4 regions of Ukraine to be annexed by Russia today; Kyiv defiant

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4 regions of Ukraine to be annexed by Russia today; Kyiv defiant

Friday, 30 September 2022 | Kyiv | AP

Russia confirmed on Thursday it will formally annex parts of Ukraine where occupied areas held Kremlin-orchestrated “referendums” on living under Moscow’s rule that the Ukrainian Government and the West denounced as illegal and rigged. Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend a ceremony on Friday in the Kremlin when four regions of Ukraine will be officially folded into Russia, spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.

  Peskov said the pro-Moscow administrators of the regions will sign treaties to join Russia during the ceremony at the Kremlin’s St. George’s

Hall.

Administrations in the four regions of southern and eastern Ukraine claimed on Tuesday night that 93 per cent of the ballots cast in the Zaporizhzhia region supported annexation, as did 87 per cent in the Kherson region, 98 per cent in the Luhansk region and 99 per cent in Donetsk

However, an adviser to Ukraine’s President said that Ukraine was determined to reclaim territory that Russia will annex and takes seriously Moscow’s threats to use nuclear weapons in the war with its neighbour.

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