The EU denounced the "illegal" annexation votes Russia held in occupied Ukrainian regions and proposed a new raft of sanctions over the development. Meanwhile, the US announced new aid for Kyiv. DW rounds up the latest.
Prime Minister Yair Lapid has been critical of Russia’s war on Ukraine since the invasion in late February, calling some of Moscow’s actions war crimes.
LONDON (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin is preparing to formally annex around 15% of Ukrainian territory after referendums on joining Russia in areas controlled by Russian forces or Russian-backed separatists.
External affairs minister S. Jaishankar told the UN Security Council Thursday that the future outlook looks disturbing at that bringing an end to the war is the "need of the hour".