
26 Feb
2022
26 Feb
'22
12:45 p.m.
These are beneath the dignity of Borat - even though he remains friends with the head of the Lugash Secret Police. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/live-blog/russia-ukraine-live-updates-n12... Kazakhstan, one of Russia's closest allies and a southern neighbor, is denying a request for its troops to join the offensive in Ukraine, officials said Friday. Additionally, the former Soviet republic said it is not recognizing the Russia-created breakaway republics upheld by Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, as a pretext for its aggression in Ukraine.