Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday promulgated a law on the annexation of four regions of Ukraine, partially controlled by Russian troops, writes Reuters with reference to the state news agency TASS.
The annexation concerns the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions, which make up about 18% of the internationally recognized territory of Ukraine.
# A little officially appointed Gauleiter of the occupied territories:
uD83DuDCCC Denis Pushylin – #Donetsk region;
uD83DuDCCC Leonid Pasechnyk – #Luhansk region;
uD83DuDCCC Evgeny Balytskyi – #Zaporizhzhia region;
uD83DuDCCC Volodymyr Saldo – # Kherson region. pic.twitter.com/eSDBEGvvgR
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) October 5, 2022
Putin signed the annexation decrees after holding what he called referendums in the occupied territories of Ukraine, which challenged the entire international community.
Source: Hot News RO
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