**Russian State Duma Passes Draft Laws to Annex Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, and Luhansk**.
**Moscow, Russia** – On Tuesday, September 27, 2022, the State Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament, unanimously passed four draft laws to annex the Ukrainian regions of Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, and Luhansk into the Russian Federation..
The draft laws were submitted by President Vladimir Putin on Friday, September 23, after Moscow-orchestrated .
