Ukraine referendums: Russia wants to create facts in a few days - Lavrov explains nuclear background
Created: 09/25/2022, 11:14 am
By: Richard Strobl
Sergei Lavrov, Foreign Minister of Russia, reacts during a meeting with Swiss President Cassis on the sidelines of the US-Russia summit.
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With sham referendums, Russia wants to create facts in the Ukraine war.
An annexation is expected to take place this week.
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Moscow/Kyiv – Bogus referendums will continue until Tuesday in the Russian-occupied Ukraine regions of Donzek, Luhansk, Zaporizhia and Cherson.
In it, the people there are supposed to decide whether they are for or against joining the Russian Federation.
While Russia invokes the “right of peoples to self-determination,” neither Ukraine nor the international community recognizes the vote.
These are sham referendums because they are being held without Ukraine's consent, under martial law and not according to democratic principles.
Free work by international independent observers is also not possible.
Russia wants to create facts in the Ukraine war - annexation probably this week
Nevertheless, Russia is serious and apparently wants to create facts quickly with the result.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced on Friday that the result of the vote would be implemented quickly.
According to a report by the Russian news agency
Tass
, it is now clear how quickly things should go: According to a source from the Russian Duma, the annexation should take place as early as September 30.
The
Kyiv Independent
also reports, citing Russian media, that Vladimir Putin will address the Duma that day.
Russia's Ukraine referendums: Lavrov explains nuclear background to votes
With an annexation of the areas, Russia could, at least at home, justify another offensive by Ukraine in the areas as an attack on Russian territory.
This could justify, among other things, a general mobilization.
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In his speech to the UN in New York, Putin's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov also stated that the Russian nuclear doctrine also applies to annexed areas.
This doctrine justifies the use of nuclear weapons in response to an attack on one's own state.
In addition, according to
ntv
information, preventive nuclear strikes are also possible if reliable information is available that an attack is planned.
Meanwhile in Russia, after the announcement of partial mobilization, there is apparently panic among the population and confusion among the Russian authorities.
