Russia will never give up newly annexed territories in Ukraine, Putin insists at ceremony
Russian President Vladimir Putin launched the process of annexing parts of Ukraine by saying he was signing laws to absorb them despite international condemnation — and that he would protect the newly incorporated regions using "all available means.
The Russian ceremony comes three days after the completion of Kremlin-orchestrated "referendums" on joining Russia that were dismissed by Kyiv and the West as a bare-faced land grab, held at gunpoint and based on lies. The event in the Kremlin's opulent white-and-gold St. George's Hall was organized for Putin and the heads of the four regions of Ukraine to sign treaties for the areas to join Russia.
"These individuals and entity are complicit in President Putin's desperate attempt to undermine the principles of state sovereignty, and share responsibility for the ongoing senseless bloodshed throughout Ukraine," said Joly. "We will never recognize this illegal annexation," the European Council said in a statement. "These decisions are null and void and cannot produce any legal effect whatsoever."
He said the "enemy" Russia "cynically destroys peaceful Ukrainians because he lost everything human a long time ago" and warned that the country would answer "for every lost Ukrainian life."
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