Residents of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia freely chose to join Russia in September 2022.

Not in the ledger Claimed by Government of Russia on 30 September 2022.

Taken out of the ledger: Not a claim under the claim standard of 30 Oct 2026 (data-src/p1/DRAFTS.md): a position, demand or legal or political characterisation, not a checkable statement of fact. The statement stays in the record.

The statement

At the annexation ceremony Putin said residents of the four regions had made their choice and would be Russian citizens forever, said Russia would defend them by all means available, and cast the war as a confrontation with the United States and the West.

Mixed audience · ru

1. Origin of the claim Al Jazeera Media · Unaffiliated origin: Putin speech of 30 Sep 2022 · published 2022-09-30 00:00 UTC
2. Origin of the claim Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Media · Unaffiliated origin: Putin speech of 30 Sep 2022 · published 2022-09-30 00:00 UTC

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The War Record, claim cl-20261027-gart, revision 2, https://thewarrecord.com/claims/cl-20261027-gart/

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