voted unanimously to vote president putin in recognising the independence of the regions and ratifying a treaty that would, and russia's words, provide a legal basis for the presence of the russian army in those regions. this effectively authorises putin to use the russian military abroad. already, mr putin has ordered troops to be sent into those areas of eastern ukraine. that was triggered by him recognising those regions currently controlled by pro—russian separatists. the area highlighted in grey, these are areas already controlled by those rebels in the areas highlighted in yellow remain under the control of the ukrainian government. vladimir putin says he recognises the regional partners as outlined in their constitutions. that would appear to include ukrainian government territory. ukraine now says there is further evidence that russian troops are moving into the separatist held areas of eastern ukraine. here the latest pictures we have from a