This is a very important move.
E.U. says Kremlin forces are in breakaway territories; Germany halts major gas pipeline
By Rachel Pannett and Ellen Francis
Today at 1:30 a.m. EST Updated today at 6:33 a.m. EST
The United States and its allies are gearing up to impose a fresh set of sanctions on Russia after Moscow formally recognized two breakaway enclaves in eastern Ukraine and sent forces it described as peacekeeping troops there Monday, in a move that the West fears could presage a wider invasion of Ukraine.
European leaders said Tuesday morning that Kremlin forces had arrived in the self-proclaimed republics. European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said that “Russian troops are on Ukrainian soil” but that it was not a “fully fledged invasion.” Meanwhile, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Tuesday that he would halt authorization of Nord Stream 2, the controversial gas pipeline between Germany and Russia, for the time being.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that “we will give up nothing to no one” and that Ukraine’s internationally recognized borders “will stay that way, despite any statements or actions taken by the Russian Federation.”
more:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/02/22/russia-ukraine-updates/
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