The local election committee said that the turnout rate in the referendum of the four states exceeded 50%, so the result of can be recognized as valid . In other words, the entry of four states into Russia has become a foregone conclusion.
Vice Chairman of the Russian Federation Security Conference Medvedev welcomed the referendum results on the same day. He posted a post on his personal social media account to emphasize: referendum has ended, the results are clear, welcome to go home! Welcome back to Russia!
Of course, for such a result, some people are happy and some are worried. You should know that the land in the four states where the successfully voted this time is about 90,000 square kilometers, accounting for about 15% of the entire Ukrainian territory, equivalent to the area of the entire Portugal or Jordan .
Donbas has rich mineral resources and is a crucial industrial state in Ukraine. Zaporoze is the flagship of Ukraine's power industry and an important commercial grain production base. The bordering Khlsson is Ukraine's largest grain state, closely linked to Crimea , and its strategic position cannot be underestimated.
What's more, all these states are facing the sea, either lying on the Azov Sea , or lying on the Black Sea . Once the four states become Russian territory, the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea will most likely become Russia's inland seas, while the sea-line states in Ukraine are only Nikolayev and Odessa . If there is another difference between these two states, Ukraine will be dismembered from a sea-line state into a "landlocked country" with blocked waterways .
If 4 states enter Russia, it will naturally be a big bosom for Moscow, but for Kiev , it will be a great loss. Zelensky will of course not accept it. In fact, before the referendum results were released, Zelensky expressed his opinion in a video speech, condemning this "referendum" plan and saying that Kiev's position will not change.
That is to say, no matter what the referendum results of , Ukraine will not give up its sovereignty over these 4 regions.
In addition to Ukraine, the United States can't sit still and provided Ukraine with nearly $12 billion in new military and economic aid to Ukraine in one go. What this means is obvious. But so far, no one has paid attention to the protests in the United States and Ukraine.
It is worth mentioning that although the referendum results show that the majority of the people in the four states are willing to enter Russia, there is still a long way to go before the four states truly become Russian territory.
Russia-Ukraine conflict continues to intensify.
In order to avoid a split ending, Ukraine may be desperate to fight with Russia to the end, and Putin obviously also prepared early, and it was recruiting troops in large quantities and focusing on logistics .
The winter war has entered the countdown, and the United States and the West are still going to hand over their swords. At first glance, it seems like it has returned to the vicious cycle. Although Putin still expressed his willingness to sit down and negotiate on the day the referendum was released, according to the current situation, the peace talks may not be implemented in the short term. Faced with the territorial crisis that is close to the point, Zelensky mostly intends to be tough.
