The areas of Russian-controlled Ukraine that are holding referendums on joining Russia may be absorbed by the Russian Federation on September 30, a Russian lawmaker told TASS on Saturday.
Referendums are currently being held in the self-declared republics of Donestk and Luhansk and the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions. The voting is set to be concluded on Tuesday.
“Taking into account the preliminary results of the referendums and Russia’s readiness to acknowledge them, the accession of the territories is likely to take place as early as on September 30,” an unnamed member of Russia’s State Duma told Tass.
The Russian lawmaker said that President Vladimir Putin could take part in the procedure on September 30, this coming Friday. In a speech last week where he announced a partial mobilization, Putin expressed support for the referendums.
TASS also reported that the State Duma, Russia’s lower house of parliament, could begin discussions on a bill for absorbing the new territories as soon as Wednesday.
Russian officials have made clear that after annexing the regions, they would view attacks on the area as attacks on Russian territory. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Saturday that the new territories would be under Russia’s “full protection.”
Putin warned the West last week that Russia could use nuclear weapons to defend its “territorial integrity.” Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who currently serves as the deputy chair of the Russian Security Council, explicitly warned that Moscow could use nuclear weapons to defend the new territories.
Those territories are about to be deabsorbed. Russian for a day!
More fool you. They are Going Going GONE by October 1.
Here’s your ANTIWAR spirit.
You are too young to remember.
The war between NATO and Russia has intensified in Ukraine to the point where Russia had to either withdraw or commit more troops. But allowing NATO to establish a foothold in Ukraine is considered intolerable.
Does that play into Biden’s plan to win by bankrupting Russia? Or can Russia conquer Ukraine and thereby prevent NATO from entering the territory (short of a declaration of war).
I suppose it’s at least possible that Zelensky and his handlers can be removed by a mutiny. Given his willingness to send soldiers on suicide missions, I’m surprised that hasn’t already happened. But that could change. The present flush of patriotism may go sour very quickly if Russia begins the kind of war on Ukraine that the US brought to Iraq.
“I suppose it’s at least possible that Zelensky and his handlers can be removed by a mutiny”
I think Putin is most likely to be removed first.
There is a deep bench of talent behind the Russian presidency. Russia is very unlike western barbarians in this respect.
So with Ukraine. Cause after what Russia has done to Ukraine, I doubt they have any friends in Kyiv.
Yup, there are definitely not thousands of Russian protesters and young men fleeing the country right now. Everyone there thinks Putin is a genius, lol.
And replaced with what? Any clues as to who the new Hitler will be. Or maybe we’ll call him the new Stalin. Because he’s not going to be the next Yelstin, that is guaranteed. Be careful what you wish for.
Let that be answered by the remnant of his inner circle or the people of Russia. The next one is going to either up the ante which is not likely at all or pull back on the throttle, either way, next guy will struggle bringing the country back from the abyss Putin threw them into.
Reiterating once again for ,the retarded, there is zero chance of Russia using nukes in Ukraine for any reason, including further Ukraine attacks on the four new regions, short of Ukraine or the US using nukes in Ukraine. There is zero chance of Ukraine “threatening Russia territorial integrity” other than a few pinpricks which Russia can handle perfectly well without nukes. Putin mentioned nukes solely because the West has been threatening to use nukes.