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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky warns European leaders that Russia's Vladimir Putin would exploit any failure to agree to launch his country's EU membership talks. "People in Europe won't see any benefit if Moscow receives a pass from Brussels in the form of negativity towards Ukraine. Putin will surely use this against you personally and against all of Europe," Zelensky tells an EU summit by videolink. SOUNDBITE ++ TEXT 347R2JH
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko hold bilateral talks in Minsk in a room full of delegates, which included the defence ministers of both nations. IMAGES
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Russian President Vladimir Putin holds talks with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the Kremlin palace in Moscow. Antonio Guterres called earlier during his visit for Moscow and Kyiv to work together to set up aid and evacuation corridors in war-torn Ukraine. IMAGES
The UN General Assembly votes in favour of suspending Russia from the UN Human Rights Council as punishment for the invasion of Ukraine. Of the 193 members of the assembly, 93 vote in favor of suspension while 24 vote against and 58 abstain, suggesting weakening international unity against Russia. IMAGES
An overwhelming vote at the UN Human Rights Council to investigate abuses following Russia's invasion of Ukraine should show President Vladimir Putin "the whole world is against you", Kyiv's ambassador says. "The message to Putin has been clear: You're isolated on a global level and the whole world is against you," Ukrainian ambassador Yevheniia Filipenko tells reporters after the vote. SOUNDBITE
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