Russia notified the Council of Europe on Tuesday that it would leave the group after members indicated a move to expel it from the pan-European rights body.
The decision ends Russia's 26-year membership of the Council of Europe, making it no longer a signatory to the European Convention on Human Rights.
Nato earlier on Tuesday warned of the possibility of Russia conducting a "false flag" chemical weapons attack.
Meanwhile, the leaders of Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovenia travelled to Kyiv in support of Ukraine as the city came under shelling from Russian forces. They met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
A new wave of air strikes on residential areas in Kyiv killed at least two people, emergency services said, the morning after the US Pentagon claimed Russia's ground offensive had largely “stalled” outside the capital.
Comments