Volodymyr Zelenskiy vows to defend Ukrainian citizens after Moscow-backed officials declare victory in regional ‘referendums’ on joining Russia
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said Ukraine will “defend” its citizens in Moscow-held regions that authorities have claimed voted in favour of merging with Russia
Poland’s foreign minister, Zbigniew Rau, has said Nato’s response to any use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine should be non-nuclear but “devastating” European leaders have said sabotage is the most likely cause of leaks in two Nord Stream gas pipelines’s military issued an image of gas bubbling at the surface of the Baltic after the “unprecedented” damage to the pipelines.threatened the “strongest possible response” to any deliberate disruption
The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, said the west would never recognise Russia’s annexation of Ukrainian territory