Western countries and their allies are issuing condemnations of Russia and urging other countries to follow suit.
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Meanwhile, military strategists are increasingly doubtful of Ukrainian success in the bloody fight for the eastern city of Bakhmut, which is now completely destroyed.Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during a meeting of the Federal Security Service collegium in Moscow on Feb. 28, 2023.
"If we allow with impunity Russia to do what it's doing in Ukraine, then that's a message to would-be aggressors everywhere that they may be able to get away with it too," Blinken said, speaking to a forum. Ryabkov warned that "the U.S. and NATO policy of fueling the conflict in Ukraine" and their "increasing involvement in the military confrontation is fraught with a direct military clash of nuclear powers with catastrophic consequences."
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