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21 February 2022
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell calls Russia’s recognition of the two illegal formations in the territory of certain areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions a blatant violation of international law, Ukraine’s territorial integrity, and the Minsk agreements.
During his 55-minute speech on Russian TV, Russian president Vladimir Putin recognized the independence of the so-called “Luhansk People’s Republic” and “Donetsk People’s Republic” and signed the relevant decrees.
EU foreign ministers called on Russian president Putin not to recognize the independence of self-proclaimed entities in certain areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions (CADLR) and reaffirmed their readiness to take decisive and concerted action if their independence is recognized.
The European Union has imposed Crimea-related sanctions on five more people for taking part in the September 2021 elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation in the temporarily occupied Crimea.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba has submitted an official application to the United Nations Security Council member states with a request to hold urgent consultations on reducing tensions around Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that there are no signs of a de-escalation of the security situation with Russia, while about 150,000 Russian troops are stationed on Ukraine's border.
Foreign Ministers Edgars Rinkevics of Latvia, Gabrielius Landsbergis of Lithuania and Eva-Maria Liimets of Estonia will make a joint visit to Ukraine on February 23-25.
European Union's best response to Russia's aggressive actions may be giving Ukraine clear European prospects to convince Putin that Ukraine's European course is irreversible.
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbok has accused the Russian leadership of irresponsibly playing with the lives of people living in the occupied territories and called on Moscow to return to the negotiating table.
The self-styled leaders of the “DPR” and “LPR” entities, Denis Pushilin and Leonid Pasichnyk, called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to recognize the independence of their pseudo-republics.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has denied Russian disinformation reports about an alleged Ukrainian attack.
Ukraine is grateful to all participants in the negotiation process who are trying to resolve the escalation around Ukraine through political and diplomatic means.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Slovak Prime Minister Eduard Heger have discussed the current security challenges facing Ukraine and Europe.
The European Union has reaffirmed its readiness to provide comprehensive assistance to Ukraine in strengthening its cybersecurity amid ongoing Russia's military build-up along Ukraine's borders and attempts to destabilize the work of Ukrainian government agencies.
The European Union foreign ministers at a meeting in Brussels approved a political decision to establish an advisory military training mission in Ukraine, which will be a powerful signal of political support.
The leaders of the "LPR" and "DPR" pseudo-republics, who had previously recorded a video message to the local population, de facto documented Russia’s crime.
Russia is putting into place false flag operations and is looking for a pretext to invade Ukraine.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba will make foreign visits on February 21-23 to participate in EU and UN events and hold talks with the United States, according to Ukrinform.
Ukraine is now at the center of the disinformation war as the Center for Strategic Communications and Information Security at the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine exposed ten classic fakes produced by Russia.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belgium Sophie Wilmès discussed the conditions for activating European Union sanctions against the Russian Federation.
French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson had a phone call to discuss ways to resolve tensions caused by Russia's military escalation near Ukraine’s borders.
If Russia invades Ukraine, Western powers will impose sanctions, which will effectively cut the aggressor off from international financial markets.
U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin may meet soon if Russia does not launch a new invasion of Ukraine.
20 February 2022
Amid the Russian threat and security challenges facing Europe as a result of Russia's military build-up along Ukraine's borders, the European Union intends to further deepen economic and political rapprochement with Ukraine, including by holding a donors conference to support its economy.
The Principality of Liechtenstein has joined the Ukraine-initiated Crimea Platform, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has said.
French President Emmanuel Macron and Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call on Sunday agreed to facilitate a diplomatic solution to the current crisis.
The Netherlands has temporarily relocated its embassy in Ukraine from Kyiv to Lviv for security reasons.
Canada has already developed a set of "compounded" sanction packages against Russia, which will be triggered immediately in the event of a Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and French President Emmanuel Macron have discussed the security situation around Ukraine and supported the urgent convening of a meeting of the Trilateral Contact Group.
19 February 2022
Full text of Zelensky's speech at Munich Security Conference Ukraine wants peace. Europe wants peace. The world says it doesn't want to fight, and Russia says it doesn't want to attack. One of us is lying. It is not an axiom yet, though not a hypothesis already