• After a long televised address, Vladimir Putin recognized on Monday evening, by signing two decrees, the independence of the pro-Russian separatist territories in eastern Ukraine, bringing the crisis with Ukraine into a new dimension. This Tuesday, the Russian Parliament must ratify the decision of the head of the Kremlin.
• The Russian President then ordered his army to enter these territories to assume “peacekeeping functions».
• European countries, the UN, and the United States quickly condemned what they consider a violation of international law. For UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, this decision is “incompatible with the Charter of the United Nations“. For the head of American diplomacy Antony Blinken, it contradicts “Russia’s commitment to diplomacy».
• All day Tuesday they will be preparing sanctions once morest Russia. The United States has already prohibited any new investment, exchange or financing by American persons to, from or within the pro-Russian regions of Donetsk and Lugansk. They will take new measures during the day. This followingnoon, the Heads of State of the European Union will also meet, following the Ministerial Forum on the Indo-Pacific, to decide on sanctions. Just like the United Kingdom, which promises to hit Russia “very strong».
