29 September 2022 at 11:54 Russia will annex occupied areas Russia will incorporate four occupied areas of Ukraine into the country during a ceremony on Friday. This is according to President Vladimir Putin’s spokesperson, according to AFP. The areas in question are in Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhya. Here, so-called referendums on incorporation into Russia have been held. These are not considered by international observers to be free elections. A number of countries, including Norway, have condemned the polls and said they will not recognize the results. Spokesman Dmitry Peskov says, according to AFP, that the ceremony where agreements on incorporation are to be signed will take place on Friday at 2 p.m. Norwegian time, and that President Putin will be present to give a speech.
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