to impose further curbs. china has issued a complaint about the us tech entrepreneur, elon musk, over his activities in space. beijing says that there have been two near misses between its new orbiting space station, and satellites launched by mr musk s companies. the chinese have raised the issue with the un s space agency. here sjonathan mcdowell, an astrophysicist at the harvard smithsonian center for astrophysics. under the outer space treaty of 1967, anything that a private company does in space is sort of the responsibility of the un member state that licensed it to go up in the first place. there is a governmental role here. the question is, is the us correctly regulating what spacex is doing? i think there is. the problem here is that these satellites are being moved around actively, much more
around the world as an illegal violation of ukrainian sovereignty and territorial integrity. the united nations met in the early hours, and the anger was clear to see. russia s clear attack on ukraine s sovereignty and territorial integrity is unprovoked. it is an attack on ukraine s status as a un member state. this move by president putin is clearly the basis for russia s attempt to create a pretext for a further invasion of ukraine. will any sanctions - change putin s mind? this morning, ministers met in an emergency session to discuss the crisis and agreed an initial package of sanctions against russia. this, i should stress, is the first barrage of uk economic sanctions against russia, because we expect, i m afraid that there is more russian irrational behaviour to come. the european union is also planning sanctions.
signed a decree ordering russian forces to the region a region that the west says is part of ukraine, a region that the russian leader claims is made up of two independent countries. translation: i consider it necessary to immediately recognise the independence and sovereignty of the donetsk and luhansk people s republics. his decision to sign a decree to that effect has been condemned around the world as an illegal violation of ukrainian sovereignty and territorial integrity. the united nations met in the early hours, and the anger was clear to see. russia s clear attack on ukraine s sovereignty and territorial integrity is unprovoked. it is an attack on ukraine s status as a un member state. this move by president putin is clearly the basis for russia s
after the security council meeting and said, just now my russian counterpart made assertions without evidence that demonstrate their efforts to create a pretext for conflict. and it is alarming, it is revealing, and it is shameful. every un member state has a stake in what comes next. joining our discussion now is tim o brien, senior columnist for bloomberg opinion, and eugene robinson is back with us. and tim, we have the beginnings today of sanctions by the biden administration, based, first, on vladimir putin simply recognizing, as independent, the rebel controlled areas of ukraine. there are more sanctions to come. what can we expect to see in future sanctions? i think one thing the
griff: good morning, carley and todd, things are rapidly moving now. last night emergency meeting of the un security council, u.s. ambassador linda thomas greenfield denouncing putin s actions. he calls them peacekeepers, this is nonsense, we know what they are, an attack on ukraine s status as un member state. it violates basic principle of international law and defys our charter. griff: across the atlantic u.s. allies echoing greenfield s condemnation. russia is recognizing breakaway republic again and this is in breach of international law, sovereignty and integrity of ukraine. griff: this as president