Germany's capital lit up the Brandenburg Gate, Berlin's most famous landmark, in blue and yellow as a sign of unity with Kiev as the crisis with Russia deepens.

In Paris, the authorities lit up the city hall, the mayor's residence and the local administration in the same colors to show their support..

Berlin, which represented the front lines during the Cold War until the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, is sending a clear message for a free and sovereign Ukraine, its government has said..

“We show our solidarity with the people of Ukraine, the many Berliners with Ukrainian roots, as well as the many Russians who want peace in Russia and Ukraine,” Berlin Mayor Franziska Giffey said..

“All they want is an end to the escalation and a peaceful resolution to this threatening conflict,” she added..

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, also a candidate in the upcoming French presidential election, said earlier Wednesday that "

Paris City Hall @Paris Today? in solidarity with Ukraine and the Ukrainian people!

Aujourd'hui le magnifique Hotel de ville est illumine? aux couleurs de l'Ukraine. Merci a Madame la Maire @Anne_Hidalgo et a tous les parisiens et parisiennes pour leur soutien? pic. twitter. com/NeE2rEQzMI.

— Vadym Omelchenko (@OmelchenkoVadym) February 23, 2022.

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Earlier, Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba, speaking at the UN General Assembly, announced the last chance for the EU and NATO countries to stop Putin's aggression, which threatens all countries with a crisis.