Why is the news reporting that Putin has annexed Ukrainian regions?

[jmbar2]

He has done so only in his own mind, like Trump declassifying the security documents.

His minions are forced to pretend it is reality, but our media is not under any obligation to praise the emperor's new clothes.

If that's how the world works today, I hereby annex my next door neighbor's home, just by thinking it.

[samsingh]

1. very good point. There is no annexation. It's like someone talking to a russian and then saying

moscow is a colony of the us now.

[The Unmitigated Gall]

2. "Putin claims squatter's rights on Ukranian territory"

[mahatmakanejeeves]

3. Are you objecting to the use of the word "annex" or to ...

the concept that the territories have now become part of Russia?

"Annex" is the word the White House is using.

BRIEFING ROOM

Statement from President Biden on Russia’s Attempts to Annex Ukrainian Territory

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 • STATEMENTS AND RELEASES

The United States condemns Russia’s fraudulent attempt today to annex sovereign Ukrainian territory. Russia is violating international law, trampling on the United Nations Charter, and showing its contempt for peaceful nations everywhere.

{snip}

[Mister Ed]

4. The White House called it a "fraudulent attempt to annex."

If that's what media reports also say, then that's fine. However, if any media reports simply call it an "annexation", then they truly are reporting "fake news".

[progree]

5. Putin has warned that once he's annexed these territories, an attack on them will be considered an

attack on Russia.

[EndlessWire]

6. That's why he did it.

He lives in fantasy land.

[former9thward]

7. Russia has military control over most of those areas.

So Putin is not just "thinking" about it.

[pecosbob]

8. Don't think the networks care much (at all) about objective truth