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The frequency of ads for. is acceleratedReferendum for accession to Russia In areas controlled by the Russians and their allies in Ukraine. Kherson, located in southern Ukraine and under the control of Russian forces, is organizing a referendum on joining Moscow from 23 to 27 September.
It also declared pro-Russian separatist territories in the region Donbass He will organize a similar referendum in the same period.
Denis Pushlin and Leonid Pasichnik, leader of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, which the Russian president recognized as independent states shortly before the war against Ukraine began, on Tuesday agreed on simultaneous plans for a vote to join Russia. .
"fun"
The pace of the referendums that the authorities supported by Moscow intend to take UkraineThe advisor to the Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Yevhen Mikitenko, described it in an exclusive interview with"Sky News Arabia"by order "The fantastic and the fun".
Mikitenko explained: Thousands of Ukrainian citizens have left those Ukrainian regions; Certainly the results of those pre-planned referendums will be false, as happened in the same referendums in Crimea 8 years ago.
He noted that the acceleration of the annexation of these areas to Russia comes as an escalation and reaction to Ukrainian military progress in the east of the country, which has led to the liberation of more than 8,000 square kilometers from the beginning of September from occupied areas. from Russia.
In a phase following the announcement of a referendum in the pro-Russian regions, Putin on Wednesday ordered a partial military mobilization, which the advisor to the Ukrainian foreign minister considered the ordinance. "Planned"reflecting the extent of the deterioration in the ranks of the Russian army in Ukraine.
Expecting large numbers of citizens to flee the general mobilization in Russia, he stressed "Mikitenko" He indicated that Moscow would most likely use Russian prisoners to send them to combat and battle zones in Ukraine, according to his preferences.
touched "Mikitenko" Speaking about the nature of the recent Russian military move in his country, he said that Moscow had started hitting water dams, with missile attacks on thermal and power plants; To intimidate Ukrainian citizens, blackmail them and Europe as a whole, especially after hitting the vicinity of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant.
"Referendums have no effect or value"
For his part, Ukrainian diplomat Ivan Seheda stressed, in an exclusive interview with"Sky News Arabia" on that "False referendums in the temporarily occupied Ukrainian territory have no effect or value and will not be recognized"Noting that history repeats itself after what happened in the Crimea in 2014.
He pointed out that Kiev had information that Moscow wanted to hold these referendums, as the aim of the war was to completely annex Ukrainian lands to Russia, despite the official Russian denial on this issue at the start of the escalation last February. but the facts confirmed the opposite.
and noted "Seeda" Russia is trying to hold these referendums, coinciding with the announcement of the state of mobilization and partial recruitment in Russia for some 300,000 people, which brings a new escalation into the ongoing war.
This was confirmed by the diplomat of the Embassy of Ukraine in Kuwait "Recent Russian moves reflect military failure and defeat, despite all means used, and the recent threat to use nuclear weapons, which we do not fear.".
He pointed out: "We have no choice but to self-defense and resist genocide attempts and their war crimes Russia in our country"following "We have shown the world that we will defend our country with all the means at our disposal".
confirmed "Seeda" On the continuation of the counterattacks of the Ukrainian army, which, in his opinion, will end with the complete liberation of the territories within the internationally recognized borders, and of parts of Donetsk and Crimea occupied since 2014.
He continued: "The faster we receive more weapons, including long-range ones, the sooner the war will end with our victory"
On Tuesday, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg condemned the referendums that Russian-backed authorities intend to hold in Ukraine.
Stoltenberg wrote on Twitter: "False referendums have no legitimacy and do not change the nature of Russia’s aggressive war against Ukraine. This is a further escalation in Putin’s war".
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The frequency of ads for. is acceleratedReferendum for accession to Russia In areas controlled by the Russians and their allies in Ukraine. Kherson, located in southern Ukraine and under the control of Russian forces, is organizing a referendum on joining Moscow from 23 to 27 September.
It also declared pro-Russian separatist territories in the region Donbass He will organize a similar referendum in the same period.
Denis Pushlin and Leonid Pasichnik, leader of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, which the Russian president recognized as independent states shortly before the war against Ukraine began, on Tuesday agreed on simultaneous plans for a vote to join Russia. .
“fun”
The pace of the referendums that the authorities supported by Moscow intend to take UkraineThe advisor to the Ukrainian foreign minister, Yevhen Mikitenko, described it in an exclusive interview with “Sky News Arabia” as “surprising and funny”.
Mikitenko explained: Thousands of Ukrainian citizens have left those Ukrainian regions; Certainly the results of those pre-planned referendums will be false, as happened in the same referendums in Crimea 8 years ago.
He noted that the acceleration of the annexation of these areas to Russia comes as an escalation and reaction to Ukrainian military progress in the east of the country, which has led to the liberation of more than 8,000 square kilometers from the beginning of September from occupied areas. from Russia.
In a phase following the announcement of referendums in pro-Russian regions, Putin ordered a partial military mobilization on Wednesday, which the advisor to the Ukrainian foreign minister considered an “expected” issue, reflecting the extent of the deterioration in the ranks of the country. Russian Army in Ukraine.
As he expected large numbers of citizens to flee general mobilization in Russia, Mikitenko indicated that Moscow would most likely use Russian prisoners to send them to combat and battle zones in Ukraine, according to his preferences.
In his speech, Mikitenko touched on the nature of the recent Russian military move in his country, stating that Moscow had started hitting water dams, with missile attacks on electric and thermal power plants; To intimidate Ukrainian citizens, blackmail them and Europe as a whole, especially after hitting the vicinity of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant.
‘Referendums have no effect or value’
For his part, Ukrainian diplomat Ivan Seheda stressed, in an exclusive interview with “Sky News Arabia”, that “the false referendums in temporarily occupied Ukrainian lands have no effect or value, and will not be recognized”, noting that the history is repeated after what almost happened to Crimea in 2014.
He pointed out that Kiev had information that Moscow wanted to hold these referendums, as the aim of the war was to completely annex Ukrainian lands to Russia, despite the official Russian denial on this issue at the start of the escalation last February. but the facts confirmed the opposite.
Seheda noted that Russia is trying to hold these referendums, coinciding with the announcement of the state of partial mobilization and recruitment in Russia for some 300,000 people, which implies a new escalation in the ongoing war.
The diplomat of the Ukrainian embassy in Kuwait stressed that “the recent Russian moves reflect military failure and defeat, despite all the means used, and the recent threat to use nuclear weapons, which we do not fear”.
He stressed: “We have no choice but to self-defense and resist the attempts at genocide and the war crimes they are committing.” Russia We have shown the world that we will defend our country with all the means at our disposal ”.
Seheda stressed the continuation of the Ukrainian army’s counterattacks, which, in his view, will result in the complete liberation of the territories within the internationally recognized borders and of parts of Donetsk and Crimea occupied since 2014.
He continued: “The faster we receive more weapons, including long-range weapons, the sooner the war will end with our victory.”
On Tuesday, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg condemned the referendums that Russian-backed authorities intend to hold in Ukraine.
Stoltenberg tweeted: “False referendums have no legitimacy and do not change the nature of Russia’s aggressive war against Ukraine. This is a further escalation in Putin’s war.”
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