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Russland will vier ukrainische Regionen am Freitag annektieren
Russland will am Freitag die Annexion der vier russisch kontrollierten Regionen in der Ukraine formell vollziehen. Bei einer Zeremonie am Freitagmittag (14.00 MESZ) im Kreml mit Staatschef Wladimir Putin sollen die Abkommen über die Aufnahme dieser Regionen in die Russische Föderation unterzeichnet werden, wie Kreml-Sprecher Dmitri Peskow am Donnerstag ankündigte. Putin werde bei der Zeremonie eine "umfassende Rede" halten.
Bei vom Westen als Schein-Abstimmungen kritisierten "Referenden" in diesen Regionen sollen sich nach Angaben der dortigen Separatisten überwältigende Mehrheiten für die Annexion ausgesprochen haben.
Die mehrtägigen "Referenden" in den ostukrainischen Regionen Luhansk und Donezk sowie in den südukrainischen Regionen Saporischschja und Cherson waren am Dienstag zu Ende gegangen, am Mittwoch baten dann die Anführer der dortigen Separatisten formell Putin um die Annexion. Die Separatisten-Chefs trafen inzwischen für den Vollzug der Annexion in Moskau ein, wie russische Nachrichtenagenturen meldeten.
In der russischen Hauptstadt wurden für Freitag Feierlichkeiten zur Aufnahme der ukrainischen Regionen in die Russische Föderation vorbereitet. Die Behörden kündigten die Sperrung von Straßen im Zentrum an, vor allem um den Roten Platz herum.
M.Furrer--BTB