Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday signed laws formally absorbing four Ukrainian regions into Russia, a move that finalizes the annexation carried out in defiance of international law, reports AP news.
The documents finalizing the annexation carried out in defiance of international laws were published on a Russian government website on Wednesday morning.
Earlier this week, both houses of the Russian parliament ratified treaties making the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions part of Russia. The formalities followed Kremlin-orchestrated “referendums” in the four regions that Ukraine and the West have rejected as a sham.
The borders of the territories Russia is claiming still remain unclear, but the Kremlin has vowed to defend Russia’s territory the newly absorbed regions, too with any means at its disposal, including nuclear weapons.
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