“Today, what we have all been waiting for so long is happening: the merger of the People’s Militia with the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the transition under the Russian military banners,” the LITS cites his statement.
On October 5, Russian President Vladimir Putin approved the ratification of the treaties and signed federal constitutional laws on the admission of the DPR, LPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions into Russia.
He appointed Denis Pushilin as interim head of the Donetsk People's Republic, and Leonid Pasechnik as acting head of the Luhansk People's Republic.