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Russia's persistence to hold an accession referendum in Ukraine continues unabated. The party led by Russian President Vladimir Putin, United Russia, has proposed holding several simultaneous referendums in the provinces occupied by Russian troops to decide on their accession to the Federation. These include the Lugansk and Donetsk regions, which make up the Donbas, and other regions such as Kherson, Zaporiyia and Nikolayev.
Russia plans to hold several accession referendums in Ukraine
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"The date chosen is no coincidence.
"On 4 November, when the referendum is scheduled to be held, Russia celebrates National Unity Day, a holiday commemorating the popular uprising that led to the expulsion of Polish troops from Moscow in the 17th century, which is considered a 'symbolic date' by the party."
Putin's order for a partial mobilization escalates the confrontation between Russia and NATO that was made worse by an illegal coup in 2014.
Since the US goal has been to weaken, divide, and ultimately destroy the Russian state since the USSR collapsed thirty years ago...
Scott Ritter: Reaping the Whirlwind
"Putin’s decision to order a partial mobilization of the Russian military, when combined with the decision to conduct the referendums in the Donbass and occupied Ukraine, radically transforms the SMO from a limited-scope operation to one linked to the existential survival of Russia.
"Once the referenda are conducted, and the results forwarded to the Russian parliament, what is now the territory of Ukraine will, in one fell swoop, become part of the Russian Federation — the Russian homeland..."
"The U.S. and its NATO allies would do well to reflect on the lesson inherent in Hosea 8:7—sow the wind, reap the whirlwind."