Russia may annex occupied territories on September 30

Russian propaganda agencies TASS and RIA Novosti wrote that draft laws on accession of the occupied territories to the russian federation may be submitted to the state duma on the evening of September 28, and would be considered at an ancillary meeting on September 29.

According to Ukrainska Pravda, “earlier, the Russian media outlet Verstka reported that Putin will address the Federal Assembly on 30 September by analogy with 2014, when Russia illegally annexed Crimea.”