Putin annexes four Russian army held Ukrainian territories
- October 1, 2022
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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Putin annexes four Russian army held Ukrainian territories
Subject : International Relations
Context : Russian President Vladimir Putin signed treaties Friday to annex occupied Ukrainian territory, a move the West has blasted as an illegal land-grab. Ukraine’s president countered with a surprise application to join the NATO military alliance.
Concept :
- Putin’s move and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s signing of what he said is an “accelerated” NATO membership application sent the two leaders speeding faster on a collision course that is cranking up fears of a full-blown conflict between Russia and the West.
- The annexed territories are Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhya. Together all five territories including Crimea, make up around 20 percent of the Ukraine.
How Ukraine become a NATO member?
- The Treaty states that NATO membership is open to any “European state in a position to further the principles of this Treaty and to contribute to the security of the North Atlantic area”. It states that any decision on enlargement must be made “by unanimous agreement”.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization:
- It is an intergovernmental military alliance.
- Established by Washington treaty that was signed on 4 April 1949.
- Headquarters — Brussels, Belgium.
- Headquarters of Allied Command Operations — Mons, Belgium.
- It constitutes a system of collective defence whereby its independent member states agree to mutual defence in response to an attack by any external party.
Composition:
- Since its founding, the admission of new member states has increased the alliance from the original 12 countries to 30. The most recent member state to be added to NATO was North Macedonia on 27 March 2020.