Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday acknowledged the independence of the southern areas of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, hours earlier than holding a ceremony to include them into the Russian Federation.
He additionally signed the same decree earlier in February, when he acknowledged two breakaway areas within the east of Ukraine, Luhansk and Donetsk, as unbiased states.
Putin to carry ceremony for incorporating 4 Ukrainian areas into Russia
The 4 Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine (Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia) that held so-called “referendums” on becoming a member of Russia will likely be included into the nation on Friday, the Kremlin stated. Crimea was equally illegally annexed in 2014, after the same “referendum.”
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated that Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend a ceremony within the Kremlin at which…
