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Economic Times | 24 Sep, 2022 | 08:22AM IST
Ukraine-Russia War News Live Updates: Biden calls Russia's referendum in Ukraine 'sham'
Ukraine-Russia News Live: US President Joe Biden on Friday called Russia's referendum a "sham" and said that America will never recognize Ukrainian territory as anything other than part of Ukraine. "The United States will never recognize Ukrainian territory as anything other than part of Ukraine," Biden said in the statement released by the White House. This statement came after the four Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine began voting in referendums on joining Moscow, according to CNN citing Russia's separatist leaders. The US president said Vladimir Putin has attempted to "erase a sovereign state from the map" and calls Russia's plan to organise "sham" referendums in parts of Ukraine it currently controls an "extremely significant violation of UN charter".
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