Russia Says Ukraine in Its Previous Borders No Longer Possible
Russian Foreign Ministry's spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stated on Saturday that it was no longer possible for Ukraine to return to its previous borders.
"The Ukraine that you and I had known, within the borders that used to be, no longer exists, and will never exist again. This is evident," she said in an interview with Sky News - Arabia, published in her Telegram channel on Friday, TASS reported.
It comes as the head of the "Lugansk People’s Republic", Leonid Pasechnik, said it may hold a referendum on accession to Russia. The head of another Donbass republic, the "Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR)", said the issue on joining Russia will "become the number one issue" once "the republic restores its constitutional borders."
Besides, officials of the military-civilian administration of the Kherson Region, an area that has been under Russia’s control since mid-March, have repeatedly said that the region was seeking to join Russia as well.
Also, a senior official with the military-civilian administration of another region, Zaporozhye, said the territory hopes to join Russia and become a part of its Southern Federal District.