the Duma unanimously approved the annexation of regions of Ukraine

the Duma unanimously approved the annexation of regions of Ukraine

Last Friday, the Russian president Vladimir Putin signed in the Kremlin an agreement for the annexation of the four Ukrainian territories, together with pro-Russian representatives of these regions.

Ukraine responded by calling for an accelerated accession process to the NATO and said that he will not negotiate with Russia while Putin is in power.

The four territories create a key land space as it links Russia with the crimean peninsulawhich was annexed by Moscow in 2014, which could push the conflict to another level, with the risk of a nuclear conflagration after the Russian president’s recurring threats in this regard.

Taken together, these five regions make up about 20% of the Ukrainian territory, But Russian forces do not have complete control over Kherson or Zaporizhia, and the Kremlin has not yet confirmed which areas of the regions have been annexed.

the kremlin will “consult” the population to establish the borders of the annexed regionsthe Kremlin spokesman told the press, Dmitry Peskov. The Donetsk and Lugansk regions were fully annexed after Moscow recognized the sovereignty of pro-Russian breakaway regimes in late February, just before the Russian assault on Ukraine.

According to the American think tank ISW (Institute for the Study of War), Moscow controls 72% of the area of ​​the Zaporizhia region. In addition, about 88% of Kherson and its homonymous capital are under Russian occupation, according to the same source.

Source: Ambito

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