Zelensky said Russia’s withdrawal from Lyman, a key rail hub in the east, showed that Moscow’s annexation claims were a “farce.”
Russia-Ukraine War: Retreating Russian Forces Left Destruction and Documents in Their Wake (Published 2022)
With Ukraine back in control of Lyman, a crucial rail hub, signs of the city’s former occupiers are everywhere and residents are just learning about Moscow’s annexation claims.www.nytimes.com
I am willing to bet Zelensky propaganda is gonna come back to bite him.
The State Duma unanimously passed draft constitutional laws on accepting the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics (DPR, LPR), as well as the Kherson and Zaporozhye Regions, into Russia in the first reading and in their entirety on Monday.
According to the laws, the residents of the new constituent entities are recognized as Russian citizens starting on September 30, the day the regions joined Russia, but they have a month to reject Russian citizenship. The documents specify that the residents of the new regions can acquire Russian citizenship by submitting applications and being sworn in as Russian citizens.
Territorial borders
According to the documents, the DPR and the LPR will retain their status as republics after joining Russia and Russian will be their official language. The Kherson and Zaporozhye regions will also join Russia as constituent entities and will continue to be called "regions." The borders of the republics and regions will be the same as those that "existed on the day of their creation and accession into Russia." International accords specify that their borders with other countries will be regarded as Russia’s state borders. At the same time, under the constitutional laws, the DPR and the LPR are joining Russia under the 2014 borders enshrined in their constitutions.
State Duma passes laws on accepting DPR, LPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions into Russia
According to the documents, the DPR and the LPR will retain their status as republics after joining Russia and Russian will be their official languagetass.com
The State Duma unanimously passed draft constitutional laws on accepting the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics (DPR, LPR)
This is just one of the MANY principles of international law that Putin is flouting. Russia illegally occupies much land outside outside of its borders. These occupations, and so-called "annexations" have no authorization in international law.There are no such entities.
There is only Ukrainian territory that Russia is occupying militarily.
Documents not worthy of use as toilet paper.The State Duma unanimously passed draft constitutional laws on accepting the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics (DPR, LPR), as well as the Kherson and Zaporozhye Regions, into Russia in the first reading and in their entirety on Monday.
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State Duma passes laws on accepting DPR, LPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions into Russia
According to the documents, the DPR and the LPR will retain their status as republics after joining Russia and Russian will be their official languagetass.com
Actually, better than what one can get in Moscow, normally.Documents not worthy of use as toilet paper.
True Russian toilet paper is rough and course. That's where the term "hardass" came from.Actually, better than what one can get in Moscow, normally.
Putin appointed acting heads of the four new Russian regions who will govern until the regions’ heads are elected according to Russian law.
The same politicians who headed the regions prior to their accession to Russia have retained their posts. Denis Pushilin, who was a leader of Russian-speaking protests in the Donetsk Region after a coup in Ukraine, became acting head of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR). Pushilin participated in a ceremony on April 7, 2014 when the DPR was created, and in 2018 he was elected head of the republic.
Leonid Pasechnik is now acting head of the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR). In 2014, when protests against Euromaidan events and a nationwide coup began in southeastern Ukraine, he took the side of the Lugansk Region’s people’s militia and was elected head of the republic in 2018.
The leaders of the two Donbass republics retained the title of heads, while the heads of the other two regions became acting governors.
Yevgeny Balitsky, who headed the Zaporozhye Region’s military-civilian administration, will be the region’s acting governor. The military-civilian administration was formed in the region’s liberated areas after those had been taken over by Russian troops. And Vladimir Saldo, previously the head of the Kherson Region’s military-civilian administration, became the region’s acting governor.
Following referendums where voters opted for the accession of the regions to Russia, Putin and the heads of the four regions signed treaties on their accession to Russia at a Kremlin-hosted ceremony on Friday. Pushilin, Pasechnik, Balitsky and Saldo signed off on the documents on behalf of the four regions.
Putin appoints acting heads of four new Russian regions
Following referendums where voters opted for the accession of the regions to Russia, Putin and the heads of the four regions signed treaties on their accession to Russia at a Kremlin-hosted ceremony on Fridaytass.com
Putin appointed acting heads of the four new Russian regions who will govern until the regions’ heads are elected according to Russian law.
Denis Pushilin, who was a leader of Russian-speaking protests in the Donetsk Region after a coup in Ukraine, became acting head of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR). Leonid Pasechnik is now acting head of the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR).
There exists no DPR and there exists no LPR.
Not only do they exist, but they've existed since 2014. Wikipedia may have called them "puppet states", but it has definitely acknowledged their existence and has long pages for them:
Wikipedia - "Luhansk People's Republic"The Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) has sought international recognition as a sovereign state ever since its declaration of independence in April 2014, claiming direct succession to Ukraine's Luhansk Oblast. Ukraine, the United Nations, and the vast majority of the international community consider the LPR to be an illegal entity, and they have continued to regard Luhansk Oblast as inviolable Ukrainian territory. The DPR, which broke away from Ukraine's Donetsk Oblast in April 2014, has been regarded in the same way by the international community.
Not only do they exist, but they've existed since 2014. Wikipedia may have called them "puppet states", but it has definitely acknowledged their existence and has long pages for them:
Typical, didn't even read your own cite:Not only do they exist, but they've existed since 2014. Wikipedia may have called them "puppet states", but it has definitely acknowledged their existence and has long pages for them:
But not un-traditional, seeing how both hate the power that they don't have (but thus face).It is a bit odd to see the crypto-fascists and pseudo-communists on the same page.
Over the last three days, Russian troops "have made tactical advances" towards the center of Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast – they advanced into villages Opytine and Ivanhrad to the south of the town, the U.K. Defense Ministry reported on Oct. 14. It's happening "very slowly" and mostly due to successful operations of Russian mercenary organization Wagner Group.
UK intelligence: Russia makes progress in central Donbas, but 'very slowly'
Over the last three days, Russian troops "have made tactical advances" towards the center of Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast – they advanced into villages Opytine and Ivanhrad to the south of the town, the U.K. Defense Ministry reported on Oct. 14. It's happening "very slowly" and mostly due to...kyivindependent.com
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