The occupation of 4 Ukrainian regions by Russia was formalised at a ceremony in Kremlin. Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered an deal with and said that “people of Ukraine occupied regions are ‘our citizens’ forever”.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday introduced the annexation of 4 regions in Ukraine. Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia have been formally included into Russia in a ceremony.
Vladimir Putin said in what seems to be the newest thinly veiled reference to nuclear weapons.
The Kharkiv area, an early goal of Moscow’s February 24 invasion and residential to Ukraine’s largely Russian-speaking second metropolis, didn’t function in the occasion, after a surprising counteroffensive by Ukrainian forces. Now, Putin has referred to as on Kyiv to ‘instantly‘ stop army motion and return to the negotiation desk.
The Russia-installed leaders of the 4 regions that pleaded to Putin for annexation this week have all gathered in the Kremlin.
“Russia is ready to return to the negotiating table with Ukraine. But Moscow will not discuss the results of the referendums in the liberated territories,” Vladimir Putin said in the grand ceremony, including that folks residing in these regions have turn into Russian residents eternally.
Vladimir Putin additionally launched a passionate defence of Russia’s motion and accused the West of making an attempt to colonise Russia. Speaking about using nuclear weapons in the newly annexed regions, Putin said the United States is the one nation to have used nuclear weapons twice, making a precedent.
