'They have become our citizens forever' Vladimir Putin has moved to illegally annex four Ukrainian regions - marking the biggest escalation since the outbreak of the war. DETAILS: CGreenbank9 9News
presided over a Kremlin ceremony Friday to formalise an annexation process of four occupied regions that will slice away thousands of kilometres of Ukraine's heavy industrial and agricultural wealth.
The absorption of the Ukrainian regions, which recalls the annexation of Crimea by Russia in 2014, will not change the reality of a war that has backfired on Putin, inflicted a bloody toll on his forces and is stoking unusual dissent inside Russia. In the longer term, the annexations will crystalise the reason why the United States and its allies have been so adamant about helping Ukraine's war effort. The war threatens to enshrine a precedent of a bigger, powerful nation simply marching into a smaller one and seizing its territory on a spurious rationale. That scenario is not just a threat at the fringes of Europe; it is one that could arise around the world and be replicated by other autocratic regimes.
"The United States will never, never, never recognize Russia's claims on Ukraine sovereign territory," Biden warned at a Pacific Islands summit in Washington on Thursday. "This so-called referenda was a sham - an absolute sham - and the results were manufactured in Moscow," the President said, promising a new range of swift and severe punishments for Russia.
"Because there is no change at all in the territory that is being annexed by the Russians as a matter for us or for the Ukrainians, the Ukrainians will continue to do what they need to do to get back the land that has been taken from them. We will continue to support them in that effort," Blinken said.Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during celebrations marking the incorporation of regions of Ukraine to join Russia, in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022.
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