The European Union will approve this Tuesday a first package of sanctions against Russia that, in addition to the veto of certain people and banks, will limit access to the European capital market, as announced in the morning by the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the President of the European Council, Charles Michel.
"Russia's aggression against Ukraine is illegal and unacceptable," said von der Leyen.
The United Kingdom, for its part, has sanctioned five Russian banks and three people as part of the measures against the Kremlin.
The EU and the UK have agreed that Russian forces are already in the breakaway regions of eastern Ukraine.
"It is not a full-fledged invasion, but Russia has entered Donbas and for us Donbas is Ukrainian territory," stressed the head of EU diplomacy, Josep Borrell.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has claimed that Putin's announcements are the "pretext for a large-scale offensive."
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday suspended the certification of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in response to Russian President Vladimir Putin's initiative to recognize the separatist regions of Donbas and to send in the army.
This Tuesday, the Russian Parliament ratified the recognition of the independence of Donetsk and Lugansk, a decision that NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg believes will "dramatically stoke tensions" in Europe.
The certification of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline was suspended on Tuesday in response to the initiative of Russian President Vladimir Putin to recognize the separatist regions of Donbas and to send in the army.
This Tuesday, the Russian Parliament ratified the recognition of the independence of Donetsk and Lugansk, a decision that NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg believes will "dramatically stoke tensions" in Europe.
The certification of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline was suspended on Tuesday in response to the initiative of Russian President Vladimir Putin to recognize the separatist regions of Donbas and to send in the army.
This Tuesday, the Russian Parliament ratified the recognition of the independence of Donetsk and Lugansk, a decision that NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg believes will "dramatically stoke tensions" in Europe.
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The British Government summons the Russian ambassador before the escalation of the crisis
The British Foreign Office has summoned the Russian ambassador to the United Kingdom, Andrei Kelin, to a meeting this Tuesday in the wake of the crisis around Ukraine, as confirmed by a spokesman for the Downing Street residence.
In a meeting with the media, the same official source revealed that this ministry "has summoned the Russian ambassador" and that "it is expected that the meeting is taking place now."
Likewise, the British Foreign Minister, Liz Truss, pointed out on her Twitter account that the diplomat has been summoned to explain the violation of international law by Russia, after the Kremlin recognized the pro-Russian separatist territories of eastern Ukraine.
The head of British diplomacy had previously asked the nationals of her country to leave Ukraine.
Kelin's summons to meet with British authorities in London is perceived as a public gesture of the United Kingdom's condemnation of the actions taken in Ukraine by the government of Vladimir Putin.
Following the worsening of the crisis, Boris Johnson said today that the Russian president has "completely violated international law."
For his part, the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, Andréi Rudenko, has indicated that his country does not plan to deploy troops in the newly recognized pro-Russian People's Republics of Donetsk and Lugansk, in eastern Ukraine, despite having signed a treaty on assistance mutual with both entities.
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The United Kingdom approves sanctions against five banks and three Russian oligarchs
The British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, announced this Tuesday in an appearance in Parliament the sanctions approved against Russia.
"We have offered Russia every chance to achieve its ends through diplomacy," he has said.
However, if the situation does not change, "all the efforts of the West to avoid a conflict will be useless."
For Johnson, Putin's announcements "are the pretext for a large-scale offensive."
Johnson has announced sanctions against five Russian banks and three oligarchs.
Any assets they hold in the UK will be frozen and sanctioned individuals will not be allowed to travel to the country.
"This is the first package of measures," explained the prime minister.
For Johnson, Russian President Vladimir Putin has "flagrantly violated" the Minsk Agreements by recognizing the breakaway regions of Donetsk and Lugansk.
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Albares warns of "massive" sanctions if Russia uses force in Ukraine
Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares warned of huge sanctions on Russia in the event of an attack on Ukraine.
"If Russia were to use force against Ukraine, the sanctions will be massive and Spain will be in solidarity with the rest of its European partners," Albares said in a statement prior to a meeting of EU ministers that will study the imposition of sanctions on Moscow. .
