Russian President Putin admitted the so-called “independence” of the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions

Author:
Oleksiy Yarmolenko
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Russian President Putin signed decrees admitting the "independence" of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions of Ukraine. He refers to the "results" of the pseudo-referendum.

“RIA Novosti” writes about it.

In his decrees, Putin refers to the "right to self-determination of peoples." In his opinion, the "peoples" of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions expressed their support for joining Russia in pseudo-referendums. Now Putin admitted these two regions as "independent".

This step is another formality on the way to Russiaʼs annexation of four Ukrainian regions: Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhia and Kherson, although the Russian Federation does not fully control any of them. The next stage will be the official request of local collaborators to Putin with a request to join them to Russia, which he will satisfy. Next, the Russian parliament must pass the relevant "laws", and Putin will officially issue a decree on the annexation of the territories of Ukraine.