Zakharova gave her weekly briefing today and said the following about Ukraine. All emphasis mine :
Yesterday, on October 5 of this year, the President of Russia signed the laws approved by the Federal Assembly on the ratification of treaties on the admission to the Russian Federation of the Donetsk and Lugansk people’s republics, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions and on the formation of four new subjects within the Russian Federation. The relevant federal constitutional laws were also signed and entered into force. Despite all the attempts of Kiev and Western countries, most of the world’s (...)