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World leaders during a meeting of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in Warshaw, Poland in 2016. - 123RF Photo

Russia has sent a notice of withdrawal from the Council of Europe (CoE) to the organisation's Secretary-General Marija Pejcinovic Buric. The CoE is an organisation whose aim is to uphold human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Europe. - 123RF Photo

Ukrainian service members look for and collect unexploded shells after a fight with a Russian raiding group in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv in the morning of February 26, 2022, according to Ukrainian service personnel at the scene. - AFP Photo

A picture shows the ruin of a deserted home, damaged by Russian shelling, near the frontline village of Horenka, north of Kyiv, on March 10, 2022. - AFP

Facebook and other US tech giants have moved to penalise Russia for the attack on Ukraine, and Moscow has also moved to block access to the leading social media network as well as Twitter. - AFP

US House of Representatives - AFP pic

People rally against Russia's aggression on Ukraine, in Tokyo, Japan, March 5, 2022. About 3,000 people, including Ukrainian residents in Japan, attended the rally, an organizer's spokesperson said. (Source: EPA/KIMIMASA MAYAMA)

A man walks in front of a residential building damaged in a shelling in the city of Chernihiv on March 4, 2022. - AFP

Swedish furniture giant Ikea said Thursday it would suspend its activities in Russia and Belarus, affecting nearly 15,000 employees, 17 stores and three production sites, in response to the war in Ukraine. - AFP

Apple, ExxonMobil and Boeing announced Tuesday in rapid succession steps to withdraw or freeze business in Russia as more US corporate giants take action after the Ukraine invasion. -AFP