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Israeli foreign ministry: "Israel" backs the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Ukrainian territories and will not recognize Russia's "annexation" of the four regions.

Putin: We call on the Kiev regime to cease fire and cease the war and return to the negotiation table as we are ready for that.

Putin: The people of LPR, DPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye are citizens of Russia today and forever will be.

Putin: The people of these 4 regions have been subject to threat and shelling at the hands of Kiev for years.

Putin: Russia does not aim on recalling the past that witnessed the fall of the Soviet Union.

Putin on new regions joining Russia: their right to self-determination fixed in UN Charter.

Iranian Foreign Ministry: Tehran reserves the right to defend Iran's national security against hostile acts, regardless of their source, and in accordance with international laws.

Tehran in response to Western condemnations of targeting headquarters of terrorist groups in northern Iraq: We have repeatedly asked Baghdad and Erbil to prevent the activities of such groups.

Eurozone annual inflation accelerated to record 10% in September from 9.1% last month: Eurostat preliminary estimate

Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov: Moscow will consider any shelling of new regions after their accession to Russia an act of aggression against it.

Eurostat: Eurozone annual inflation increased to 10% in September, compared to 9.1% last month

Shots heard near Burkina Faso's presidency: witnesses

Russia: The euro collapsed in the trading of the Moscow Stock Exchange against the ruble with its value falling to 52.5 rubles.

Russia already has materials that point to the role of the west in organizing and carrying out explosions on Nord Stream pipelines: Foreign Intel service chief

Twenty-three people killed, 34 injured as a result of Ukrainian strike on a convoy of cars on way to Zaporozhye Region: Local official

European Union lost its autonomy and suffers enormous losses from what the United States dragged it into: Russian FM Sergey Lavrov

Russian Security Council secretary on explosions at Nord Stream: The United States is the main beneficiary, primarily economic.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signs a decree recognizing Zaporozhye and Kherson as independent territories.

IRGC ground forces: The targeting of terrorist groups came after the region of northern Iraq did not heed the warnings to put an end to their activities and shut down their headquarters.

A new statement by the IRGC ground forces said the targeting of terrorist separatist groups came after these groups intervened in the recent riots in Iran.