Four occupied areas of Ukraine will grow to be a part of Russia on Friday, the Kremlin has mentioned.
It comes after so-called referendums, extensively dismissed as a sham by the West, had been held in current days.
President Putin will attend a ceremony within the Kremlin tomorrow at which paperwork can be signed and they are going to be integrated into Russia.
Pro-Kremlin officers mentioned on Wednesday that the self-declared republics of Luhansk and Donetsk and the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia areas had all voted to affix Russia.
It claimed 93% of votes in Zaporizhzhia had been in favour, as had been 87% in Kherson, 98% in Luhansk and 99% in Donetsk.
The areas collectively quantity to about 15% of Ukrainian territory.
The referendums started on 23 September, typically with armed officers going door to door accumulating votes, and it was just about sure such outcomes can be returned.
President Putin will give a speech after Friday’s ceremony and meet Moscow-appointed directors of the areas, the Kremlin mentioned.
Russia is now anticipated to say that efforts by Ukrainian forces to recapture these areas are an assault on the motherland.
President Putin has warned he can be ready to make use of nuclear weapons if Russia’s territory is threatened.
Mr Peskov mentioned the authorized state of affairs would “radically change” after the voting, “with all the corresponding consequences for protection of those areas and ensuring their security”.
Russia’s organising of ‘referendums’ is identical tactic it used to say Ukraine’s Crimea area as its personal in 2014.
Source: information.sky.com”