MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed documents to incorporate four Ukrainian territories into Russia in a televised ceremony in the Kremlin.
Russia declared the annexations of the regions – Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson – after holding what it called referendums in occupied areas of Ukraine. Western governments and Kyiv said the votes breached international law and were coercive and unrepresentative.
(Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Kevin Liffey)
