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Western powers through their support to Ukraine have effectively entered direct war against Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says. SOUNDBITE
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell warns Moscow that its forces would be "annihilated" by the West's military response if President Vladimir Putin uses nuclear weapons against Ukraine. SOUNDBITE
Russian President Vladimir Putin hosts an annexation treaty signing ceremony in the grand St George’s Hall at the Kremlin. In the presence of Russian deputies and senators, he addresses the Moscow-held regions of Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia following the annexation referendum. IMAGES
People In Russia's former imperial capital, Saint Petersburg, gather in the streets to protest against president Vladimir Putin's decree on a partial military mobilisation in the country, with Russian police arresting a few of the demonstrators. Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said that Russia would initially mobilise some 300,000 reservists, after Putin warned in a televised address Russia would use all available military means in Ukraine. IMAGES
Marina Ovsyannikova, a journalist who became known after protesting against the Russian military action in Ukraine during a prime-time news broadcast on state television, waits for a Moscow court session inside a defendants' cage over charges of "discrediting" the Russian army fighting in Ukraine. As she waits, Ovsyannikova holds up a paper that reads 'May the dead children haunt you in your dreams'. She is facing up to 10 years in prison, if convicted. IMAGES
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
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