Russian President Vladimir Putin signed off on the annexation of four partially occupied Ukrainian regions Friday in a major escalation of Moscow’s seven-month war with its pro-Western neighbor. Grigory Sysoyev / POOL / TASS Putin confirmed the annexation of the eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions as well as the southern Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions in … Continue reading Declares Russia’s Annexation of Occupied Ukraine, Lashes Out at West