U.S. and NATO officials expect that Russian President Putin will use the vote to justify annexing more Ukrainian land and then threaten to defend the territory with nuclear weapons. NBC News’ Richard Engel has new details on the conflict and Russian men trying to escape the country to avoid being drafted.
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…Jeeze, I wonder where they got the idea.
America is mad because all the money we gave to a Russian Civil War
Holding votes while holding people at gunpoint is the Russian equivalent of democracy.
Recalling what the adventurer Pelosi said in Taiwan regarding the will of the wool residents, one must respect the pulsating will of the residents of Donbass to join the Russian mother. You have to understand that they don't want Nazism!
Bless Putin for destroying the Neo Nazis Ukrainian
Russia is using energy as a weapon, cutting supplies and manipulating Europe's energy markets. Russia launched a missile attack on the Kharkiv TPP in Ukraine, they are trying to leave the civilian population without light and heat, Russia is shelling Ukrainian reservoirs to leave people without water. Russia is shelling the nuclear power plant…Russia is a terrorist that must be stopped by any means! #Russiaterroriststate
sweeden shulld of done the voting tbh
The (US) Democrats are handling the Election for the Russians, sooooo…….
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USA is in no position to dis a gake election
STOP SUPPORTING UKRAINIAN FASCISM
History is indeed written by the winners. Didn’t we see the exact thing done by other countries?
Glory to the Brave People and Army of Ukraine 🇺🇦 🇺🇦💪💙💛 Russia terror_ism oligarch autocracy country 🤮will be defeated again..God is blessing Ukraine for the rights to exist
BS title; they are NOT "holding votes". Stop using legitimising language to describe a propaganda campaign.
Yeah, vote under duress
I always pray to Lord Jesus Christ every day for peace negotiations..talking to each other looking for peaceful solutions.. Lord Jesus Christ the true Lord..who died on the cross to atone for sins and rose again on the 3rd day..Lord Jesus Christ is Lord in heaven and Lord on earth who died on the cross to atone for sins and rose again on the 3rd day.. only Lord Jesus Christ the way to heaven or eternal life (a very beautiful heaven with Jesus ) LORD Jesus creator of heaven and earth,,,,,,,…….really hate nuclear weapons,,because nuclear weapons is big sins.. big sins is the eternal fire of hellfire..nuclear weapons are big sins.. big sins is the eternal fire of hellfire..ballistic missiles and hypersonic missiles are big sins…….nuclear weapons is big sins.. big sins is the eternal fire of hellfire..nuclear weapons are big sins.. big sins is the eternal fire of hellfire..ballistic missiles and hypersonic missiles are big sins…
I always pray to Lord Jesus Christ every day for peace negotiations..talking to each other looking for peaceful solutions.. Lord Jesus Christ the true Lord..who died on the cross to atone for sins and rose again on the 3rd day..Lord Jesus Christ is Lord in heaven and Lord on earth who died on the cross to atone for sins and rose again on the 3rd day.. only Lord Jesus Christ the way to heaven or eternal life (a very beautiful heaven with Jesus ) LORD Jesus creator of heaven and earth,,,,,,,…….really hate nuclear weapons,,because nuclear weapons is big sins.. big sins is the eternal fire of hellfire..nuclear weapons are big sins.. big sins is the eternal fire of hellfire..ballistic missiles and hypersonic missiles are big sins…….nuclear weapons is big sins.. big sins is the eternal fire of hellfire..nuclear weapons are big sins.. big sins is the eternal fire of hellfire..ballistic missiles and hypersonic missiles are big sins..
WARNING This may offend most people
If anyone still believe stuff about the lyrus and this are simple fools
I mean they announce that this is now part of Russia and they attack new part of Russia and the. Russia nukes them 😑
How wonderful that the US MSM has never mislead or lied to the US public, oh wait. Might want to look up a few videos by independent reporters Patrick Lancaster, Graham Phillips, Eva K. Bartlett, or others before you close your mind.
How USELESS is the UN if an aggressor invading another country committing war crimes can just vote down objections that are nearly unanimous. If the UN can't fix this and doesn't set new rules for itself, giving it some teeth, then it has NO PURPOSE. The only thing the UN is doing now is giving legitimacy to Russia's genocide of Ukrainians by allowing them to speak at the UN assembly. If we do not negotiate with terrorists then why would we LISTEN to them?
you just scared that people want to join Russia 🤣 you just told everyone voting they are a scam
The White Horseman..will be the Anti-Christ of an American Democrat..The Pale horseman of disease…is here in the form of man made biological warfare brought to the world via injections….then the black horseman…with famines..which they are destroying crops and stopping farmers from farming with the elites buying up their farmland at prices they cant turn down……we are in the end of days.
IF YOU STAND WITH UKRAINE, YOU STAND WITH NEO NAZIS,
BIO WEAPON LABS, SCHWAB, SOROS, JOE & HUNTER BIDEN,
CHILD TRAFFICKING. MONEY-LAUNDERING.
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RIGGED ELECTIONS, FORCED INIECTIONS, THE NEW WORLD
ORDER, THE CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, CHINESE SOCIAL
CREDIT SCORE, DIGITAL CURRENCY & COMMUNISM.
Did you know that Zelensky has banned all men of fighting age from leaving Ukraine since March? And yet there was an emigration crisis in Europe with millions of Ukrainians fleeing, except those in Donbas, who chose to stay and fight for their future.
What is the big news here?
Russia needs to lose these referendums, so it has a way out. A vote to join Russia is a vote for suicide by nuclear weapons.
Those who didn't want to live under Russian control have had 6 months to leave the occupied territory. It wouldn't surprise us if those who remain wouldn't be for being annexed into Russia.
Wait! Russian speaking people who were bombed by the Ukrainian military for 8 years killing and maiming thousands of them having their language and religion banned are voting to rejoin the Russian Federation is controversial? We thought it was a great idea when we did it!
Let’s remember that Russia GAVE these territories to Ukraine, which was never a country. After the CIA Coup in 2014 that over threw a democratically elected government they want their territories back.
And they will get it.
The US empire really stepped in it this time.
used the same voting systems as the us 2020 devices
He ain’t gonna use nukes – Smdh – he crazy but he not THAT crazy – just scare tactic for us so politicians and media can scare us and GO MORE IN DEBT SENDING THEM BILLIONS AND BILLIONS AS WE STARVE AND LOSE EVERYTHING
We all know what the results will be. Don't be surprised if it is 110 % or more in favor. The best option for those Russians fleeing the Draft is to offer a token resistance to the Ukrainian Army, surrender before you are killed by them in self- defense and you will be safe because unlike Putin mercenaries, Ukraine abide by the rules of war respecting prisoners, as set out in the Geneva Convention.
Russia Russia Russia and Trump Fake News 😂😂😂
Controversial vote?
It's literally a shame vote from a known dictatorship and backwards nation.
It's not Controversial so much as illegal and insane. Ignore the results. They are meaningless
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ww83B6kP2sA
Fake news, I love Russia
So the west won’t accept people choosing who they want i thought they were for democracy? 😂