Russian President Vladimir Putin will host a ceremony at the Kremlin to annex four regions of Ukraine. The action follows Russia’s announcement that 99% of the people in the aforementioned territories support joining Russia. Putin’s decision, on the other hand, is expected to elicit even more international condemnation.
• Putin used the intermediary action of signing decrees to officially annex the seized Ukrainian provinces of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia into Russia. The decrees were made public by the Kremlin.
• According to Dmitry Peskov, Putin’s spokesman, Putin will sign the annexation documents and deliver a speech in a lavish Kremlin hall. A pop concert is planned for Red Square.
• Massive television displays and billboards announcing Russia’s four regions have been set up on a stage in Moscow Square.
• Russia controls about 15% of Ukraine, including Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia. Russia controls an area larger than 90,000 square kilometers, roughly the size of Hungary or Portugal.
• The referendums, which purportedly asked residents of the four regions if they wanted to remain a part of Russia, were genuine, according to Russia, and demonstrated widespread support. However, Ukraine and Western nations claimed that under duress, fake surveys were conducted in Russian-occupied areas.
• Russia’s referendums were condemned by US President Joe Biden, who stated that Washington would never accept Russia’s territorial claims against Ukraine. “The results were fabricated in Moscow,” Biden stated.
• Ukraine’s President Zelenskiy promised a forceful response to the annexations and convened an emergency meeting of his defense and security chiefs. He stated that in order for Russia to avoid the worst consequences of the war, Putin must be stopped.
• Putin will deliver a speech at the annexation ceremony and meet with the leaders of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics, as well as the leaders established by Russia in the occupied regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia.
• Putin attended the Red Square concert in 2014, following Russia’s annexation of Crimea. Dmitry Peskov, a Kremlin spokesperson, did not say whether Putin would do so this time.
• According to Russian government officials, once the four territories are legally incorporated into Russia, they will be subject to Moscow’s nuclear dominance. Putin has stated that if necessary, he would use nuclear weapons to defend Russian territory.
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