Putin vows to use ‘any means’ to defend annexed Ukraine regions

VLADIMIR Putin has vowed to use "any means" to defend the four Ukrainian regions annexed to Russia after the biggest land grab since World War Two.

The tyrant hosted a grand signing ceremony at the Kremlin today to welcome the stolen regions of Ukraine to Russia as his seven-month war enters a terrifying new phase.

Putin formally inked decrees declaring Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia to be Russian territory following a series of sham referendums.