Putin declares ‘four new regions of Russia’ as Moscow illegally annexes parts of Ukraine

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Putin declares ‘four new regions of Russia’ as Moscow illegally annexes parts of Ukraine

There are four new regions of Russia,” Putin said in a televised ceremony from the Kremlin in Moscow, according to a translation.

The territory being seized consists of two pro-Russian “republics” in Luhansk and Donetsk in the east, and in Kherson and Zaporizhzhia in the south.

There are concerns Moscow could use unconventional weapons to “defend” what it will now say are its territory and citizens.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday declared four new regions of the country shortly after holding sham referendums in parts of occupied Ukraine.

“There are four new regions of Russia,” Putin said in a televised ceremony from the Kremlin in Moscow, according to a translation.

“The results are known, well known,” Putin said, referring to the series of votes that Ukraine and Western governments say breached international law. He claimed the results were due to the will of millions of people, saying they had the right to self-determination.

The territory being seized more than seven months into the Kremlin’s war consists of two pro-Russian “republics” in Luhansk and Donetsk in the east, and in Kherson and Zaporizhzhia in the south. It is thought to make up roughly 18% of Ukraine’s land, although the precise details of the boundaries were not immediately clear.

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https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/30/putin-declares-four-new-regions-of-russia-as-moscow-annexes-parts-of-ukraine.html