According to US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, the US will continue to assist Ukraine and will not recognise the referendums in Donbass, Kherson, and Zaporozhye asking residents if they want to join Russia.
The referendums, according to Blinken, “were planned in Moscow and do not reflect the opinion of the people of Ukraine,” and were “a failed attempt by the Kremlin to remove land from Ukraine,” he said in a statement on Thursday.
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He emphasised that the United States will not accept the outcomes of referendums, which he called “fake,” or Russia’s annexation of Ukrainian territory, believing this a violation of international law “world law is broken. ”
Blinken charged that Russia had “displaced” a sizable portion of the populace and coerced the remaining Ukrainian nationals into taking part in the vote “threatened and concerned for their safety.
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He emphasised support for “the unity, sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognised borders” and stated that “the United States and our allies and partners will continue to assist Ukraine in its fight to protect its territory from Russian aggression.” “.
Washington: We won’t accept the results of the Donbass referendums and we’ll keep backing Ukraine.
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