{"id":66925,"date":"2022-09-29T18:45:16","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T16:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/russia-moves-to-annex-ukraine-regions-on-30-sept-vows-to-protect-its-territorial-integrity"},"modified":"2022-09-29T18:45:16","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T16:45:16","slug":"russia-moves-to-annex-ukraine-regions-on-30-sept-vows-to-protect-its-territorial-integrity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/russia-moves-to-annex-ukraine-regions-on-30-sept-vows-to-protect-its-territorial-integrity","title":{"rendered":"Russia Moves To Annex Ukraine Regions On 30 Sept, Vows To Protect It\u2019s Territorial Integrity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Russian Ambassador in Washington Anatoly Antonov has said American politicians are wrong if they think that Russia would not defend Crimea or the territories that may join it.<\/p>\n<p>His remarks come as Russia is set to annex the Donetsk and the Lugansk People\u2019s Republics (DPR and LPR) and the Kherson and the Zaporozhye Regions on Friday 30 September 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Antonov said in an article published on the website of the US\u2019 National Interest magazine on Wednesday:<\/p>\n<p>We are not threatening anyone. But we confirm that, as President Vladimir Putin said on September 21, Russia is ready to defend its sovereignty, territorial integrity, and our people with all weapon systems we have.<\/p>\n<p>What is so aggressive about this statement? What is unacceptable? Would the United States not do the same if faced with an existential threat?<\/p>\n<p>I would like to add that certain American politicians are under a delusion if they think that our readiness to defend our territory does not apply to Crimea or to territories that may become part of Russia on the basis of a free expression of popular will.<\/p>\n<p>The planned annexation comes after \u201creferendums\u201d on joining Russia in the mentioned Ukrainian territories were held on September 23-27.<\/p>\n<p>Russian elections officials said the overwhelming majority in all four regions supported their accession to Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Ukraine\u2019s President Zelensky dismissed the results in a video posted on Telegram saying, \u201cThis farce in the occupied territory cannot even be called an imitation of referendums.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last week Friday 23 September 2022, United States of America\u2019s President Joe Biden warned Russia there will be \u201cswift and severe\u201d costs if Moscow uses \u201csham\u201d referendums to annex more of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. Russian Ambassador in Washington Anatoly Antonov has said American politicians are wrong if they think that Russia would not defend Crimea or the territories that may join it. His remarks come as Russia is set to annex the Donetsk and the Lugansk People\u2019s Republics (DPR and LPR) and the Kherson and the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":66924,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,35,12,15],"tags":[1493,2189,12042,12043,10744,8776,12041,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-66925","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-homepage-english","9":"category-policy","10":"category-twitter","11":"tag-africa-press","12":"tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","13":"tag-anatoly-antonov","14":"tag-crimea","15":"tag-joe-biden-us-elections-2020","16":"tag-president-vladimir-putin","17":"tag-russia-and-ukraine-conflict-2022","18":"tag-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Russia Moves To Annex Ukraine Regions On 30 Sept, Vows To Protect It\u2019s Territorial Integrity - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/russia-moves-to-annex-ukraine-regions-on-30-sept-vows-to-protect-its-territorial-integrity\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Russia Moves To Annex Ukraine Regions On 30 Sept, Vows To Protect It\u2019s Territorial Integrity\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. 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