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Feb 22 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Big, big moment in European and international politics.
Scholz says that this is in response to a “blatant breach of international law” and that “we need to reassess the situation... There will be a new course for this project.”
There are inevitably divisions but generally Western response has been in concert. Indeed most united the West has looked about anything for a long time.
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Feb 22
President Biden: "Who in the Lord's name does Putin think gives him the right to declare new so-called territories that belong to his neighbours? This is a flagrant breach of international law."
Biden: "We're implementing sanctions on their sovereign debt. We've cut off Russia's government from Western financing. They can no longer raise money from the West and cannot trade its new debt on our markets."
Biden: "We still believe that Russia is poised to go much further in launching a massive military attack against Ukraine."
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Feb 22
Nation Sec General @jensstoltenberg: “This is a crisis created by Russia alone. We commend Ukraine for its restraint…we stand in solidarity with Ukraine’s people and its government…we will continue to provide Ukraine with strong political support.”
Stoltenberg: “I welcome the economic sanctions announced today by many NATO allies and the decision by the German government not to certify the Nordstream 2 pipeline.”
Stoltenberg: “This is the most dangerous moment for European security in a generation.”
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Feb 21
Boris Johnson on Putin's move: "This is plainly in breach of international law, it’s a flagrant violation of the sovereignty and integrity of Ukraine. It is a repudiation of the Minsk process and the Minsk Agreements. I think it’s a very ill omen and a very dark sign.”
EU Commission President responds to Putin's recognition
UK Foreign Sec @trussliz: “This step represents a further attack on Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, signals an end to the Minsk process and is a violation of the UN charter...We will not allow Russia’s violation of its international commitments to go unpunished.”
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Feb 21
Putin address to Russian public: "The situation in Donbas is becoming critical...Ukraine is not just a neighbouring country to us, it is an inherent part of our history...our family."
There follows a long 'history' lesson. Putin claims that modern Ukraine was entirely created by Bolshevik, communist Russia and the USSR.
I wonder if any of us will be much the wiser after this.
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Feb 21
Multiple reports saying that Putin has told Chancellor Scholz and President Macron that he intends to recognise the “breakaway” Moscow backed republics of Donetsk and Luhansk as independent states.
Minsk process would be dead. And Moscow would be saying that in its view yet another part of Ukraine would be/should be cut adrift from the whole.
In other words, following Ukraine in 2014, the slow dismemberment of one sovereign state by another, in modern Europe. The question then becomes what European leaders and the West choose to do about it, for fear of the example this is setting.
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Feb 21
Prof Sir John Bell on @BBCWorldatOne: “I think we’re in a position now where mandatory legally enforced quarantine for people who are positive is probably not necessary, given the disease we currently have is relatively benign.”
John Bell: “The only people are really suffering badly from this disease are the unvaccinated...I suspect we could keep going [with restrictions] if we wanted to, but it’s not at all clear to me that we’re going to have a serious problem in short/medium term.”
Bell: “At some point we have to decide we have to step back from this and just get on with life.”
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