Russia Ukraine War: After the referendum in Ukraine, Russia will make a major reshuffle in the Donbas region

Russia

's parliament, the Kremlin, has said that four Russian-controlled regions of Ukraine will be annexed to Russia on Friday after the referendum.

Giving this information, a spokesman for

President

Vladimir Putin said, "Tomorrow there will be a signing ceremony in the Georgian Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace. New regions in Russia will be added to it."

He also told that the Russian leader will give an important speech on this occasion.

Russia occupied the Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhya regions of Ukraine

.

Russian officials stationed here had told that the residents of these areas supported Russia in the referendum. 

Russian-backed leaders of these four regions said they were in Moscow and were looking forward to meeting with President Putin. The meeting was called to discuss the alleged referendum held in

At the same time, the EU chief said that Russia, responsible for the group Ukraine referendum, should impose new sanctions on the officials.  

Tuesday was the last day of voting for the ongoing referendum in Ukrainian territories controlled by Russia.

It was feared that Russia would soon declare these areas as its sovereign border.

Tensions are also increasing between Russia and Western countries due to this move by Russia and the threat of using nuclear weapons in war.

The US has called Moscow's plan to hold a referendum on Russian annexation of Russian-occupied eastern and southern Ukraine as a "sham" and called it an "insult to the principle of sovereignty and territorial integrity". .

Jake Sullivan, the national security adviser to US President Joe Biden, claimed on Tuesday that "the referendum will be manipulated". .

"This referendum is an insult to the principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity that are the basis of the international order," Sullivan told reporters at the White House.

"We know the referendum will be manipulated," he said.

Russia will use these gimmicky referendums either sooner or later to capture those areas.


"We will never recognize these regions as the territory of Ukraine other than the territory of Ukraine," Sullivan said.

We reject Russia's actions.

We will continue to work with our allies to hold Russia accountable.