Official under Russian laws, but illegitimate under international ones:
这符合俄罗斯法律,但违反了国际法:
four parts of Ukraine now formally incorporated into Russia.
乌克兰的四个地区现已正式并入俄罗斯。
"The choice of the people of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson areas is not up for discussion.
“关于顿涅茨克、卢甘斯克、扎波罗热和赫尔松地区的人民的选择,没有什么需要讨论的。
It has been made, Russia will not betray it.
木已成舟,俄罗斯不会背叛他们。
We will defend our land using all forces and means at our disposal.
我们将用一切可用的力量和手段保卫我们的土地。
And we will do everything we can to protect the security of our people.
我们将尽一切努力确保我们人民的安全。
That's the great liberating mission of our people."
这是我国人民的伟大解放使命。”
The vote has been widely denounced, Moscow does not control the entirety of any one of the regions it now calls its own.
这次公投受到了广泛谴责,因为莫斯科方面并没有控制以上四个地区中任何一个被它称为“自己领土”的全部土地。
And in some instances, ballot boxes were even taken to voters' doors.
在某些情况下,投票箱甚至是被送到的选民家门口。
Ukraine insists that nothing will change, vowing to retake every inch of its territory
而乌克兰方面坚称,什么都不会改变,并承诺要夺回每一寸领土。