The minister will appear this Wednesday before the Foreign Commission of the Congress of Deputies to address the crisis in Ukraine, as announced by the PSOE spokesman in the Lower House, Héctor Gómez.
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NATO says recognizing Donetsk, Lugansk will 'dramatically' stoke tensions
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday that Russia's recognition of the independence of the self-proclaimed breakaway republics of Donetsk and Lugansk in eastern Ukraine "will dramatically intensify tensions" in Europe.
The Norwegian politician expressed his concern on his Twitter account, after meeting in Brussels with the Polish Foreign Minister, Zbigniew Rau, who also holds the rotating presidency of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). .
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The Russian Senate ratifies the treaties with the newly recognized Donetsk and Lugansk
The Russian Federation Council ratified has ratified the friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance treaties with the newly recognized pro-Russian breakaway republics of Donetsk and Luhansk in eastern Ukraine.
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The EU will approve a first package of sanctions on Russia on Tuesday
The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the president of the European Council, Charles Michel, announce that this Tuesday Brussels will approve a first package of sanctions against Russia.
"Russia's aggression against Ukraine is illegal and unacceptable. The Union stands united in support of Ukraine's sovereignty and its territorial integrity," the Commission president wrote in a tweet.
This afternoon, the European Foreign Ministers will hold an informal meeting with the head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, in which proposals will be discussed that include sanctioning banks that are financing Russian military operations in Ukraine and limiting Moscow's access to EU financial markets and services to ensure that “those responsible clearly feel the economic consequences of their illegal and aggressive actions”.
Brussels says it is prepared to adopt additional measures in light of the development of events in the coming days, it is explained in a statement.
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Artillery fire in the Donbas
The frontline town of Schastya in the government-controlled area of Donbas has been under artillery fire all morning again.
Gunfire has hit blocks of flats and an artillery attack has damaged the power plant and caused a fire.
There are two civilians injured, according to the Ukrainian army.
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Appearance of the French Minister of Foreign Affairs and Borrell
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell appear at a press conference after the EU-Indo-Pacific meeting.
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Germany suspends certification of controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline after escalation in Ukraine
The first consequences of the recognition by Vladimir Putin of the pro-Russian separatist regions of eastern Ukraine come from Berlin.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has announced that the controversial Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline will not be put into operation.
The federal government has decided to paralyze the approval process for the infrastructure, controlled by the Russian gas giant Gazprom.
Scholz has assured this Tuesday that he has asked the Minister of Economy, Robert Habeck, to take the necessary administrative measures to paralyze the process of certification of the gas pipeline.
“And without this certification, Nord Stream cannot go into operation,” he pointed out.
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Photo: Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin on Tuesday.
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The UN calls for the protection of civilians in the situation in Donbas
The UN on Tuesday called on the parties to the conflict to refrain from attacking civilians in Ukraine.
At a press conference in Geneva, the spokesman for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Jens Laerke, advocated for the safety of the Ukrainians.
"We ask everyone to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure," he said.
The spokesman stressed that the population of eastern Ukraine has already suffered greatly in the past eight years, since the hostilities began in Lugansk and Donetsk, adding that before the crisis worsened, the UN had already allocated support funds to Ukraine, and that these "may be redirected depending on the circumstances".
For this year,
the organization had requested 190 million dollars from the international community with the aim of helping 1.8 million people.
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Germany suspends the authorization for the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline due to the Ukrainian crisis
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced on Tuesday the blocking of the certification of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in response to the initiative of Russian President Vladimir Putin to recognize the pro-Russian separatist territories of Ukraine.
"There can be no certification" of that infrastructure, Scholz said in a press appearance in Berlin in which he assured that "the situation has changed" after Moscow's recognition of the self-proclaimed pro-Russian republics of Donbas.
Scholz has said that the German government and those of its partners in the European Union will announce "in a coordinated manner" today the sanctions that they will impose on Russia for what he called a "rupture" by Russia of the international agreements signed by Moscow. in the last decades.
