Sanctions, censure and condemnation: Ukraine and its Western allies reacted decisively to Vladimir Putin’s move to illegally annex four occupied regions of eastern Ukraine on Friday, amid a chorus of criticism from around the world. Russia’s Baltic neighbour Estonia said it “will never recognise” the results of the referendums, adding that “irresponsible threats against the West will not deter Western countries from supporting Ukraine until Russia has lost the war.” Another neighbour, Finland, which has the EU’s longest border with Russia also strongly condemned Putin’s annexation of Ukrainian…
