kyiv cannot hold talks with Moscow after annexation ‘referendums’ were held in four Ukrainian regions, all of which announced Tuesday night that the ‘yes’ to joining Russia had won, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a statement. the ONU.
“Russia’s recognition of ‘pseudo-referendums’ as ‘normal’, implementation of the (same) scenario as in Crimea, and yet another attempt to annex part of Ukrainian territory means we don’t have to argue with the current Russian president.” he said in a video recorded and broadcast during a UN Security Council meeting.
The Ukrainian president made these statements before the first results of the annexation “referendums” were announced in the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk, Kherson, Zaporizhya and Lugansk, where he widely won the “yes” to join Moscow, according to the results announced. pro-Russian locals. authorities.
Kyiv asks for the exclusion of Moscow
On the UN platform, the Ukrainian president denounced “a farce” with “loaded in advance” results.
“The annexation of the territories (taken by Moscow) is the most brutal violation of the Charter of the United Nations,” he still asserts in his video. According to him, Russia should therefore “be excluded from all international organizations” for these actions, or at least be suspended from them.
“Threats to use nuclear weapons have become a constant discourse of Russian officials and propagandists,” he also denounced, while the Kremlin recalled on Tuesday the Russian military doctrine that provides for the possibility of this type of attack in the event of an attack on territory. Russian.
Source: BFM TV