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The international community considers the Minsk Agreements buried
The international community considers the Minsk agreements buried after the recognition of the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, to the secessionist republics of Donetsk and Lugansk.
In Paris, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Tuesday that what Russia had done is "a violation of international law and a threat to the sovereignty of Ukraine, which does not take into account international commitments, including the Minsk agreements".
The President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, has also spoken out and stated in a tweet that the Russian decision "is a violation of the Minsk agreements and international legality."
Meanwhile, the German government is urging Russia to revoke recognition of the self-proclaimed breakaway republics of Donbas which, according to Berlin, "
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said the Russian decision undermines Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity and erodes efforts towards conflict resolution.
In addition, former French President Francois Hollande, who was one of the mediators and negotiators of the Minsk agreements in 2014 and 2015 to end the conflict in Donbas, insisted that Westerners have to "establish a relationship of strength" with Russia. prevent it from going any further and destabilizing the whole of Ukraine.
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11:18
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Borrell confirms that Russian troops have entered Donbas
The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, has indicated this Tuesday that Russian troops have entered Donbas.
"It is not a full-fledged invasion, but Russian troops have entered Donbas and for us Donbas is the territory of Ukraine," he added.
Borrell has called for this afternoon in Paris an extraordinary meeting of foreign ministers of the European Union to approve the first sanctions against Russia.
"I am sure that they will be approved unanimously," said the head of community diplomacy.
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Bernardo de Miguel
11:02
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Erdogan calls Putin's recognition of Ukraine's rebel regions "unacceptable"
The President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has branded as "unacceptable" the recognition of independence granted by Russia to the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Lugansk and has called for respect for International Law.
Erdogan has explained that the decision of his Russian hyomologist, Vladimir Putin, would violate Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity, according to the
Daily Sabah
newspaper .
The Turkish president, however, has also directed his criticism at the West, questioning the Security Conference held over the weekend in Munich, since "it was nothing more than a NATO summit."
En relación a la posibilidad de una guerra cerca de territorio turco, en el mar Negro, el presidente ha apuntado que Turquía adoptará todas las precauciones posibles, pero al mismo tiempo ha deslizado que no esquivará sus responsabilidades. Erdogan visitó a principios de mes Kiev, donde se reunió con el presidente ucraniano, Volodimir Zelenski. Ambos líderes también acordaron nuevos contactos el lunes por la noche, una vez que Putin ya había anunciado públicamente el aval inédito a las administraciones rebeldes del Donbás. (Europa Press)
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Zelenski estudiará la ruptura de relaciones diplomáticas con Rusia
El presidente de Ucrania, Volodímir Zelenski, ha declarado este martes que estudiará la posibilidad de una ruptura de las relaciones diplomáticas con Rusia después de que el presidente ruso, Vladímir Putin, reconociese las autoproclamadas repúblicas prorrusas del Donbás.
“Inmediatamente después de nuestra conferencia de prensa revisaré y estudiaré este asunto, y no solo este, sino nuestros pasos contra la escalada rusa”, ha afirmado en rueda de prensa con su homólogo estonio, Alar Karis. (Efe)
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Rusia dice que los Acuerdos de Minsk “llevan más de un año sepultados” por el “sabotaje” de Ucrania
El ministro de Exteriores de Rusia, Sergei Lavrov, ha recalcado este martes que los Acuerdos de Minsk “llevan más de un año sepultados” por el “sabotaje” de Kiev a los compromisos que adquirió en el marco de los mismos, un día después de que el presidente ruso, Vladímir Putin, reconociera la independencia de las autoproclamadas repúblicas de Donetsk y Lugansk.
Lavrov ha señalado en declaraciones a la cadena de televisión rusa Rossiya 24 que “todo el mundo entiende que los acuerdos ya fueron sepultados”. “No somos nosotros quienes los enterramos”, ha manifestado, antes de asegurar que Ucrania “obliga” a sus socios occidentales a compartir o a “tragarse en silencio” su “rusofobia”.
