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Putin’s speech on annexation: What exactly did he say?

President Vladimir Putin announced that four occupied regions of Ukraine would formally be incorporated into Russia.

Al Jazeera · Sep 30, 2022

Ukraine war: Putin announces annexation of four regions, but his hold on them may be flimsy

Vladimir Putin has formally signed a treaty annexing four Ukrainian regions into the Russian Federation. The Russian president announced, at a ceremony in Moscow’s Red Square, that the incorporation of Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson, in the south and east of Ukraine, into Russia is the “choice of millions of…

The Conversation · Sep 30, 2022

Putin signs accord annexing four occupied Ukrainian regions in lavish ceremony

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed treaties to formally incorporate four Russian-occupied Ukrainian regions – Donetsk, Kherson, Lugansk and Zaporizhzhia – at a grand ceremony in the Kremlin. The ceremony followed discredited referendums in the Russian-occupied regions, which have been slammed as a "sham" by the international community.

France 24 · Sep 30, 2022

Vladimir Putin illegally seizes four Ukrainian regions he vows to defend 'by any means'

Vladimir Putin's annexed Russian-occupied areas of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia in a move which has been widely condemned in the West with UN chief Antonio Guterres calling it a 'dangerous escalation'

Daily Mirror · Sep 30, 2022

Kremlin says any attack on annexed territory will be an attack on Russia

The Kremlin said on Friday that attacks against any part of the swathe of Ukraine that President Vladimir Putin was about to annex would be considered aggression against Russia itself, adding that Russia would fight to take the whole of the eastern Donbas region.

Reuters · Sep 30, 2022

Kremlin: Any Attack on Annexed Territory Will be an Attack on Russia

The Kremlin said on Friday that attacks against any part of the swathe of Ukraine that President Vladimir Putin was about to annex would be considered aggression against Russia itself, adding that Russia would fight to take the whole of the Donbas region. President Vladimir Putin is due to proclaim…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 30, 2022

Factbox-The four regions that Russia is poised to annex from Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin will proclaim the annexation of four Ukrainian regions at a Kremlin ceremony on Friday, a major escalation in the seven-month war. Ukraine and the West have denounced the moves - as they did with Moscow's 2014 seizure of Crimea - as illegal seizures after what they…

Reuters · Sep 30, 2022

UK's PM: Putin Cannot Alter International Borders Using 'Brute Force'

Britain will never accept the regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia as "anything other than Ukrainian territory" Prime Minister Liz Truss said, adding that Russian President Vladimir Putin was violating international law. "Putin cannot be allowed to alter international borders using brute force.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 30, 2022

Joe Biden says US will ‘never, never’ recognise Ukraine regions as part of Russia

Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson are set to be announced as Russian territory

Evening Standard · Sep 30, 2022

Russia vetoes UN Security Council resolution on Ukraine annexations

Russia on Friday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution condemning Moscow's annexation of four Ukrainian territories. China, India and Brazil abstained from the vote, which came hours after President Vladimir Putin signed a decree incorporating four Ukrainian regions – Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk and Luhansk – into Russia. Read about the…

France 24 · Sep 30, 2022