![]() Speaking to reporters after the meeting Andreev said the four former territories of Ukraine “will forever remain Russian territories. Russian Ambassador Sergey Andreev defended Russia’s annexation of the territories. The Polish Foreign Ministry said it’s a coordinated action across Europe Union countries. WARSAW, Poland - Poland’s Foreign Ministry summoned the Russian ambassador on Monday to protest to protest Russia’s illegal annexation of four Ukrainian regions last week. In the south, Russia controls most of the Kherson region and a significant part of the Zaporizhzhia region. ![]() Russia controls virtually all of the Luhansk region and about 60% of the Donetsk region that together makes Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland of Donbas. The lower house of Kremlin-controlled parliament is set to ratify the treaties Monday and the upper house will follow Tuesday. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed treaties on Friday to make the four regions part of Russia in a move rejected by Ukraine and its Western allies. ![]() “We will continue to discuss that with residents of those regions,” Peskov said in a conference call with reporters. ![]() He noted that the issue of the borders of the two other regions – Zaporizhzhia and Kherson – remains open. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the Donetsk and Luhansk regions would join Russia as defined by administrative borders that existed before a conflict erupted there in 2014. MOSCOW - The Kremlin says no final decision has been made on the territory of two of the four regions it plans to incorporate into Russia. ![]()
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