Russia’s, then bombs it”. The quarter-page article reads, “Russia on Saturday launched a missileattack on a region in southern Ukraine that it claims as its own, wounding at least five people, aday after Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyydelivered dueling speeches that underlined their determination to keep fighting. Russia illegallyannexed four regions – Donetsk and Luhansk in the east and Zaporizhzhia and Kherson in thesouth, exactly a year ago. Battles for control have continued to rage in all four areas . . . . SinceRussia’s illegal annexation of the four regions, Moscow has aimed to cement control in theareas that its forces hold. Russian occupation officials held municipal and regional elections inKhereson, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk and Luhansk. Kyiv and its international allies condemned thepolls as fraudulent attempts to tighten Moscow’s grip, and Britain on Friday imposed new
sanctions on Russian officials in response to the ‘sham elections’.”
