Moscow to view strikes on new territories as act of aggression against Russia - Kremlin

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said that Russia will view strikes on its new territories as an act of aggression.

"It will be nothing else," the spokesman told reporters on September 30, answering a question if Moscow will view Ukrainian strikes on the new territories as an act of aggression against Russia, according to TASS.

Referendums on accession to Russia took place in DPR and LPR, as well as in Zaporizhzhia and Kherson region between September 23 and 27. In all four entities, the vast majority of voters favoured accession to Russia. The ceremony of signing of accession treaties took place on September 30 in the Grand Kremlin Palace.