Putin signs treaties to annex parts of Ukraine (Video)

(30 Sep 2022) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ++PLEASE NOTE: AP IS OPERATING IN RUSSIA ACCORDING TO RUSSIAN RESTRICTIONS ON ALL REPORTING RELATED TO THE ONGOING MILITARY OPERATION IN UKRAINE++ RUSSIAN POOL Moscow 30 September 2022 1. Wide of audience listening to Russian President Vladimir Putin HEADLINE TEXT: Putin signs treaties to annex parts of Ukraine 2. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Vladimir Putin, Russian president: "They've made a choice to be with their people, be with the homeland, to live its fate, to win with it. The truth is with us. Russia is with us." 3. Various of people standing and applauding ANNOTATION: In a ceremony in the Kremlin's opulent St. George's Hall, Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed treaties to annex parts of Ukraine into Russia. ANNOTATION: Putin's move defies Western powers and marks a sharp escalation of the seven-month conflict with neighboring Ukraine. 4. Wide of the Russian-installed leaders of four occupied Ukrainian regions coming to sign treaties ANNOTATION: The signing ceremony comes three days after the completion of Kremlin-orchestrated "referendums" on joining Russia. 5. Wide of the Russian-installed leaders of four occupied Ukrainian regions sitting at table to sign treaties ANNOTATION: The "referendums" were dismissed by Kyiv and the West as a "sham" intended to justify Russia's efforts to seize Ukrainian territory. 6. Various of Putin signing treaties on annexation of Donetsk region ANNOTATION: Putin signed the accession treaties with Russian-installed leaders of four occupied Ukrainian regions. 7. Wide of the Russian-installed leaders of four occupied Ukrainian regions sitting at table ANNOTATION: The separatist Donetsk and Luhansk regions in eastern Ukraine have been backed by Moscow since declaring independence in 2014, weeks after" 8. Wide of Putin signing treaty 9. Wide of the Russian-installed leaders of four occupied Ukrainian regions sitting at table and applauding ANNOTATION: " the annexation of Ukraine's strategic Crimean Peninsula." 10. Wide of Putin and the Russian-installed leaders of four occupied Ukrainian regions standing and listening to Russian national anthem ANNOTATION: The southern Kherson region and part of neighboring Zaporizhzhia have been under Russian control since the latest conflict began in February. 11. Zoom in of Putin listening to Russian national anthem 12. Wide of audience standing and listening to national anthem 13. Wide of the separatist head of Zaporizhzhia region, Yevhen Balytskyi, listening to Russian national anthem 14. Wide of Putin and the Russian-installed leaders of four occupied Ukrainian regions standing and listening to Russian national anthem 15. Pull out of audience applauding and politicians standing 16. Various of Putin and the Russian-installed leaders of four occupied Ukrainian regions huddling and saying UPSOUND (Russian): "Russia." STORYLINE: Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed treaties to annex parts of Ukraine into Russia, defying Western powers. In a ceremony in the Kremlin's opulent white-and-gold St. George's Hall, Putin and the Russian-installed leaders in the four regions of Ukraine put their names on treaties for them to join Russia, in a sharp escalation of the seven-month conflict. The signing ceremony comes three days after the completion of Kremlin-orchestrated "referendums" on joining Russia that were dismissed by Kyiv and the West as a "sham." The separatist Donetsk and Luhansk regions in eastern Ukraine have been backed by Moscow since declaring independence in 2014, weeks after the annexation of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula. Subscribe for more Breaking News: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Website: https://apnews.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP Facebook: https://facebook.com/APNews Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/9ff450bea9114504b23f48881d9b2033