Russia Declares Annexation of These Many Ukrainian Regions

(The Quiver): On Friday, President Vladimir Putin declared four new territories of Russia as he formally annexed the Ukrainian regions of Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk and Luhansk.

During a seven-month confrontation with Ukraine, the four regions were largely taken by Moscow’s military. Russian announced the annexations after conducting so-called referendums in Ukraine’s occupied regions.

The residents of the Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia (regions) are turning into our citizens for all time, I want to say to the Kiev regime and its masters in the West. President of Russia Vladimir Putin said.

Putin additionally encouraged Ukraine to hold negotiations to put an end to the seven-month conflict that began when the Russian president gave the order for his soldiers to invade Ukraine.

Moscow has supported the separatist Donetsk and Luhansk areas in eastern Ukraine ever since they proclaimed their independence in 2014, just weeks after the Crimean Peninsula was annexed by Russia.

Russia quickly took control of the southern Kherson area and a portion of the adjoining Zaporizhzhia region when Putin launched soldiers into Ukraine on February 24.

All areas that Russian invaders have erroneously taken are Ukrainian territory, and they will always be a part of this independent country. President of European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said.

She even termed the annexation as illegal.