Published on 12:00 AM, October 01, 2022

Annexation of Ukrainian territories

(L-R) The Moscow-appointed heads of the Kherson region Vladimir Saldo and Zaporizhzhia region Yevgeny Balitsky, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Donetsk separatist leader Denis Pushilin and Lugansk separatist leader Leonid Pasechnik join hands after signing treaties formally annexing four regions of Ukraine, at the Kremlin in Moscow, yesterday. Photo: AFP

The United States condemns Russia's fraudulent attempt today to annex sovereign Ukrainian territory. Russia is violating international law, trampling on the United Nations Charter, and showing its contempt for peaceful nations everywhere.

— US President Joe Biden

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We are taking our decisive step by signing Ukraine's application for accelerated accession to Nato.

— Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We firmly reject and unequivocally condemn the illegal annexation by Russia of Ukraine's Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions. Russia is putting global security at risk.

— 27 EU leaders in a statement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Any decision to proceed with the annexation of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions of Ukraine would have no legal value and deserves to be condemned. It must not be accepted.

— UN Chief Antonio Guterres

 

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