{"id":215525,"date":"2022-10-01T13:07:16","date_gmt":"2022-10-01T10:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/?p=215525"},"modified":"2022-10-01T13:07:19","modified_gmt":"2022-10-01T10:07:19","slug":"day-219","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/day-219","title":{"rendered":"Day 219: Russia annexes Ukraine\u2019s territories, Ukraine applies for NATO membership"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Putin announces annexation of occupied Ukrainian territories<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

On Friday, September 30, Russia announced annexation of the territories it had seized in Ukraine\u2019s four regions since 2014 and its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At 3 p.m. local time, Moscow staged a public ceremony in the Kremlin to falsely proclaim the annexations. Russia said it \u201csigned treaties to incorporate [the territories] into Russia\u201d. The annexations are seen as legally null and void by Ukraine and the international community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Russian members of parliament sat in the audience. Putin delivered another absurd speech full of historic inaccuracies, in which he also restated a list of complaints against the West.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Russian troops do not have control of any of Ukraine\u2019s four regions \u2013 Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia, parts of which Russia moved to annex. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ukraine applies for fast-track NATO membership, Zelenskyi says<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

On Friday, September 30, President Zelenskyi said Ukraine had formally asked NATO to fast-track its membership application to the alliance.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

De facto, Ukraine has already made its way to NATO and proved compatibility with alliance standards, President Zelenskyi said in his address after a meeting of Ukraine\u2019s National Security and Defense Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDe facto. Today, Ukraine is applying to make it de jure through a procedure consistent with our role to protect our entire community \u2013 an accelerated procedure,\u201d Zelenskyi said, recalling Finland\u2019s and Sweden\u2019s accession to NATO.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the talks on Ukraine\u2019s accession to NATO will go on, Ukraine\u2019s allies should implement the security guarantees fixed in the Kyiv security compact, Zelenskyi suggested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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World faces resolution of confrontation between democratic and authoritarian worlds, Valeriy Chaly says<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

It will climax in 2023, Valeriy Chaly, Chair of the Board of Ukraine Crisis Media Center, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine said in an interview with the Priamyi TV channel. Putin will gradually drop the \u201cnuclear rhetoric\u201d after Washington sent him clear signals that the response will be catastrophic for the Russian Federation, the diplomat said. Valeriy Chaly also spoke of the reasons for EU\u2019s reluctance to supply offensive weapons, the impact of sanctions on Russia and the change in China\u2019s position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe probability of using high-power nuclear ballistic missiles is now at a very low level. I would say it is close to zero. People should understand this. There is a probability of using weapons of mass destruction, but not so high. And in any case, we will know it. They can\u2019t do it secretly. I think we can expect some kind of demonstration of force by Russia on its training ground, a test. But it is definitely not a threat directly for today, tomorrow, this week or month. There is no evidence that Russia is preparing to use nuclear weapons,\u201d the diplomat said. Read the full interview transcript in English at the link<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Explaining Ukraine podcast. Cultural origins of Russian disinformation<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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