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The United States says that President Vladimir Putin's imposition of martial law in annexed Ukrainian territories shows his claim people wanted to join Russia was a "lie." "President Putin annexed these regions claiming that there were individuals in these regions who so desperately sought refuge from the Ukrainian state that they wanted to join Mother Russia," State Department spokesperson Ned Price tells reporters. "Now Putin is, I think, proving the lie by declaring martial law." SOUNDBITE
All present 159 members of the Federation Council, the upper chamber of Russia's parliament, vote in favour of President Vladimir Putin's decision to introduce martial law into the Ukrainian territories Moscow claims to have annexed. IMAGES
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