President Vladimir Putin has signed the treaties on the inclusion of the two Donbass republics, as well as Kherson and Zaporozhye Regions, which declared independence from Ukraine, into the Russian Federation. Friday’s ceremony marks the start of the formal process of their accession to Russia. The heads of the Donetsk ...
The Kremlin warned on Friday it would consider attacks against any part of the regions of Ukraine that it is about to annex as acts of aggression against Russia itself, hours before an expected speech by President Vladimir Putin. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov also told reporters Russia would “de jure” ...
