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Putin Signs Annexation of Ukrainian Regions as Losses Mount

Missile attack in Slovinask, Ukraine – 31 May 2022

Sasha (22) from Lyman, Donbas writes a slogan on a demolished Russian tank in Kyiv. Amid the Independence Day of Ukraine, and nearly 6 months after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, the country’s capital Kyiv holds an exhibition on the main street of Khreschaytk Street showing multiple destroyed military equipment, tanks and weapons from The Armed Forces of The Russian Federation (AFRF). (Photo by Alex Chan Tsz Yuk / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed laws absorbing four Ukrainian regions into Russia.

His move finalizes an annexation carried out in violation of international law. In a defiant move, the Kremlin on Wednesday held the door open for further land grabs in Ukraine.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that “certain territories will be reclaimed, and we will keep consulting residents who would be eager to embrace Russia.” Kremlin-orchestrated “referendums” that Ukraine and Western leaders rejected as a sham preceded the annexation of Ukraine’s Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions into Russia.

However, Russia’s military is struggling to control the illegally absorbed areas.