https://t.co/HZDBXjBu3v As #RussiaInvadedUkraine,threatening others,some in #UK want 'Cold War relic' #NATO disbanded pic.twitter.com/HjGfGN9b3w
— Ukrainian Updates (@Ukroblogger) August 31, 2014
Russian President Vladimir Putin called for talks of statehood for eastern Ukraine.
The BBC reported:
President Putin has called for talks to discuss “statehood” for eastern Ukraine, Russian media report.
He said the issue needed to be discussed to ensure the interests of local people “are definitely upheld”.
His comments came after the EU gave Russia a one-week ultimatum to reverse course in Ukraine or face sanctions.
Russia denies Western accusations that its forces illegally crossed into eastern Ukraine to support separatists there.
“Russia cannot stand aside when people are being shot at almost at point blank,” he added, describing the rebels’ actions as “the natural reaction of people who are defending their rights”.
He dismissed the EU’s threat of further sanctions, accusing the EU of “backing a coup d’etat” in Ukraine.
The West, Mr Putin said, should have foreseen Russia’s reaction to the situation, adding it was impossible to predict how the crisis would end.
Polish President Bronis law Komorowski warned Germany today that Vladimir Putin is trying to build a new Russian empire for Moscow.
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