The Russian Foreign Minister has warned that they will apply the nuclear doctrine for defense in any territory that joins the federation. For his part, Ukraine’s president has offered guaranteed protections for Russian soldiers who surrender.
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The Government of Ukraine has requested this Saturday a urgent meeting of the United Nations Security Council to discuss the holding of a referendum in the Ukrainian territories occupied by Russian troops.
The spokesman for the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, Oleg Nikolenkohas requested that an urgent meeting be created to deal with “Russia’s fake referendums in the occupied territories of Ukraine.”
“Russia must be held accountable for its new attempts to change Ukraine’s internationally recognized borders in violation of the UN Charter“He insisted in a message posted on his Twitter social network account.
The pro-Russian authorities are holding referendums from this Friday to Tuesday in the occupied areas of Kherson, Zaporizhia, Donetsk and Luganskwith the aim of having these regions join the Russian Federation.
“Given the preliminary results of the referendums and Russia’s readiness to recognize the results, the process for the entry of the territories (into the Russian Federation) will most likely take place September 30th“, explained a parliamentary source quoted by the TASS news agency.
Guarantees to Russian prisoners
On the other hand, the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyhas offered guaranteed protections for Russian soldiers who surrender in the framework of the war that began in the Ukrainian territory on February 24 by order of the Russian leader, Vladimir Putin.
Zelensky has addressed Russians in their language to assure them that “the Russian authorities are well aware that they are sending their citizens to their deaths.”
“It is better not to take a recruitment letter than to die in a foreign land as a war criminal. It is better to flee from the criminal mobilization than to be injured and bear responsibility in court for participating in the war,” said the Ukrainian president. in his daily address to the nation.
nuclear doctrine
For his part, the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, has warned that the nuclear doctrine for the defense of the territories of the Russian Federation will be applied immediately to any territory that joins the federation.
“The entire territory of the Russian Federation as stated in the Constitution of the Russian Federation, which can be expanded, is under the protection of the State. It is absolutely natural,” Lavrov said. at a press conference in New Yorkwhere the annual session of the UN General Assembly is being held these days.
“All laws, doctrines, concepts and strategies of the Russian Federation apply to its territory in its entirety,” he added in response to a question about whether the nuclear doctrine applies to regions that join the federation.
Source: Eitb
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