours before Putin’s speech when missiles struck a convoy of civilian cars preparing to cross the frontline from Ukrainian-held territory in Zaporozhzhia province.
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