Vladimir Putin finalizes the annexation of four Ukrainian regions

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday signed the law for the annexation of four Ukrainian regions and the decrees formally appointing at their head the leaders that Moscow had already put in place.

The texts signed by the Russian leader stipulate that the regions of Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporizhia are accepted “into the Russian Federation in accordance with the Constitution of the Russian Federation”.

Vladimir Putin, despite an international outcry, annexed these four territories that the Russian army partly controls, believing that they rightfully belonged to Russia after the hasty organization of so-called referendums.