Putin declared the four territories to be part of Russia.
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Annexation Push: After Moscow’s proxies conducted a series of sham referendums in the Ukrainian regions of Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, Luhansk and Donetsk, President Vladimir V.Russia’s Retreat: After significant military gains in eastern cities like Lyman, Ukraine is pushing farther into Russian-held territory in the south, expanding its campaign in yet another direction as Moscow struggles to mount a response and hold the line.The calibrated tone showed he remained cautious about demanding too much from Russians. Putin’s message to Russians, writes Anton Troianovski, our Moscow bureau chief, was that they could keep living their lives, without the need to prepare for a wider conflict with the West. Putin did not try to frame any part of the Ukraine invasion as a victory, signaling that the conflict is unlikely to end anytime soon. Speaking primarily to a domestic audience, he did not renew his implicit threats of nuclear war, which his government has used to warn off the U.S. Against a backdrop of armored vehicles and soldiers in regalia, President Vladimir Putin tried to channel Russian pride over the defeat of Nazi Germany into support for the invasion of Ukraine.īut his speech during the country’s annual Victory Day commemorations was notable for what it lacked:Ĭontrary to expectations, Putin did not announce a mass mobilization or an escalation of the war.
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