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epa10216352 TV screens show live broadcast of Russian President Vladimir Putin delivering his speech to people after a ceremony to sign treaties on new territories' accession to Russia in downtown of Moscow, Russia, 30 September 2022. President Putin has declared there are four new regions of Russia, as he signed the formal annexation of the Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine. From 23 to 27 September, residents of the self-proclaimed Luhansk and Donetsk People's Republics as well as the Russian-controlled areas of the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions of Ukraine voted in a so-called 'referendum' to join the Russian Federation. EPA/YURI KOCHETKOV