annexed

He also made no reference to Crimea, which was invaded and annexed by Russia in 2014.

It has been a tightly-controlled part of China since it was annexed in the 1950s, leading some online to ask how and why the project was approved in the first place.

The Russian defence ministry said it had shot down 20 Ukrainian drones overnight, including 18 over Crimea, which Moscow annexed from Ukraine in 2014.

Israel effectively annexed East Jerusalem in 1980, in a move not recognised by the vast majority of the international community.

Putin has not just laid claim to broad swathes of Ukraine, he has already annexed four regions as well as Crimea, even though many areas are out of his reach.