INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
condemned by Ukraine and the West as a sham.Russian-backed officials had earlier claimed the five-day exercise secured almost total popular
support.So-called votes were held in Luhansk and Donetsk in the east, and in Zaporizhzhia and Kherson in the south.The Russian president
victory speech from a stage.However, no independent monitoring of the process took place and there were accounts of election officials going
from door to door escorted by armed soldiers.The US has said it will impose sanctions on Russia because of the referendums and EU member
states are considering the eighth round of measures.German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Thursday that people in occupied
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