On Friday, Russia will formally complete the annexation of the four Russian-controlled regions in Ukraine. At a ceremony Friday afternoon in the Kremlin with President Vladimir Putin, the agreements on the admission of these regions to the Russian Federation will be signed, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday. Putin will also make a speech, he said.
In ‘referendums’ in these regions, which were criticized by the West as sham votes, the separatists said an overwhelming majority there had voted in favor of the annexation.
Separatist leaders already in Moscow
Separatist leaders from four Russian-controlled regions of Ukraine have previously arrived in Moscow to participate in Russia’s annexation of those areas after so-called referendums.
The heads of pro-Russian governments in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk and in the southern Ukrainian regions of Zaporizhia and Kherson landed in the Russian capital on Wednesday evening, Russian news agencies reported.
Grand ceremony in the Kremlin
“A ceremony to sign agreements on the accession of new territories to the Russian Federation will be held at the Grand Kremlin Palace at 3 p.m. (2 p.m. CEST),” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday, according to Interfax. desk. The move is not internationally recognized.
In ‘referendums’ in these regions, which were criticized by the West as sham votes, the separatists said an overwhelming majority there had voted in favor of the annexation.
Source: Krone
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