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