Vladimir Putin’s argument that annexing four Ukrainian regions to allow them self-determination over their future ignores what those very regions voted for 31 years ago today, writes Joshua Zimmerman.
In its twisted road to independence, one that began over a century ago with many failed attempts, theIn the days leading to the vote, even the most ardent Ukrainian supporters of independence were uncertain, concerned about the large numbers of ethnicin Soviet Ukraine, particularly in Crimea and eastern regions. But when the votes were tallied 31 years ago today on Dec.
Seven months into his unprovoked war in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin formally annexed the four eastern regions of Ukraine on Sept. 30, 2022, on the basis of an erroneous argument that Russia was merely granting these regions their rights to self-determination, to return to Mother Russia as allegedly desired.President Leonid Kravchuk leaves the polling station during voting for the Ukrainian Independence Referendum.
The December 1991 national referendum in Ukraine had built upon the momentum for separation that had begun on Aug. 24, 1991, when the Ukrainian parliament took a vote on separation—only two of 353 MPs voted against independence. In his speech in Kyiv on August 1, 1991, President Bush stood before the Ukrainian parliament and warned against independence. With hundreds of demonstrators waving Ukrainian flags and chanting “freedom for Ukraine” outside the parliament building, the American president expressed his support for Gorbachev’s efforts to keep the Soviet Union intact. “Freedom is not the same as independence,” Bush said.
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