Putin escalates tensions with war threats to the West; Ukraine slams 'sham' votes on joining Russia
At last week's Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, there were clear signs that China's Xi Jinping and India's Narendra Modi are growing wary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
"Do we watch helpless as some want to catapult us back into a world order where war is a common means of politics, independent nations must join their stronger neighbors or colonial masters, and prosperity and human rights are a privilege for the lucky few?" Scholz asked.Blinken calls Russian referenda attempts a 'sign of weakness' and a 'sign of Russian failure'
"That would then lead to them claiming the annexation of Ukrainian territory," he said, adding that if the referenda proceeds, the United States will never recognize the outcome. The meeting between Thomas-Greenfield and Kuleba, their second since Russia's war broke out in late February, comes as the Kremlin attempts to hold referendums in Russian-controlled Ukrainian cities. The move is expected to set the groundwork for Russian troops to annex additional parts of the country.
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