President Joe Biden has stated that the US will “never, never, never” recognize Russia’s effort to grab land in Ukraine.
He did so in advance of Vladimir Putin’s speech on Friday, when it is anticipated that he will announce the annexation of four regions of Ukraine to Russia.
In recent referendums, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson reportedly chose to join Russia. However, the votes have been deemed a fraud by Ukraine and the West.
Due to the annexation, the US will put further sanctions on Russia.
I want to be very clear about this: The United States will never, ever, ever recognise Russia’s claims to Ukraine’s sovereign territory.
The Russian president recognised Zaporizhzhia and Kherson as independent areas on Thursday by signing two decrees, opening the door for their annexation.
The UN Charter and international law are both broken by any annexation of a country’s territory based on the use of force, according to UN Secretary General António Guterres.
According to him, it is a “dangerous escalation” that “has no place in the modern world.”
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the president of Turkey, voiced his objection to the proposal during a phone conversation with Vladimir Putin.
According to a spokeswoman, he urged the president of Russia to ease tension and restart peace talks with Ukraine.
In the past, Turkey and the UN have served as mediators in talks between Russia and Ukraine, and they were successful in striking an agreement to resume grain exports through the Black Sea.
On Thursday, things were getting ready for Mr. Putin’s statement in Moscow. Red Square was transformed into a performance venue, complete with billboards announcing the four regions as being a part of Russia.
It is a replication of Russia’s 2014 annexation of the southern Crimean Peninsular, which likewise happened after a sham referendum.
The vast majority of nations in the world have never acknowledged that annexation, and they will not do so now.
Nevertheless, the measure will be formally approved by Russia’s two houses of parliament next week, regardless of what the West thinks.
However, Kiev has stated that nothing will change on the battlefield.
The annexation took place last week following five ill-advised days of so-called referendums in each of the four areas.
According to Russia, the vote was fair and resulted in a resounding victory for entering the country. However, there was no independent oversight, and there were several accusations of armed Russian soldiers intimidating people into casting their votes.
The “fake referendums,” according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, were useless, and his adviser Mykhailo Podolyak referred to them as “mass violence.”
Imagine that there are tanks of the occupying army in the homes and apartments of people who haven’t yet evacuated, and that military personnel are telling them to cast their votes while pointing automatic rifles in their faces.
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