KIEV, Sept 29 (Portal) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will hold an emergency high-level meeting on Friday at which “key decisions” will be made in the wake of Russia’s plans to annex four Ukrainian regions, an official said on Thursday.
The Kremlin says President Vladimir Putin will sign documents on Friday announcing Moscow’s annexation of regions where Russia has organized what Kyiv and the West have described as sham referendums conducted on Russian-controlled Ukrainian territory.
Zelenskyy’s office said the National Security and Defense Council will meet on Friday.
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Oleksiy Danilov, secretary of the council, said that “important and, in my opinion, fundamental decisions for our country” would be taken at the meeting. Danilov, speaking to Ukrainian TV channel 1+1, did not give details.
Zelenskyy has repeatedly said that the so-called referendums are illegal and warned against a strong reaction from Ukraine.
The National Security and Defense Council includes, among others, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, the Defence, Foreign and Prime Ministers and the Head of the Ukrainian Security Service. It has the task of developing and coordinating national security policy together with the President.
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Reporting by Max Hunder and David Ljunggren, editing by Timothy Heritage and Alistair Bell
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