It seems that the decision of the Russian President Vladimir Putin With the annexation of new Ukrainian lands to his country, it will not go unnoticed for the world.
US President Joe Biden threatened, Mr. Kremlin That the world will not submit before him, and that Washington will not recognize the annexation of Zaporizhia, Kherson, Donetsk and Lugansk to Russia.
Biden: ‘Putin is suffering’
He also continued in an intervention at the White House on Friday, that Putin cannot seize the territory of a neighboring country and get away with his action, according to him.
He added that the Russian President is suffering from the repercussions of the war in Ukraine, and cited the recent actions of his counterpart.
Biden believed that Putin was fabricating “lies” by accusing Washington of sabotaging the Nord Stream gas pipeline, declaring his country’s readiness to defend all its NATO allies from Russia’s threats.
It is noteworthy that the US position came following Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Friday morning the official annexation of 4 Ukrainian regions to his country, namely Donetsk and Lugansk, in addition to Zaporizhia and Kherson, stressing that this decision was finally settled.
Putin also promised to rebuild those cities, so that their residents would feel safe and secure. He emphasized that the residents of those areas had become Russian citizens.
Annexation of territories and international rejection
At the same time, he declared his readiness to stop the fighting and negotiate with Kyiv.
After the Russian president’s lengthy speech, the leaders of the four regions (loyal to Moscow) signed the annexation decrees, bringing more than 15% of the territory of Ukraine into the Russian territory.
The regions of Lugansk and Donetsk, wracked by fighting since separatists there declared independence in 2014, make up the broader Donbass region in eastern Ukraine.
While Russia took control of all of Kherson and parts of Zaporizhia, two other regions that were officially annexed in addition to Lugansk and Donetsk to Russia in a ceremony held in the Kremlin, which sparked international outrage and complete Western rejection.
