⚡️🇷🇺: Head of Crimea Sergey Aksyonov has stated that the SMO in Ukraine will become a CTO in the annexed territories (read Donetsk and Zaporozhye) after the referendums are complete.
— Baron of the Taiga (@baronitaigas) September 26, 2022
This is the first time this has been said by an official (to my knowledge)