Ukraine calls emergency meeting of security chiefs, important decisions may be taken

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President Volodymyr Zelensky has called an emergency meeting on Friday.
Russian President Putin will sign a treaty on Friday that will include four regions of Ukraine into Russia.
Russia held a ‘referendum’ in these four regions of Ukraine.

Kyiv Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky will hold an emergency top-level meeting on Friday to make a “fundamental decision” on Russian plans to annex the four Ukrainian territories. Giving information, an officer said. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend an event to be held in the Kremlin on Friday to officially annex the regions to Russia. where Russia organized a staged referendum on Kyiv and the Russian-occupied Ukrainian territories in the west. Zelensky’s office said the National Security and Defense Council would meet on Friday.

“I believe that important and fundamental decisions for our country will be taken at the meeting,” said Council Secretary Oleksey Danilov. Danilov, who spoke to Ukraine’s 1+1 television station, did not elaborate on the meeting. Zelensky has repeatedly stated that the so-called referendums were illegal and warned of a strong Ukrainian backlash. The National Security and Defense Council consists of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, the Minister of Defence, the Prime Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Ukrainian Security Service. It is tasked with working with the President on the development and coordination of national security policy.

Let us tell you that Russia confirmed on Thursday that it will formally take parts of Ukraine under its jurisdiction. Russia held a “referendum” in these regions of Ukraine, which the Ukrainian government and Western countries have called illegal. Peskov told reporters on Thursday that the heads of the four regions would sign treaties to join Russia during an event in the Kremlin’s St. George’s Hall. After Tuesday’s referendum in Ukraine’s Russian-controlled regions, Moscow claimed residents overwhelmingly supported its territories to formally become part of Russia.

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