Russia Ukraine war, page-210458

hina, Saudi Arabia and India all congratulated Mr Putin:

• In a message to the Russian president, Chinese President Xi Jinping said that under his leadership Russia would "certainly be able to achieve greater achievements in national development and construction"

• Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he looked forward to strengthening Delhi's "time-tested special and privileged strategic partnership" with Moscow

• Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman praised the Russian president's "decisive" victory.

The Black Sea peninsula of Crimea was annexed by Moscow in 2014 - eight years before Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine and the seizure of its Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions.

very good for Putin.