The USA will never recognize these or any other efforts of the Kremlin to annex Ukrainian lands.
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken commented on the decision of the Russian Federation < hold so-called "referendums" in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. According to him, this shows Russia's "extreme contempt and contempt" for UN principles. He said this during a speech at the General Assembly, CNN reports.
He emphasized that Russia dared to “referendums” and mobilization just now, when it suffered great losses and faced with the concern of the whole world due to the situation in Ukraine.
“These actions are a sign of weakness, a sign of Russia's failure,” Blinken noted.
The State Secretary added that the USA will never recognize the results of the so-called “referendums” and any other actions of the Russian Federation to annex Ukrainian territories. He emphasized that it is important for other countries to clarify this as well.
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We remind you that the Russian mass media report that the occupying authorities of the east and south will still try to hold so-called “referendums” from September 23 to 27on the territory of the “LDNR”, as well as in the occupied regions of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions.
What does this mean?The Kremlin decided to go all-in, organizing the annexation of Donbas and parts of the south according to the “Crimean scenario”. The illegal recognition of Ukrainian regions as subjects of the federation will give the aggressor a reason to turn the war against Ukraine into a full-fledged “war of Ukraine and NATO against the Russian Federation”: strikes on the territory of these regions using weapons transferred by allies will be interpreted by Russia as an attack on itself. This will free the aggressor's hands in every sense, and the Kremlin has confirmed this.
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