Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday signed a law formalizing the absorption of four Ukrainian territories into the Russian Federation after the annexation was approved by both houses of Russia’s parliament. The move means that the Russian-controlled areas in the Ukrainian oblasts of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia and the breakaway Donbas republics of Donetsk and Luhansk … Continue reading Putin Signs Law Formalizing the Annexation of Four Ukrainian Territories