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Images show people cheering the fighters of the mercenary group Wagner as they withdraw from the south-western Russian city of Rostov-on-Don where they occupied a key military base. The pull out takes place after Yevgeny Prigozhin, the boss of the Wagner group, called off his troops' advance toward Moscow, pulling Russia back from its most serious security crisis in decades. IMAGES
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken vows that the West will never recognize Russia's annexation of Ukrainian territory after Kremlin-installed authorities started claiming victory in regions under Moscow's control. SOUNDBITE
Vladimir Saldo, Governor of the Kherson region for the Moscow-installed administration in Ukraine, casts a vote at a polling station as Moscow-held regions of Ukraine vote in annexation referendums that Kyiv and its allies say are illegal and illegitimate. IMAGES
Images of Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and social democrats cheering following the result of the Danish referendum concluding to a clear yes for the country to join the EU common defence policy. An overwhelming majority of Danes, almost 67 percent, voted in favour of joining the policy 30 years after opting out, results showed with 97 percent of ballots counted. IMAGES
The UN General Assembly overwhelmingly adopts a resolution that "demands" Russia "immediately" withdraw from Ukraine, in a powerful rebuke of Moscow's invasion by the global body charged with peace and security. After more than two days of extraordinary debate, 141 out of 193 member states vote for the non-binding resolution. China is among the 35 countries that abstained, while just five voted against it. IMAGES