What is Russian annexation of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts?
{{Infobox event |title = Annexation of Southern and Eastern Ukraine by the Russian Federation |partof = the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]] and [[Russo-Ukrainian War]] |date = 30 September 2022 |location = [[Southern Ukraine|Southern]] and [[Eastern Ukraine]] |result = * ''[[De jure]]'' [[annexation]] of [[Donetsk Oblast|Donetsk]], [[Kherson Oblast|Kherson]], [[Luhansk Oblast|Luhansk]] and [[Zaporizhzhia Oblast|Zaporizhzhia]] [[Oblasts of Ukraine|oblasts]] by the [[Russian Federation]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/30/putin-russia-war-annexes-ukraine-regions|date=30 September 2022|work=The Guardian|access-date=1 October 2022|title=Putin annexes four regions of Ukraine in major escalation of Russia's war|author1=Pjotr Sauer|author2=Luke Harding|archive-date=1 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001000622/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/30/putin-russia-war-annexes-ukraine-regions|url-status=live}}</ref> illegal under [[international law]] and [[Wikt:condemn|condemned]] by the [[United Nations]] * [[Ukraine]] formally applies for [[NATO]] membership<ref>{{Cite web|author1=Luke Harding|author2=Isobel Koshiw|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/30/ukraine-applies-for-nato-membership-after-russia-annexes-territory|title=Ukraine applies for Nato membership after Russia annexes territory|date=30 September 2022|work=The Guardian|access-date=1 October 2022|archive-date=1 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001000623/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/30/ukraine-applies-for-nato-membership-after-russia-annexes-territory|url-status=live}}</ref> | organisers= {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Russian Federation]] | image = Map of Ukraine, including disputed regions.svg | caption = Areas annexed, but not fully controlled by Russia in striped yellow-red }} {{Campaignbox 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine}}On 30 September 2022, [[Vladimir Putin]] said that four [[Ukrainian oblasts]] [[Annexation|would now be pa