Putin: Elections in the Russian-occupied regions of Ukraine bring them one step closer

The Russian president Vladimir Putin said today that elections held this month in the territories that came under Russian control marked a step toward their full integration into Russia. The elections in the regions Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhia, all of which are under Russian control after its large-scale invasion last year, were characterized by Kiev as illegalas broadcast by APE-MPE.

Russia had announced a year ago that attachment of the four regionsan act which was condemned as illegal by most countries in United Nations Organization. “This is, of course, an important event, an important step towards the full integration of the new regions into a single legal, state environment of our country,” Putin said at a meeting with the newly elected governors, referring to the recent elections which he described as fair.

Source: News Beast

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