World leaders meeting at the United Nations in New York denounced Russia‘s invasion of Ukraine, as Moscow-installed leaders in occupied areas of four Ukrainian regions announced plans to hold referendums on joining Russia in coming days. READ:
is a conduct that tramples the philosophy and principles of the U.N. charter … It should never be tolerated,” Mr. Kishida said.s for occupied regions as an ultimatum to the West to acceptRussia
n territory is a crime which allows you to use all the forces of self–defense,” Dmitry Medvedev, a formern president and now hawkish deputy chairman of Putin’s Security Council, said on social media.could give Moscow a justification to mobilize its 2 million-strong military reserves. Moscow has so far resisted such a move despite mounting losses.
U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said Washington was aware of reports Putin might be considering ordering a mobilization. That would do nothing to underminen aggression, Mr. Sullivan said, adding that Washington rejected any suchalready considers Luhansk and Donetsk, which together make up the Donbas region Moscow partially occupied in 2014, to be independent states.