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#Putin embarrassing himself on the global stage: UK

UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss says Vladimir Putin is “humiliating himself on the global stage” and calls for harsher sanctions against Moscow.

In a G7 meeting, she said the sanctions should not be relaxed until all Russian troops have left Ukraine.

#In his address last night, Ukrainian President Zelensky asserted that Russia had already suffered an “obvious” strategic defeat.

#The United Nations Human Rights Council ordered an investigation into alleged war crimes committed by Russian forces in Ukraine.

In response, Russia claimed to be demonized by the western world.

#Finnish leaders had announced plans to join the NATO defensive alliance “immediately”.

But Moscow issued a warning on the potential movement, saying it “certainly” views Finnish membership as a threat.