A Foreign Ministry statement saying that Israel “recognizes the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine, and will not recognize the results of the referendums in its eastern districts,” is a welcome recognition of what should have been self-evident. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s attempt to tear away more of Ukraine’s sovereign territory in the Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson districts through military conquest and staged referendums (which took place this week) deserves condemnation.