The US president leads condemnation of Vladimir Putin after he annexes four occupied regions of Ukraine.
Ukraine launched a new, fast-track bid to join Nato soon after Mr Putin's speech.
Mr Stoltenberg of Nato was reluctant to be drawn on the bid, saying the decision rested with the bloc's 30 members. "All territories illegally occupied by Russian invaders are Ukrainian land and will always be part of this sovereign nation." As Mr Putin spoke in Moscow, 750km to the south, his forces were being surrounded by Ukrainian troops in Lyman, a strategically important town in the eastern province of Donetsk - one of four regions annexed by Russia.
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