A year after Russia annexed four Ukrainian regions, the former president assures that “new regions” will integrate the country.
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev promised this Saturday that Russia would conquer more territories in Ukraine, a year after the alleged annexation of four Ukrainian regions, presented by Vladimir Putin as the completion of the imperial “New Russia” project.
“The special military operation (in Ukraine) will continue until the complete destruction of the Nazi regime in Kiev and the liberation of primordially Russian territories from the hands of the enemy,” Dmitry Medvedev wrote on Telegram.
“The victory will be ours. And more new regions will join Russia,” continued the current number two on the Russian Security Council and an avid supporter of the attack on the Kremlin in Ukraine.
“Referendums” not recognized by the West.
For his part, Russian President Vladimir Putin promised “renewal and socio-economic development” of the annexed regions in Ukraine in a filmed speech broadcast from the Kremlin on Saturday.
“By defending our fellow citizens in Donbass and New Russia (Moscow’s Imperial Integration Project for the South and East of Ukraine, Editor’s Note), we are defending Russia itself and fighting for our homeland, our sovereignty, for our spiritual values.” and our unity,” assured Vladimir Putin.
At the end of September 2022, after organizing “referendums” that Kiev and the West considered fictitious, Vladimir Putin agreed to the annexation of the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Luhansk (east) and Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions (south). . . These annexations have drawn strong condemnation from Ukraine and its Western backers, who consider them “illegal.”
September 30 was declared “Reunification Day” by Vladimir Putin. But Russia only partially controls these regions and faces a counteroffensive from Ukraine that wants to retake them.