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"Our countrymen who wish to help Ukraine and volunteer to serve there to protect Ukraine's independence and our common security must be free to do so," said Juris Rancanis, head of the parliamentary defence, home affairs, and corruption prevention panel, which authored the legislation.

The Ukrainian military was reported by the news agency AFP as claiming that "Russian soldiers have halted the tempo of the advance." Ukraine's Interior Ministry previously stated that almost 352 Ukrainian people, including 14 children, were murdered during Russia's incursion.

According to The Times report, more than 400 Russian mercenaries are acting in Kyiv on orders from the Kremlin to murder President Zelenskyy and his cabinet and lay the groundwork for Moscow to seize control.

People have condemned Russia for invading Ukraine. Consequently, International Judo Federation has suspended Vladimir Putin as its honorary president.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed on Saturday that Ukraine's forces have halted the Kremlin's attempt to capture and depose him, and he encouraged Russians to put pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin to stop the invasion.

Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stated on Russian television that the decision by the US and European nations to censure President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was "a manifestation of the full impotency of the Western foreign policy."

"We've all arrived. Our military has arrived. Citizens of society have arrived. We're all here to protect our independence, our nation, and it won't change," standing outside the presidency building, Zelensky stated.

Russian President Vladimir Putin called on Ukraine's military to seize control, a day after Moscow started an invasion of its southern neighbour.

As the crisis has worsened, China has been forced to strike a balance between its close ties to Russia and major economic interests in Europe, and Moscow's approach contrasts sharply with China's long-stated foreign policy position of non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries.

The Russian warship is heard warning the soldiers on the Black Sea island in the conversation preceding the massacre: It can be heard saying: "I recommend that you lay down your arms and surrender. You'll be hit if you don't."