Ukrainians should confirm Kremlin
Guterres condemns Putin vote in Ukraine
March 15, 2024, 9:07 p.m
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The UN chief once again clearly condemns the election for Russian President Putin. It’s not just in Russia that people are encouraged to vote for Putin until Sunday. People in the occupied Ukrainian territories should also confirm it.
UN Secretary General António Guterres has criticized the vote for the Russian presidential election in the territories of Ukraine that are occupied in violation of international law. Guterres reminds that the attempt to illegally annex these regions of Ukraine is not valid under international law, said his spokesman Stéphane Dujarric in New York. “The United Nations remains steadfastly committed to Ukraine’s sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity within its internationally recognized borders.”
The election, which is intended to ensure that the 71-year-old Putin remains in office for another six years, is overshadowed by Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and massive allegations of manipulation. Excluding any opposition, almost 112 million people, not only in Russia, are encouraged to vote for Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin to stay in power by Sunday.
Since the end of February, 4.5 million residents outside Russia of the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson, which have been occupied since 2022, have been called to the polls, and the residents of the Ukrainian Black Sea peninsula of Crimea – which Moscow had already annexed in 2014 – are also expected to vote again vote for president. Ukraine has protested against the votes held in violation of international law and called on the international community not to recognize the results of the election.