On October 7, 53 orphans from the Donetsk People’s Republic arrived in the Moscow Region on a Russian Aerospace Forces plane with the assistance of Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights Maria Lvova-Belova.

On October 4, the head of state signed the Federal Constitutional Law On the Accession of the Donetsk People’s Republic to the Russian Federation and the Establishment of a New Constituent Entity of the Russian Federation, the Donetsk People’s Republic.

On October 4, the President signed the Federal Law On the Ratification of the Treaty between the Russian Federation and the Donetsk People’s Republic on the Accession of the Donetsk People’s Republic to the Russian Federation and the Establishment of a New Constituent Entity of the Russian Federation.

On October 4, the President signed Executive Order on Acting Head of the Donetsk People’s Republic.

Vladimir Putin took part in the People's Choice: Together Foreverconcertrally in support of the accession of the DPR, LPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions to Russia.

A ceremony for signing the treaties on the accession of the Donetsk People's Republic, the Lugansk People's Republic, the Zaporozhye Region and the Kherson Region to the Russian Federation took place in of the Grand Kremlin Palace’s St George Hall.