epa10216092 NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a press conference on Russia's annexation of four areas of Ukraine at the alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, 30 September 2022. President Putin has declared there are four new regions of Russia and signed on 30 September the formal annexation of the Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine.  EPA/OLIVIER HOSLET