The Russian president spoke in a video message as the Ukrainian air force said it had shot down drones and one missile launched by Russia
As we mentioned in the opening summary, the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has released a video message released to mark the second anniversary of what Russia calls “Reunification Day” – two years since Moscow formally claimed the regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson as its own.
Having held referendums – widely condemned as shams – in the four regions on 30 September 2022, Putin signed a document with the Russian-installed leaders of the occupied regions to unilaterally incorporate them into the Russian Federation, despite Russia not fully controlling the territories.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/sep/30/kursk-kyiv-drones-volodymyr-zelenskyy-vladimir-putin-russia-ukraine-war-live-updates
Author : Yohannes Lowe
Publish date : 2024-09-30 08:05:04
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