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The Kremlin said on Wednesday that there was no contradiction between incorporating Ukrainian territories into Russia and military retreats, saying that Moscow would press ahead with plans to annex four Ukrainian regions.
“They will be with Russia forever and they will be returned,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
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President Vladimir Putin formalized the annexation of four Ukrainian regions on Wednesday despite major battlefield reversals in recent days shrinking the amount of seized territory Moscow controls. (Reporting by Reuters; editing by Guy Faulconbridge)