The European Union and the United States will not recognize any "referendums" organized by the Russian aggressors in the occupied territories of Ukraine, including in Kherson.
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine says the 5-7-9% loan program for entrepreneurs will be extended. During the wartime period, the rate will stand at 0%.
At the moment, Russia and its leader, Vladimir Putin, show no signs of participating in responsible talks and ending Russia's bloody aggression against Ukraine.
Many wounded Russian servicemen are being treated in hospitals in Belarus’s Gomel region, while the bodies of those killed in action are being shipped to Russia by rail and air.
By committing unprovoked aggression against Ukraine, Russia has committed a serious violation of international humanitarian law and a war crime for which the country's authorities and military leadership will be held accountable.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that although the investigation is not finished, he agrees with President Joe Biden that Putin is a war criminal and that Russian military attacks on civilians in Ukraine are a war crime.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron have discussed support for Ukraine in its fight against Russian aggression, particularly in the defense area.
Italian Culture Minister Dario Franceschini has said that Italy is ready to rebuild the Drama Theater in Mariupol, which Russian invaders destroyed on March 16.
NATO understands the frustration and desperation of the political leadership and people of Ukraine over the barbaric actions of the Russian army against the civilian population and is responding to this situation by increasing military aid to Ukraine.
Russian aggressors fired at residential houses in the village of Lychanka, the Bucha district of Kyiv region, from Grad multiple launch rocket systems, killing one person.
Ignoring the decision of the UN’s International Court of Justice (ICJ), which ordered Russia to immediately halt its invasion of Ukraine, Russia must give up all the rights granted under the UN Charter, primarily its right of veto in the UN Security Council.