Putin signed an act on the annexation of four territories of Ukraine
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Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a document on the admission of the Donetsk and Lugansk "republics", as well as the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions into the Russian Federation. The ceremony took place in the Kremlin.
Before that, Putin gave an hour-long speech and said that there was practically a war going on between Russia and the West, because the West - the US and NATO - want to completely destroy Russia.
The reason for today's conflict, Putin called "the policy of the West."
Vladimir Putin was expected to declare martial law in Russia, although the Russian president has yet to make such a decision.
