French president Emmanuel Macron has said the international community won't recognise Russia's referendums in occupied Ukrainian regions.
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'If this were not tragic, we could laugh,' he told reporters in New York during a visit for the UN general assembly.

Four Russian-controlled regions in the south and east of Ukraine announced plans to hold referendums this week on whether or not they would remain a part of Ukraine. The US also rejected the Russian plan to hold a vote.

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