JUST IN: President of the EU Commission: 'The recognition of the two separatist territories in Ukraine is a blatant violation of international law...The EU and its partners will react with unity, firmness and with determination in solidarity with Ukraine.'
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Putin also made a menacing warning to Ukraine’s government, telling it to “immediately cease all military action” near the separatist regions or else they will face “full responsibility” for further consequences and bloodshed.Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the Security Council in Moscow, Feb. 21, 2022.
Ursula von der Leyen, President of the EU Commission, also condemned Putin's decision, on Twitter calling it"a blatant violation of international law, the territorial integrity of Ukraine and the #Minsk agreements." She said"the EU and its partners will react with unity, firmness and with determination in solidarity with Ukraine."
This comes amid a barrage of false reports from Russia and the separatists of supposed Ukrainian attacks. In the last few days, Russia has also made dubious claims of shells falling on Russian territory as Russia builds a pretext for a possible attack on Ukraine, under the guise of coming to the aid of the separatists.A map shows the possible paths that Russia might take during an invasion into Ukraine and where Russian troops are stationed, Feb. 21, 2022.
The Kremlin said Russian President Vladimir Putin will make a national TV address shortly. This comes after Putin said he would decide today whether to recognize Russia-backed separatist regions in eastern Ukraine.Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the Security Council in Moscow, Feb. 21, 2022.
This came after Putin called an unplanned meeting of his national security council and, in an unusual move, broadcast the meeting live on state TV. The security council unanimously advised Putin he should recognize the self-proclaimed People’s Republics of Donetsk and Lugansk, the two unrecognized state-lets in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region. That would open a path to Russia annexing them, as it did Crimea in 2014.
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