The European Union announced on Thursday that it would not recognise Russian passports obtained in Ukrainian regions that Moscow has annexed. Russian travel credentials issued to residents of certain territories cannot be used to get visas or enter the Schengen area as a result of the decision, which also applies to two Georgian regions under the jurisdiction of the Russian Federation.

EU won't recognise Russian passports from occupied regions in Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday (November 4) said that all the civilians should be taken out of Moscow-occupied Kherson region in southern Ukraine, stating that the civilian population "should not suffer" from the shelling.

Russia-Ukraine war: Putin says civilians 'should be removed' from Moscow-occupied Kherson

China and India abstained and Russia vetoed a Western request in the UN Security Council on Friday (September 30) to criticise its annexations of Ukrainian regions.

Russia vetoes UN bid to condemn annexations of Ukrainian territory, India and China abstain

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday annexed four Ukrainian territories controlled by his army at a grand ceremony in the Kremlin. It came hours after 25 people were killed in Ukraine's southern region of Zaporizhzhia in an attack.

Putin annexes four occupied regions; Ukraine accelerates its NATO membership bid