Vladimir Putin approved laws on the annexation of the occupied territories of Ukraine
On October 5, Vladimir Putin signed federal laws ratifying treaties “on the admission into Russia” of the self-proclaimed DPR, LPR, as well as the occupied parts of the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions of Ukraine. From today, the agreements are considered to have entered into force. Putin also signed decrees on the appointment of acting heads of the “annexed” territories.