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German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock helps to raise the flag at the embassy in Kyiv, after Germany announced its reopening. "We will shortly reestablish a minimal presence of our German embassy in Kyiv," Baerbock said on a visit to the capital. IMAGES
Around 400 pro-Kremlin activists demonstrate in Moscow in front of the US embassy on the ninth anniversary of the annexation of Crimea. The youth movement "Molodaya gvardia" ("The Young Guard") is protesting against 20 countries considered "unfriendly" to Russia, including the United States, the United Kingdom and France. Russia's annexation of Crimea on 18 March 2014 brought a barrage of international sanctions, which have been severely tightened since the start of the Russian offensive in Ukraine. IMAGES
Images released by the Led By Donkeys political activist group show their members completely covering the road outside the Russian embassy in London with hundreds of litres of yellow and blue paint in an act of solidarity with Ukraine. The demonstration comes on the eve of the first anniversary of Russia's full-scale offensive in Ukraine. IMAGES
Images show the Czech embassy in Moscow, as 20 Czech diplomats prepare to leave Russia having been declared "persona non grata" in a tit-for-tat move after Prague's "unprecedented" decision to expel 18 Russian diplomats identified as secret agents. The Czech diplomats must leave the country by the end of Monday. IMAGES
Protests begin after the closure of polling stations in Belarus. Several hundred people are chanting "Go away!" and "Want a change!" outside the embassy of Belarus in Moscow. IMAGES