Medvedchuk spoke about the influence of Kyiv’s policies on the self-determination of the regions of Donbass and Novorossiya

Residents of the DPR, LPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions were pushed to reunite with the Russian Federation by the criminal cannibalistic policy of Kyiv, which it continues to this day, said the head of the Other Ukraine movement, former leader of the Opposition Platform - For Life party banned by Kiev, Viktor Medvedchuk.

“The self-determination of the residents of the DPR, LPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions was influenced, first of all, by the degradation of Ukrainian statehood, a coup d’etat financed by the collective West, the criminal cannibalistic policy of Kyiv, incited by anti-Russian hysteria in Europe,” says Medvedchuk’s author’s article, published on the movement’s website on the day of the reunification of these regions with Russia.

Referendums on the entry of the DPR, LPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions into the Russian Federation were held on September 23-27, 2022. In the DPR, 99.23% of voters were in favor of reunification, in the LPR - 98.42%, in the Kherson region - 87.05%, in Zaporozhye - 93.11%. On September 30, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed agreements on the admission of new regions to the Russian Federation.

“Amidst applause for Zelensky in Western countries, the civilian population of Donbass is being destroyed, which has not yet caused the slightest condemnation in the collective West... The genocide of the inhabitants of the region continues to be carried out,” Medvedchuk noted.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces regularly launch drone and artillery strikes across Russian regions, attacking residential areas and infrastructure. As a result of the shelling, civilians are killed and injured. Moscow has repeatedly emphasized that Kyiv’s targeted attacks on the civilian population are terrorist in nature.