Russia-Ukraine conflict: Moscow’s actions will have dire consequences, warns US
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Speaking at the UN Security Council emergency meeting, the US said Russia’s peacekeeping operation in eastern Ukraine is "nonsense" and Moscow's recognition of the breakaway regions as independent is part of its pretext for war.
United Nations: The United States on Tuesday warned that Russia’s actions will have dire consequences across the globe, hours after Moscow recognized the breakaway regions of Ukraine and ordered its troops for what it called “peacekeeping.”
Speaking at the UN Security Council emergency meeting, the US said Russia’s peacekeeping operation in eastern Ukraine is "nonsense" and Moscow's recognition of the breakaway regions as independent is part of its pretext for war.
“The consequences of Russia's actions "will be dire - across Ukraine, across Europe, and across the globe," US Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, said during the emergency meeting of the 15-member council.
Tensions between Moscow and Western capitals are high following weeks of United States accusations that Russia has deployed up to 150,000 troops near Ukraine's borders for an invasion. Russia has denied it wants to invade Ukraine and accuses the West of hysteria.
"President Putin has torn the Minsk Agreement to shreds. We have been clear that we do not believe he will stop at that," said Thomas-Greenfield, referring to the agreements of 2014 and 2015 that aimed to end conflict between the Ukrainian army and Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine.
