Russia- Ukraine War Russian- backed officers in four enthralled regions of Ukraine have been holding blackballs in these areas on whether they want to join Russia.
In an intimidating update, the British Ministry of Defence said on Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin could advertise the accession of engaged regions of Ukraine to the Russian Federation during his address to congress on September 30.
Russian- backed officers in four enthralled regions of Ukraine have been holding blackballs in these areas on whether they want to join Russia. The West and Ukraine have denounced these blackballs as illegitimate and sham.
Voting in these blackballs- that started last week on Friday- is being held in two regions in Ukraine's east and two in the south- Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia.
The blackballs come at a time when Russia is on the back-bottom as Ukraine'scounter-offensive has reacquired the home that Moscow seized since its February irruption.
Vladimir Putin has also blazoned partial mobilization of the country's 2 million-strong military reserves a decision, which he said was taken “ to defend the motherland, its sovereignty and territorial integrity ”. The move is being viewed as an escalation by the West.