Former Russian President Medvedev promises more annexations in Ukraine

former Russian president Dmitri Medvedev said this Saturday that Moscow will capture more territories in Ukrainea year after demanding the annexation of four Ukrainian regions.

“The special military operation will continue until the complete destruction of the Nazi regime Kyiv and the liberation from enemy hands of originally Russian territories.”he wrote Medvedev on the social network Telegram.

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“The victory will be ours. And new regions will join Russia“added the current number two of Russian Security Council and ardent supporter of the offensive in Ukraine.

In turn, the president Vladimir Putin promised a “socio-economic regeneration and development” of the four regions annexed in Ukrainein a speech recorded and broadcast this Saturday by Kremlin.

“By defending our fellow citizens in Donbass is at New Russia [proyecto imperial de integración del este y el sur de Ucrania por parte de Moscú, NDR] we are defending ourselves Russia and fighting for our homeland, for our sovereignty, for our spiritual values ​​and for our unity”Putin says in the video.

At the end of September 2022, after the organization of referenda considered a sham by Kyiv and his Western allies, Putin signed the annexation of the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporizhia.

These annexations, in areas partially controlled by Russian troops, were strongly condemned by the Kyiv It is Westthat the considered illegal.

On September 30, it was decreed by the put on as “the day of reunification”.

Although, Russia only partially controls these four regions, and Ukraine is carrying out a counter-offensive to try to recover them.

Source: Elcomercio

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