"We strongly reject and unequivocally condemn Russia's illegal annexation of the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson."
This is what the members of the European Council affirm in a joint note after the speech with which Vladimir Putin formalized the annexation of the four regions of Ukraine to Russia
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Representatives of the organization added: "Deliberately undermining the rules-based international order and blatantly violating Ukraine's fundamental rights to independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity, fundamental principles enshrined in the United Nations Charter and the law international, Russia is putting global security at risk ”.
“We do not and will never recognize - continues the note - the illegal referendums that Russia has designed as a pretext for this further violation of the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, nor of their false and illegal results.
We will never recognize this illegal annexation.
Such decisions are void and cannot produce any legal effect whatsoever ".
On Twitter, the President of the European Council Charles Michel then sent a message to European citizens: "My message to the citizens of the EU: we must mobilize. Not for war, but to preserve peace, security and prosperity. Everyone has a role to play. Today we are entering a new world, where our references have been distorted. We must guarantee the future of our children. we are strong, we must be united. The European Union is taking measures, protecting us by all means, we will mobilize together and no one will be left behind. "