our measures will weaken russia s technology, technological position in key areas, actually for which the elite makes most of their money. and this ranges from high tech components to cutting edge software. this will also seriously degrade the russian economy in all areas in the future. let me be very clear. it is president putin who will have to explain this to his citizens. i know that the russian people do not want this war. the european union and nato have worked closely, and this crisis will bring us even closer together. it is our shared duty to stand up to the gravest act of aggression on european soil in decades. our unity is our best strength. the kremlin understands this very well, and that s why they have tried their best to divide us,
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this morning. economy will now be increased. eé ig this morning, president economy will now be increased. eat; this morning, president putin ordered atrocious acts of aggression against a sovereign and independent country and innocent people. we will hold russia accountable for this outrageous violation of ukraine s sovereignty and territorial integrity. and what is at stake is notjust donbas, it is notjust ukraine. what is at stake is the stability of europe and the whole international order, our peace order. president putin chose to bring war back to europe. in a determined and united response, the european union will make it as difficult as possible for the kremlin to pursue its aggressive actions. round about 30 minutes ago i had a phone call with president zelensky. he asked us for what ever the different stakeholders can do for help. we will later today present a package of massive and
nato is not involved directly in this. this is a conflict within ukraine s borders for now and nato is desperately hoping it stays that way. they want two things, russia to withdraw its troops and go back to its side of the border, and want to act as a deterrent to make sure that president putin does not cross into poland or the baltic states and invade a nato country, because that would be a prelude to war or something much wider. indeed, thank ou for that something much wider. indeed, thank you for that analysis. and to our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet. we heard air raid sirens and we have put on ourflakjackets. we heard air raid sirens and we have put on our flakjackets. one wonders what the people of this city and, indeed, right across this country are now thinking. they prayed for peace and, with all the diplomacy over the last few months, they hoped that would be the case but in a major conflict. that would be the case but in a
this is bbc news. the headlines. russia has invaded ukraine in a major military assault by land, sea and air. there have been explosions reported near major cities including in the capital, kyiv. as his army moved in, vladimir putin issued this warning to the world. translation: whoever tries to interfere with us or threaten our country should know that russia s response will be immediate and lead to such consequences that have never been experienced in history. in the capital, fearing the worst, some are desperate to leave. the president calls on the international community to help his country. putin started the war against ukraine putin started the war against ukraine in case the whole democratic