El ministro ha incidido en que “los acuerdos de Minsk llevan más de un año sepultados debido a esas acciones de Kiev de sabotaje de sus compromisos y debido a la connivencia e incluso, tal vez, a la indulgencia de Occidente ante semejante enfoque del régimen de Kiev”.
El ministro de Exteriores ruso ha destacado además que Moscú se compromete a garantizar la seguridad de Donetsk y Lugansk y ha recordado que “se han firmado los tratados de amistad, cooperación y asistencia mutua entre Rusia y estos nuevos estados, la seguridad de los cuales nos comprometemos a garantizar”, tal y como ha recogido la agencia rusa de noticias Sputnik.
La portavoz del Ministerio, Maria Zajarova, ha resaltado que Moscú aún está abierto a la diplomacia y ha agregado que Lavrov aún espera reunirse el jueves con el secretario de Estado estadounidense, Antony Blinken, según la agencia alemana de noticias DPA. “Dijimos incluso en los peores momentos que estamos preparados para el proceso de negociaciones”, ha zanjado. (EP)
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¿Cómo nos afectaría una guerra en Ucrania?
Una guerra en Ucrania nos afectaría a nivel económico en Europa. Tanto Rusia como Ucrania son proveedores clave de petróleo, gas natural o cereales. España tiene ventaja porque no depende tanto del gas ruso como el resto de Europa. Sin embargo, el efecto más fuerte sería indirecto en los precios por la escasez en el mercado. Lo que sí afectaría muy directamente es la importación de cereales desde Ucrania y Rusia. Por Patricio Ortiz, Luis Manuel Rivas y Nelly Ragua
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Bruselas avisa de que la decisión de Rusia elevará “fuertemente” la incertidumbre económica
El comisario de Economía, Paolo Gentiloni, ha advertido este martes de que la decisión de Rusia de reconocer la independencia de las regiones separatistas en Ucrania elevará “fuertemente” la incertidumbre económica de la Unión Europea.
“La incertidumbre continúa a nuestro alrededor y la violación de la legislación internacional a través del reconocimiento de Rusia de los dos territorios separatistas en Ucrania aumentará fuertemente esta incertidumbre”, ha señalado el comisario de Economía en el seno de una conferencia auspiciada por su dirección general y el Comité Europeo Económico y Social.
Gentiloni ha recordado en su discurso que el 10 de febrero la Comisión Europea revisó ligeramente las previsiones de crecimiento respecto a las de noviembre “a la baja para este año y al alza para 2023”. El comisario de Economía recuerda que según los pronósticos de la Comisión Europea, el PIB de la UE aumentará un 4% en 2022 y un 2,8% en 2023. Además, el Ejecutivo comunitario elevó en febrero sus previsiones de inflación al 3,5% para 2022 en la Eurozona y al 3,9% en la UE. (EP)
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Polonia pide “sanciones serias” contra Rusia ante la vuelta al “imperio soviético”
El ministro polaco de Defensa, Mariusz Blaszczak, ha pedido este martes “sanciones serias, no simbólicas” contra Moscú, pues según él solo así se impedirá la “vuelta del imperio soviético”.
En declaraciones a la prensa en Varsovia, el ministro ha subrayado que unas sanciones poco contundentes contra Rusia “solo conseguirán que el agresor se vuelva más atrevido”. “La reacción a todo lo que sucedió en 2014, es decir, a la agresión de Rusia contra Ucrania, fue demasiado débil, y hoy sufrimos las consecuencias”, ha afirmado.
Blaszczak, además, asegura que “fuerzas rusas penetraron en el territorio de las autoproclamadas repúblicas (de Donetsk y Lugansk) y, por lo tanto, violaron de facto las fronteras de Ucrania”.(Efe)
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El despliegue de las tropas rusas alrededor de Ucrania
Rusia acumula hasta 190.000 militares alrededor de Ucrania, según las últimas informaciones del Gobierno de Estados Unidos.
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