Russia announced on Friday, September 30, the signing of "agreements on the accession of new territories to the Russian Federation". That is, on the annexation of the occupied parts of four Ukrainian regions.
This was stated by Kremlin spokesman Dmytro Peskov during a conversation with journalists on September 29.
The signing of "agreements" and Putinʼs address are scheduled for 3:00 p.m.
So far, collaborators from the occupied territories have arrived in Moscow — "for the official signing ceremony."
- On September 23, the Russian occupiers started so-called "referendums" in the captured parts of Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions. On September 27, the occupiers announced the results of their pseudo-referendums, everywhere — more than 87% were in favor of "joining" Russia.
- A number of countries have declared that they do not recognize the results of these pseudo-referendums, Russia has promised sanctions.