“I want to say this to the Kyiv regime and its masters in the West: People living in the Lugansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia are becoming our citizens forever,” Putin said
Putin also called on Ukrainian government to immediately stop fighting and stop all hostilities and return to the negotiating table.
On Thursday, the Kremlin announced that Putin would sign treaties on the next day to formally annex territory from Ukraine. (ILKHA)