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On Anniversary of Illegal Annexation, Russia Strikes Ukrainian Region It Claims as Its Own
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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/30/world/europe/russia-ukraine-war.html
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In an address timed to the anniversary, Mr. Putin insisted that Ukrainians in the occupied regions chose to be a part of Russia, a position rejected by the government in Kyiv and Ukraine’s allies.
Moscow’s forces were fighting “for our sovereignty, spiritual values and unity,” he said, standing by a false justification of Russia’s invasion that he has previously presented as a struggle against the West.
The note of defiance came as Kyiv is pursuing a counteroffensive to drive Russian forces from land Moscow now considers to be part of its territory — claims widely rejected by Western countries.
But four months in, Ukrainian forces have not achieved a decisive breach in Russian defenses and the front lines have remained largely unchanged, suggesting there will be no swift military conclusion to a war that has cost thousands of lives on both sides.
On a visit there on Saturday, the European Union’s top diplomat decried how the “historic city” has recently made headlines not for its culture but rather for being a “frequent target of Putin’s war.”
Kyiv and its international allies condemned the polls as fraudulent attempts to tighten Moscow’s grip, and Britain on Friday imposed new sanctions on Russian officials in response to the “sham elections.”
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