Russia declared Donetsk and three other regions of Ukraine its own territory in September 2022, in a move that Ukraine and most countries at the United Nations condemned as illegal.
Residents of the Russian-held city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine lined up today to declare their support for the president in writing Vladimir Putin in the presidential elections, in which he is sure to be re-elected.
Russia declared Donetsk and three other regions of Ukraine as its own territories in September 2022, in a move that Ukraine and most countries at the United Nations have condemned as illegal.
Holding elections in March in these regions is important for Moscow in the sense that it shows that it has incorporated them as “new territories”, even though it does not fully control them militarily.
Ukraine says their conduct is illegal and void.
Putin he needs to collect 300,000 signatures by January 31 to support his candidacy because he is running on his own initiative, rather than being nominated by a political party.
His supporters in Donetsk said they were happy to have their names on the list of signatories.
“This is our future, our life, our peace. We want the war to end. I think he will help us in this, as will the president“, one woman, Olga, told Reuters.
Almost two years have passed since the start of the war and there is no sign of its ending and neither side has made significant progress for many months.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told the World Economic Forum in Davos today that any easing of pressure on Russia could add years of war.
Source :Skai
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