Russia-Ukraine live news: Putin hails condemned annexation move

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech throughout a ceremony to declare the annexation of 4 Russian-controlled territories [Sputnik/Gavriil Grigorov/Kremlin via Reuters]

• “There are 4 new areas of Russia,” President Vladimir Putin says in a prolonged speech at a Kremlin ceremony, declaring the annexation of extra Ukrainian land.
• The European Union’s Ursula von der Leyen says Russia’s “unlawful” transfer “received’t change something”.