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There is a fierce fight against Russia’s annexation of Ukraine, but Russia is accelerating the annexation process.
NATO’s secretary general warns that Putin’s potential use of tactical nuclear weapons could have ‘serious consequences’.
Reporter Im Kyung-ah.
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After Russian President Putin signed the territorial annexation of four occupied territories in south-east Ukraine,
This time, the Russian Constitutional Court has ruled that the Treaty of Annexation of Territory is constitutional.
Five days have passed since the vote on the annexation of Kherson, Zaporiza, Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
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After confirmation, the territorial annex will finally be included in the text of our constitution, and then we will have 89 regions, 89 entities.
Now, the legal process to complete the territorial annexation only continues with the approval of the Senate and the House of Representatives and the final signature of the President.
It is expected that the rest of the procedure will proceed quickly today or between sands.
When Crimea became part of Russia in 2014, all procedures were completed six days after the referendum.
The Ukraine recaptured the Donetsk transport hub, ‘Leeman’ within a day of the annexation declaration, but Russia hastened to annex the territory regardless of the country.
Lehman is located 160 km south-east of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city, and Ukrainian forces are besieging Lehman and pressuring Russian forces.
Growing fears that Russia could use tactical nuclear weapons to quell internal discontent with subsequent defeat;
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said, “Putin’s nuclear threat is very dangerous and reckless.”
This is Lim Kyung-ah from MBC News.
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