INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Moscow's military campaign in Ukraine.The Republic of Sakha celebrates the Yhyakh New Year annually during the summer solstice, with this
military operation'," Yakutsk Mayor Yevgeny Grigoriyev said, using the Kremlin's preferred term for its invasion of Ukraine."I urge the
the authorities were attempting to co-opt traditional celebrations to promote Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.Meanwhile, some war supporters
proposed canceling Yhyakh celebrations altogether and to instead send donation proceeds to mobilized soldiers, Govorit NeMoskva reported.The
referendum that cleared the way for President Vladimir Putin to seek re-election and remain in power until 2036.It was not immediately clear
whether the online outrage would be reflected in lower attendance numbers at Yhyakh celebrations on Wednesday, but imagesshared by local
record-setting attendance of 220,000 people from some 50 countries.Russians from the republic of Sakha and the country's other ethnic
republics have been disproportionately killed on the front lines in Ukraine.
