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Feb 21 • 9 tweets • 5 min read
🚨Vladimir Putin has ordered Russian forces into Ukraine #RussiaUkraineCrisis

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The Russian president ordered the army across the border to "maintain peace", after he recognised the independence of the self-proclaimed republics of Donetsk and Luhansk in a televised address to the nation #RussiaUkraineCrisis Photo by Maxar Technologies
In an ominous speech that lasted almost an hour, Mr Putin accused the Ukrainian government of "genocide" and said it was sure to seek nuclear weapons with the assistance of the West

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Afterwards, he signed a decree that recognised the independence of the Russian-speaking separatist regions, which have been under effective control since Russia stoked a separatist war there in 2014

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In Mr Putin’s eyes, it could create a legal basis for the Russian army to move across the border into the Donbas region and engage in direct conflict with Ukrainian forces - dashing months of Western diplomatic efforts aimed at averting an invasion Image
🔴The announcement drew immediate condemnation from Western governments, which threatened to impose sanctions

🇬🇧Boris Johnson said “The UK will do everything we can to stand by the people of Ukraine, with a very robust package of sanctions”

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🇺🇦Ukraine immediately requested a meeting of the UN Security Council to address the threat of a Russian invasion, citing security assurances it received in return for giving up its Soviet-era nuclear stockpile Image
🇷🇺The move means Russia is abandoning the 2015 Minsk II peace agreements that would have re-integrated the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics back into Ukraine

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For the full story - read our article here, reporting from @RolandOliphant, @Nat_Vasilyeva and @Barnes_Joe telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202… Image

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🇷🇺Russian armed forces could seek to destroy Ukraine’s strongest military units on the pretext of defending Donetsk and Luhansk.

What happens now Vladimir Putin has sent troops into the Donbas?

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🔴Two things were clear by the end of Monday's session of the Russian security council:

Vladimir Putin would recognise the breakaway Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics as independent states, and he would send regular Russian troops to defend them Image
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🚨The Ukrainian military says two soldiers have been killed and 12 wounded in shelling by pro-Russian separatists in east Ukraine in the past 24 hours.

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🗣️The invasion of Ukraine "has begun", Sajid Javid has said this morning.

Russian tanks entered the eastern breakaway regions of Donetsk and Luhansk last night under Vladimir Putin's orders
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🚨BREAKING: Vladimir Putin has ordered Russian troops into two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine, raising fears of a full-on invasion

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Australian PM: "It's unacceptable, it's unprovoked, it's unwarranted ... some suggestion that they are peacekeeping is nonsense." #RussiaUkraineCrisis

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🇷🇺Vladimir Putin has paved the way for an invasion of Ukraine after he announced that Russia will recognise the breakaway regions of eastern Ukraine as independent.

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🔴Russian armed forces could seek to destroy Ukraine’s strongest military units on the pretext of defending the breakaway Donetsk and Luhansk, writes @RolandOliphant

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