ukrainian village in the southern region of kherson. the soldier there shouted glory to ukraine, as he draped the country s flag over newly one of the four regions where vladimir putin, through sham referendums, declared are now part of russia. ukraine s military took the key city of lyman in the donetsk region and in the day since, ukraine has continued pushing back russian troops and the south and east of the country, cutting off strategic supply routes and infrastructure for russian forces. ukraine s recent military winds follow a new round of harsh warnings from president putin, who on friday declared to defend russian territories in, quote, all available means. that set off alarm bells across the world, and has had some in ukraine preparing for the worst. the ap reported today in the kyiv city council, the they are providing evacuation centers with potassium iodine pills in preparation for a potential nuclear attack. those pills can help people block the absorption of radiat
that tweet is about. it s a response to the iranians saying they have not supplied these drones. ukraines say that s simply false. i m just wondering this whole thing that putin did today which absorbs four crane ukrainian regions. he sees in 2014 there wasn t a lot of reaction to that, but it s a different time and place. absolutely. russian invasion of ukraine is unprcedented since world war ii. he s also having sham referendums in areas of ukraine, which russia has not captured. there are regions under pressure. so he has den this kind of sham referendum and annexation. a lot of people believe what he wants to do is have this be declared russian territory so that he could use tactical nuclear weapons to defend it by saying it s actually the russian homeland. that would be a disaster.
dangerous rhetoric. what do they do when they re about to lose? you go out on social media, you can see clips of what general mccaffrey was talking about kherson. the ukrainians are advancing on kherson, which was seen as the key first city that the russians took when they came out of crimea. if you watch, you ll see explosions deep in crimea, ammunition depots almost every single day. the war is just falling apart for the russian military. i think the question then become what is will putin do with all of his options expended? i think he s getting very close to that. when winter sets in, if the ukrainians can continue that momentum, as the general said, they are in an amazing position to take back a lot of grounds. and what would putin do at that point. picking up on that threat, western officials from the first days of the war were concerned that putin would use some sort of strike within russia, perhaps a false-flag operation even, to justify escalating the attack. and now, becaus
Finland and Poland say they have summoned Russia's ambassadors in their countries to condemn Russia’s attempt to illegally annex an additional four Ukrainian regions through referendums widely seen as a sham.
president vladimir putin walk through massive and opulent goal doors inside the kremlin perilous, to mark one of the most brazen acts of war that he started in ukraine. he did so, of course, illegally and under the guise of sham referendums, annex saying four regions of ukraine which amount to roughly 15% of the country. and putin made sure to make a spectacle of this blatantly illegal land, grappling of the will of, quote, millions of people. and what is the biggest annexation since world war ii, putin gave an antagonistic, 37-minute long speech marking the occasion. he referred to so-called western elites as the enemy and criticize the united states for quote, satanism. putin described the west while simultaneously celebrated the