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Post by Admin on Jan 31, 2022 1:14:00 GMT
UK tightens sanctions on Russia over Ukraine invasion fears - BBC News
71,900 views • Jan 31, 2022 • The UK has said it will “widen” its sanctions on the Kremlin to include “companies involved in propping up the Russian state,” as NATO allies intensity efforts to deter a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The United States has warned President Putin of “devastating” new sanctions if an attack takes place.
Moscow has deployed around 100,000 troops around Ukraine and is calling on NATO to rule out the country ever joining the western military alliance.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Orla Guerin in eastern Ukraine and Lyse Doucet in Kyiv.
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Post by Admin on Jan 31, 2022 19:36:53 GMT
Russia, US, Ukraine to square off at UN Security Council 20,952 views • Jan 31, 2022 • The U.N. Security Council is scheduled to meet Monday for the first time on Russia’s troop buildup and threatening actions against Ukraine at the request of the United States, and all key players are expected to square off in public over the possibility of a Russian invasion and its global impact.
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Post by Admin on Feb 1, 2022 3:38:53 GMT
Ukraine’s ambassador to the United Nations said on Monday that Kyiv still hopes for a diplomatic resolution with Russia even as Moscow sends more troops and weapons to its border. “If Russia has any questions to Ukraine, it is better to meet and talk, not to bring troops to the Ukrainian borders and intimidate Ukrainian people,” said Ukrainian Ambassador Sergiy Kyslytsya at a United Nations Security Council meeting. Russia brings plasma to border — Seen as a sign of impending invasion The Ukrainian diplomat is not a member of the council but was invited to participate as the crisis escalates at his country’s border. He pushed back on Russian claims that Kyiv was prepared to mount an attack. “Ukraine is not going to launch a military offensive, neither in Donbass, nor Crimea nor anywhere else,” Kyslytsya said. “The Kremlin must remember that Ukraine is ready to defend itself. At the same time we support the need to keep diplomatic channels with Russia open,” he added. His remarks come as an estimated 100,000 troops equipped with advanced weaponry line Ukraine’s eastern border with Russia and northern border with Belarus, a Moscow ally. “It is in the interest of everyone to prevent the war or rather to prevent the renewal of an active phase of the military ongoing aggression,” Kyslytsya told reporters at the United Nations following the two-hour meeting.
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Post by Admin on Feb 1, 2022 18:25:31 GMT
US and Russia clash over Ukraine at UN Security Council - BBC News
163,488 views • Feb 1, 2022 • There have been angry clashes between Russian and US envoys at the UN Security Council, after the US called a meeting to discuss Moscow's troop build-up on its borders with Ukraine.
US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said the mobilisation was the biggest Europe had seen in decades. Her Russian counterpart accused the US of ‘unacceptable interference in Russia's affairs.’
The US and UK have promised further sanctions if Russia invades Ukraine.
But there is some hope of avoiding conflict as the US reports that they have received a letter from Russia addressing their deescalation proposals.
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Post by Admin on Feb 1, 2022 19:05:46 GMT
Live: State Dept officials hold press briefing 41 waiting • Scheduled for Feb 2, 2022 • State Department spokesman Ned Price holds a press briefing as tensions rise between Russia and Ukraine. #FoxNews
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that the U.S. and its allies have ignored Russia’s top security demands but added that Moscow remains open to more talks with the West on easing soaring tensions over Ukraine.
Putin argued that it’s possible to negotiate an end to the standoff if interests of all parties, including Russia’s security concerns, are taken into account.
“I hope that we will eventually find a solution, although we realize that it’s not going to be easy,” Putin said.
He deplored the Western refusal to consider the Kremlin’s demands for guarantees that NATO won’t expand to Ukraine, won’t deploy weapons near the Russian border and will roll back its forces from Eastern Europe.
The demands, rejected by NATO and the U.S. as nonstarters, come amid fears that Russia might invade Ukraine, fueled by the buildup of an estimated 100,000 Russian troops near Ukraine’s borders. Russia has denied having an intention to attack its neighbor, but talks between Russia and the West have so far failed to yield any progress.
The Russian leader charged that the Western allies’ refusal to heed Russia’s demands violates their obligations on integrity of security for all nations and insisted that a solution could be found through more talks.
He warned that Ukraine’s accession to NATO could lead to a situation where Ukrainian authorities launch a military action to reclaim control over Crimea or areas controlled by Russia-backed separatists in the country’s east.
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