The Secretary General of the North Atlantic Alliance, Jens Stoltenberg, on Tuesday condemned Russia's intentions to organize pseudo-referendums in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. Stoltenberg expressed his position on Twitter.

 "Pseudo-referendums have no legitimacy and do not change the nature of Russia's aggressive war against Ukraine. This is a further escalation in Putin's war. The international community must condemn such a flagrant violation of international law and strengthen its support for Ukraine," the message reads.

 <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sham referendums have no legitimacy &amp; do not change the nature of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Russia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Russia</a>'s war of aggression against <a href= "https://twitter.com/hashtag/Ukraine?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Ukraine</a>. This is a further escalation in Putin's war. The international community must condemn this blatant violation of international law &amp; step up support for Ukraine. <a href="https://t.co/NdcN3tO6Sy">pic.twitter.com/NdcN3tO6Sy</a></p>&mdash; Jens Stoltenberg (@jensstoltenberg) <a href="https://twitter.com/jensstoltenberg/status/1572254570830766081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 20, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src=" https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>