The United Kingdom "
will never accept
" Russia's annexation of four Ukrainian regions, which Vladimir Putin must ratify on Friday, September 30, Prime Minister Liz Truss warned, accusing the Russian president of using "
brute force
to “
modify international borders
”.
"
The UK will never ignore the sovereign will of these peoples and we will never accept the regions of Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporizhia as anything other than Ukrainian territory
," Liz Truss said in a statement, adding “
We can't let Putin change international borders by brute force.
We will ensure that he loses this illegal war
”.