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Donetsk

oblast, Ukraine
Also known as: Doneck, Stalino
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  • Russia-Ukraine War
    Russia-Ukraine War
    / Putin’s partial mobilization and the expanding role of the Wagner Group

    …the occupied Ukrainian regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhya, and Kherson to determine if those regions should join Russia. From September 23 to 27 Russian authorities conducted hastily organized “elections” that saw gunmen accompanying poll workers to people’s homes in acts of obvious coercion. It seems clear that the loss of…

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    …the occupied Ukrainian regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhya, and Kherson to determine if those regions should join Russia. From September 23 to 27 Russian authorities conducted hastily organized “elections” that saw gunmen accompanying poll workers to people’s homes in acts of obvious coercion. It seems clear that the loss of…

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