'What is the goal? Disintegration of Russia?': President of NATO and EU state Croatia slams the West's 'deeply immoral' backing of Kyiv and says Crimea will never be part of Ukraine again

Zoran Milanovic (main, top right with Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov) told reporters in the Croatian capital Zagreb that the military aid provided by Western nations to Kyiv is futile and will only extend the conflict. 'I am against sending any lethal arms there, it prolongs the war,' Milanovic said. 'What is the goal? Disintegration of Russia, change of the government? There is also talk of tearing Russia apart. This is mad,' he added. Milanovic also declared today that Crimea - the peninsula annexed from Ukraine by Russia in 2014 - would never be returned to Kyiv. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (inset) has vowed to restore Ukrainian rule over Crimea (US M1 Abrams tank bottom right)