Russia will “to consult” the population of the annexed regions of Kherson and Zaporizhia in southern Ukraine, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced to the press on Monday (October 3rd) to find out whether Russia was annexing all of these regions or only the parts it occupies. Russian President Vladimir Putin formalized the annexation of Kherson and Zaporizhia, as Russia does not fully control these territories, as well as two other Ukrainian regions, Donetsk and Luhansk, at a ceremony on Friday in the Kremlin. Follow our live.
The Russian Parliament is considering the draft law on the annexation of Ukrainian territories. It should only be a formality. Deputies of the Duma, the lower house of the Russian Parliament, examine on Monday a draft law on the annexation of Ukrainian territories by Russiawhich is not however, not recognized by the international community. The adoption of this text is normally planned in the wake, before it passes before the upper house of Parliament, the Council of the Federation.
kyiv says it has taken over Lyman. Ukraine announced on Sunday that it had taken over this city located in the Donetsk region annexed by Russia, in eastern Ukraine. The Russian army confessed “to withdraw”. The recapture of Lyman by Ukrainian troops opens the way for them to the Luhansk region and the north of the Donetsk region.
Emmanuel Macron is studying “new European sanctions” against Russia. During a telephone conversation with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday, the Head of State “reiterated its strong condemnation of the illegal annexation by Russia” of the four regions in the east of the country, according to a press release from the Elysée.