‘Not pursuing Soviet Union’s return,’ states Putin as Russia officially annexes 4 Ukrainian areas

Russian president Vladimir Putin on Friday signed an accord to officially annex 4 Ukrainian areas to Russia. New Delhi: Russian president Vladimir Putin on Friday signed an accord to officially annex 4 Ukrainian areas to Russia. The event to reveal the addition of Lugansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia- was held at a grand event in the Kremlin. Post the finalizing of the accord, Putin signed up with hands with the Moscow-installed heads of the areas on a phase and shouted together with them “Russia! Russia!”. Significantly, Putin stated that Russia was “not making every effort” to recreate the Soviet Union. “The USSR disappears. We can’t bring the past back. And Russia does not require it any longer. We are not making every effort towards that,” Putin stated, after earlier declaring the last Soviet leaders had actually “ruined our fantastic nation”. Putin included that individuals residing in the 4 areas are “Russian residents permanently” and any attack on the annexed areas will be an “attack on Russia.” The event comes 3 days after the conclusion of Kremlin-backed “referendums” on signing up with Russia that were dismissed by Kyiv and the West as a “land grab.” Check out: Explained: How Putin’s official addition of 15% of Ukraine will alter the war The separatist Donetsk and Luhansk areas in eastern Ukraine have actually been backed by Moscow because stating self-reliance in 2014, weeks after the addition of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula. The southern Kherson area and part of the surrounding Zaporizhzhia were taken by Russia right after Putin sent out soldiers into Ukraine on 24 February. With inputs from companies Read all the most recent News, Trending News, Cricket News, Bollywood News,
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