Putin annexes 4 occupied regions; Ukraine applies to join NATO

Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed to annex four occupied regions of Ukraine, with President Zelenskyy responding by formally applying to join NATO.

Russian President Vladimir Putin proclaimed the biggest annexation of territory in postwar Europe on Friday, claiming control over swaths of Ukraine in defiance of international law and in spite of his forces facing another significant battlefield setback.

The Russian leader repeated a renewed nuclear threat that has escalated his seven-month war alongside the call-up of military reservists.

The speech was met with an immediate response by Kyiv and its allies.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that he was submitting his country’s formal application to join NATO, the Western military alliance Putin has framed his war as a struggle against. The United States announced what it called "swift and severe costs" for Putin's move in the form of a new round of sanctions against Russian government officials, bankers and military suppliers.

"The United States condemns Russia’s fraudulent attempt today to annex sovereign Ukrainian territory," President Joe Biden said in a statement. "Russia is violating international law, trampling on the United Nations Charter, and showing its contempt for peaceful nations everywhere."

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/putin-annex-ukraines-donetsk-luhansk-kherson-zaporizhzhia-rcna50133


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