29 September 2022 at 23:56 Putin recognizes two Ukrainian areas as independent Russian President Vladimir Putin recognizes two areas in Ukraine as “independent” after last week’s unfree “referendums”, reports Reuters. In a presidential decree that the Kremlin published this evening, Putin writes that Kherson and Zaporizhzhya are “independent territories”. It opens the way for the regions to be formally incorporated into Russia, in violation of international law. That declaration is expected to come as early as Friday.
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