- Kremlin says annexation and retreat are not a contradiction amid Ukrainian successesReuters
- Ukraine is hitting Russia hard in the regions Moscow is trying to seizeCNN
- Putin signs laws annexing 4 Ukrainian regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and ZaporizhzhiaFox News
- Putin signs laws annexing 4 Ukrainian regionsThe Associated Press – en Español
- Russia’s Putin signs laws annexing occupied Ukrainian regionsAl Jazeera English