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Putin martial law shows Ukrainians didn't want to join Russia: US

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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

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