Russian President Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin - Russian politician.

Born on October 7, 1952 in Leningrad, now St. Petersburg. Prez signed the decrees recognizing the independence of the Ukrainian Zaporozhye and Kherson regions.

The decrees take effect immediately and note that the president made the decision in accordance with the principles and norms of international law and taking into account the will of the people at the polls, TASS announced late Friday morning.

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The two decrees come after Russia announced that in referendums organized by it, which all other countries do not recognize, the residents of the two regions asked to join Russia.

TASS clarifies that the independence of the so-called

The Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics were recognized in February, and Reuters added that the decrees are an intermediate step before the regions are declared part of Russia.

Putin is later expected to sign the accession treaties with Russia for parts of the four Ukrainian regions where Moscow held referendums.

Biden: We will never, never, never recognize Russian annexation

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky

Volodymyr Zelensky is a Ukrainian artist, screenwriter, producer and politician. Volodymyr (sometimes calls an emergency meeting of the National Security and Defense Council. Zelensky himself did not reveal details about the topics and decisions. In his evening video address, he said only that "there will be decisions." However, the secretary of the council Oleksiy Danilov defined what is about to be approved there as important and fundamental for the country.

Zelensky also warned that the annexation would not bring the desired results to Moscow.

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