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Putin announces annexation of four occupied regions
Summary
A retrospective on 30 September 2022, when Russia's president declared the annexation of territory occupied during the conflict, a day after his remarks on the Nord Stream leaks.
What did Vladimir Putin announce on 30 September 2022? In a speech, the President of Russia declared that Russia had annexed four regions occupied during the conflict.
The announcement came a day after Putin spoke about the Nord Stream gas leaks. On 29 September 2022, he called them an "unprecedented act of international terrorism", a description he used himself.
Taken together, the two statements show the Russian president addressing two separate subjects in as many days: the fate of occupied territory in Ukraine, and the damage to the Nord Stream pipelines. The announcement on 30 September 2022 was a unilateral declaration by Russia about regions its forces had occupied during the conflict.
The annexation claim was the more far-reaching of the two statements. It concerned four regions at once, and it was made by the Russian president in person.
