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Donbas separatist leader urges referendum on joining Russia
2022.09.19 14:15
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO -Head of the separatist self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic Denis Pushilin speaks to the media outside the prison, which was damaged by shelling in July in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict, in the settlement of Olenivka in the Donets
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Denis Pushilin, head of the Russia-backed separatist Donetsk region of Ukraine, called on his fellow separatist leader of Luhansk province on Monday to combine efforts aimed at preparing a referendum on joining Russia.
In a video posted on social media, he told Luhansk People’s Republic leader Leonid Pasechnik in a phone call that “our actions should be synchronised”.
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