01:51Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke in the Kremlin on Friday at a signing ceremony for treaties on the admission to the Russian Federation of the Donetsk People’s Republic, Lugansk People’s Republic, (DPR and LPR) Zaporozhye and Kherson regions.
"The unbroken people of Donbass, Zaporozhye and Kherson said their word. I want the authorities in Kiev and their real masters in the West to hear me and I want everyone to remember this: people living in DPR, LPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye become our citizens. Forever!" said the Russian leader.
The head of the Donetsk People’s Republic Denis Pushilin, the Lugansk People’s Republic’s Leonid Pasechnik, Zaporozhye region’s civil-military administration head Evgeny Balitskiy and Kherson military-civil administration’s Vladimir Saldo attended the signing ceremony.
The local governments of the DPR and LPR, as well as those established in Kherson and Zaporozhye after they came under Russian control, held referenda September 23-27.
According to the regional election commissions, the percentage of those who voted in favour of joining Russia was 93.11 percent in Zaporozhye, 87.05 percent in Kherson, 98.42 percent in the LPR and 99.23 percent in the DPR.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday at a meeting of the UN Security Council that the referendums were an attempt by Russia to 'steal the territory of another state'.
His press secretary, Sergei Nikiforov, has said that there would be no chance for a diplomatic solution to the conflict in Ukraine after the referendums.
Ukraine’s Western allies described the voting as a 'sham'. France and Germany vowed not to recognise the results, while EU Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell claimed those involved in organising them 'will be held accountable'.
US President Joe Biden said that Russia had 'violated the basic principles of the UN Charter' and also made 'open nuclear threats against Europe'.
Russia: 'People living in DPR, LPR, Kherson, and Zaporozhye become our citizens. Forever!' - Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke in the Kremlin on Friday at a signing ceremony for treaties on the admission to the Russian Federation of the Donetsk People’s Republic, Lugansk People’s Republic, (DPR and LPR) Zaporozhye and Kherson regions.
"The unbroken people of Donbass, Zaporozhye and Kherson said their word. I want the authorities in Kiev and their real masters in the West to hear me and I want everyone to remember this: people living in DPR, LPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye become our citizens. Forever!" said the Russian leader.
The head of the Donetsk People’s Republic Denis Pushilin, the Lugansk People’s Republic’s Leonid Pasechnik, Zaporozhye region’s civil-military administration head Evgeny Balitskiy and Kherson military-civil administration’s Vladimir Saldo attended the signing ceremony.
The local governments of the DPR and LPR, as well as those established in Kherson and Zaporozhye after they came under Russian control, held referenda September 23-27.
According to the regional election commissions, the percentage of those who voted in favour of joining Russia was 93.11 percent in Zaporozhye, 87.05 percent in Kherson, 98.42 percent in the LPR and 99.23 percent in the DPR.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday at a meeting of the UN Security Council that the referendums were an attempt by Russia to 'steal the territory of another state'.
His press secretary, Sergei Nikiforov, has said that there would be no chance for a diplomatic solution to the conflict in Ukraine after the referendums.
Ukraine’s Western allies described the voting as a 'sham'. France and Germany vowed not to recognise the results, while EU Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell claimed those involved in organising them 'will be held accountable'.
US President Joe Biden said that Russia had 'violated the basic principles of the UN Charter' and also made 'open nuclear threats against Europe'.
Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke in the Kremlin on Friday at a signing ceremony for treaties on the admission to the Russian Federation of the Donetsk People’s Republic, Lugansk People’s Republic, (DPR and LPR) Zaporozhye and Kherson regions.
"The unbroken people of Donbass, Zaporozhye and Kherson said their word. I want the authorities in Kiev and their real masters in the West to hear me and I want everyone to remember this: people living in DPR, LPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye become our citizens. Forever!" said the Russian leader.
The head of the Donetsk People’s Republic Denis Pushilin, the Lugansk People’s Republic’s Leonid Pasechnik, Zaporozhye region’s civil-military administration head Evgeny Balitskiy and Kherson military-civil administration’s Vladimir Saldo attended the signing ceremony.
The local governments of the DPR and LPR, as well as those established in Kherson and Zaporozhye after they came under Russian control, held referenda September 23-27.
According to the regional election commissions, the percentage of those who voted in favour of joining Russia was 93.11 percent in Zaporozhye, 87.05 percent in Kherson, 98.42 percent in the LPR and 99.23 percent in the DPR.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday at a meeting of the UN Security Council that the referendums were an attempt by Russia to 'steal the territory of another state'.
His press secretary, Sergei Nikiforov, has said that there would be no chance for a diplomatic solution to the conflict in Ukraine after the referendums.
Ukraine’s Western allies described the voting as a 'sham'. France and Germany vowed not to recognise the results, while EU Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell claimed those involved in organising them 'will be held accountable'.
US President Joe Biden said that Russia had 'violated the basic principles of the UN Charter' and also made 'open nuclear threats against Europe'.