Zelenskyy seeks fast-track membership of Nato as Putin annexes 4 Ukrainian areas
Ukraine’s President acknowledged they’ve initiated fast-track membership bit to NATO after Vladimir Putin declared the annexation of 4 areas after holding what it referred to as referendums.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky (C), Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal (R) and Parliament chairman Ruslan Stefanchuk (L) with doc looking for fast-track NATO membership.
In the aftermath of the Russian annexation of 4 areas in jap Europe on Friday, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Putin introduced he had initiated fast-track membership of the NATO navy alliance. Via a video message on the social media platform Telegram, Zelenskyy mentioned that Kyiv was inclined in the direction of holding talks with the Kremlin however not chief Vladimir Putin.
The message surfaced after Putin carried out an occasion to proclaim Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia as annexed Russian territory on Friday.
In the video, an aggrieved Zelenskyy mentioned, “We are taking our decisive step by signing Ukraine’s application for accelerated accession to NATO.”
While asserting Ukraine’s bid for NATO membership, the Ukrainian president additionally signed a doc within the presence of the prime minister and the Ukrainian Parliament Speaker.
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The replace involves the fore as Russia, earlier right now, formally integrated the mentioned 4 areas into Russia.
“We will defend our land by all means. This is the liberation mission of the Russian people,” Vladimir Putin mentioned in what seems to be the newest thinly veiled reference to nuclear weapons.
The Russia-installed leaders of the 4 areas that pleaded to Putin for annexation this week had all gathered within the Kremlin.
“Russia will ensure the security of the Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions, as well as help, restore infrastructure,” Putin mentioned, whereas including that the folks of the 4 areas have been turning into Russian ‘compatriots’.
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