Danish Foreign Ministry summons Russian ambassador

Russian Ambassador to Denmark Vladimir Barbin has been summoned to the Danish Foreign Ministry in connection with the annexation of the "Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics", Zaporizhzhya, and Kherson regions of Ukraine by Russia.

The head of the foreign policy department of the foreign ministry should receive the ambassador, TASS reports referring to the Danish foreign ministry.

Referendums in eastern Ukraine “have no legitimacy, are contrary to international law and all values that the country stands for”, the ministry quotes Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod as saying.

Denmark "will never agree with Russia’s attempt to change Ukraine’s land borders through military force".