President Putin Announces Official Russian Annexation of Four Ukraine Regions

Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a speech during a ceremony formally annexing four regions of Ukraine currently occupied by Russian troops - Lugansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia on Friday, September 30, 2022. Separatist leaders of annexed Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhya regions have arrived in Moscow to sign treaties to begin the process of absorbing parts of Ukraine into Russia. Photo by Kremlin Pool/UPI