#Breaking: #Russian-held regions of #Ukraine began voting on referendums to become part of #Russia Friday

Russia on Friday began staging UN-condemned “referendums” to annex the roughly one-fifth of neighboring Ukraine it occupies.

The move signifies a new escalation in the war and the spiraling conflict between Putin and the US and its allies https://t.co/qTK6USmbYA pic.twitter.com/P8WU0HFLdi

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