We are talking about the so-called Russian-occupied regions of Ukraine and the breakaway territories of Georgia.
From September 23 to 27, referendums were held in the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, as well as in the liberated territories of the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions on the issue of joining Russia.
On October 5, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed federal laws on the admission of the DPR, LPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions into Russia.