Ukraine will not be capable to negotiate with Russia after “referendums” in 4 occupied areas, Zelensky mentioned.

Kyiv:

Kyiv won’t be able to barter with Russia after Moscow held annexation “referendums” in 4 occupied Ukrainian areas, President Volodymyr Zelensky instructed the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday.

“Russia’s recognition of the pseudo-referendums as ‘normal’, implementation of the so-called Crimean scenario, and yet another attempt to annex Ukrainian territory means that there is nothing to talk about with (the) current Russian president,” he mentioned in a video message at a gathering of the UN safety council.

“In front of the eyes of the whole world, Russia is conducting an outright farce called a ‘referendum’ on the occupied territory of Ukraine,” he mentioned.

“People are forced to fill out some papers for a TV picture under the muzzles of machine guns.

“The figures of the alleged outcomes of the pseudo-referendum have been drawn upfront,” he said.

Zelensky added that “threats to make use of nuclear weapons have turn into a relentless narrative of Russian officers and propagandists”.

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