On Wednesday, the Kremlin pledged to restore territory recently lost to Moscow in the annexed regions of southern and eastern Ukraine, while assuring that those regions would remain with Russia.for all time“. “These territories will forever remain with Russia, they will be taken backDmitry Peskov insisted.
These “territories will be taken and we will continue to consult with the (local) population about their desire to live in RussiaDmitry Peskov, press spokesman of the Russian President, informed the journalists about it. He was questioned about the exact borders of the annexed regions, where the Russian forces left some areas after the Ukrainian counter-attacks.
On Wednesday, President Vladimir Putin signed laws officially recognizing Kherson and Zaporozhye regions in southern Ukraine and Donetsk and Luhansk regions in the east of the country as part of the Russian Federation.
But uncertainty remains over the borders claimed by the Kremlin in these very areas where fighting continues. On Wednesday, Ukraine recorded new military victories over the Russian army in the east of the country, after declaring a breakthrough in the southern region of Kherson the day before.
Putin hopes that the military situation will improve.stabilize»
The Russian president also hopes that the military situation in the Ukrainian territories recently annexed by Moscow will improvestabilizedespite the difficulties of the retreating Russian troops against the forces of Kiev. “We assume that the situation will stabilize and we can develop these areas peacefullyMr. Putin said during a televised meeting.
On Wednesday, Putin assured that the results “referendums“had from annexation”not only delighted, but also surprised“to take into account”Difficult conditions” in place. “The result is more than convincing, absolutely transparent and unquestionable– assured Vladimir Putin.
Source: Le Figaro
