Donbas To Hold Russia Annexation Vote Sept 23-27: Separatists
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published September 20, 2022 | 06:10 PM
Moscow, Sept 20 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 20th Sep, 2022 ) :Moscow-backed separatists in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region said on Tuesday that they will hold referenda on becoming part of Russia from September 23 to 27.
The votes will take place in the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk republics that Russian President Vladimir Putin recognised as independent shortly before sending troops to Ukraine in February, according to officials and news agencies.
Their integration into Russia would represent a major escalation of the military action in Ukraine.
"The People's Council ruled... to set the days of the referendum for September 23 to September 27," separatist official Denis Miroshnichenko said as quoted by the Lugansk news portal.
Shortly after, the official Donetsk news agency announced that a referendum would be held in its territory during the same dates.
In a separate statement, the leader of the Donetsk rebel group Denis Pushilin asked Putin to consider the region's becoming part of Russia "as soon as possible".
"The long-suffering people of Donbas deserve to be part of the Great Country, which they always considered their Motherland," Pushilin said on social media.
Large parts of the industrial Donbas area have been controlled by Moscow-backed separatists since 2014, after nationwide demonstrations ousted Ukraine's Kremlin-friendly president.
Russia at the time annexed the Crimean peninsula from Ukraine with a vote that was criticised by Kyiv and the West, which imposed sanctions in response.
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