Quote from: "Oliver Clotheshoffe" post_id=475814 time=1664548643 user_id=3349
Vladimir Putin has hosted a so-called signing ceremony and made a speech from the Kremlin in Moscow announcing the illegal seizure of four areas of Ukraine.
After the appointed leaders of the territories and the Russian leader signed formal documents, the audience in the grand hall chanted "Russia! Russia! Russia!".
The Russian leader claimed the so-called referendums in Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia - which have been branded a sham in the West - were the "will of millions of people".
Putin said the land being seized would benefit from Russia rebuilding "the ruins in towns and villages" - despite the fact it was Russia that caused the destruction.
Now Russia can claim they are defending their own territory.