US President Joe Biden has imposed sanctions on Russia, calling Vladimir Putin's actions 'the beginning of a Russian invasion of Ukraine'. Follow our live coverage. Russia Ukraine
“This is the beginning of a Russian invasion of Ukraine”, the US President said, in describing the events of the last 24 hours.
Indeed, Putin was one of the few world leaders to visit China’s Xi Jinping for the Beijing Olympics, which many countries – including Australia – boycotted at a diplomatic level.Credit:Overnight, China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin fielded a bunch of questions on the topic and did not say that China recognised the independence of the two breakaway regions that Russia has recognised.
Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin welcomes Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba to the Pentagon in Washington on Tuesday.Austin told Kuleba: “Mr Putin can still avoid a full-blown, tragic war of choice” and promised, “we will continue to work closely with you.”AdvertisementRussia is withdrawing more diplomats from Kyiv, Ukraine, citing “threats”. It is also evacuating staff from its consulates in Lviv, Odesa and Kharkiv.
Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons in 1994 as part of the Budapest Memorandum, which committed Washington, Moscow and London to “respect the independence and sovereignty and existing borders of Ukraine” and to “refrain from the threat or use of force” against the country.Ukraine is now considering cutting all diplomatic ties with Moscow.
“This is very important for me. I know that the blood I spilled with my comrades and our labours and efforts and the losses of civilians were not in vain all this time,” said Dmitry, a former member of a pro-Russian separatist militia.Other residents of Donetsk were trying to go about their lives as normal on Tuesday.
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