- The upper house of the Russian Parliament on Tuesday ratified Moscow’s illegal annexation of the Ukrainian regions of Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson.
- President Vladimir Putin, who turns 70 later this week, signed the treaties of accession on Friday with the Russian lower house approving it on Monday.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed a decree to formally deem the notion of any talks with his opposite number Vladimir Putin “impossible.”
Ukraine updates: Russian Parliament ratifies illegal annexation of Ukrainian regions 04.10.2022
