Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has canceled his visit to Geneva for the UN Human Rights Council session because of the European Union’s ban on Russian aircraft flights, the Russian Mission in Geneva said on Monday. 28)
The EU confirmed its decision to close its airspace to Russia on Sunday (27). The ban is part of a series of measures in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
“Our airspace will be closed to all Russian planes. And that includes the private jets of oligarchs as well,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Sunday.
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After months of military escalation and intemperance on the Ukrainian border, Russia attacked the Eastern European country. At dawn this Thursday (24), Russian forces began to bomb several regions of the country – follow the repercussion live on CNN.
Hours earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin authorized a “special military operation” in the Donbas region (to the east of Ukraine, where the breakaway regions of Luhansk and Donetsk are located, which he recognized as independent). hours later, however, there was an attack on almost all of Ukrainian territory, with explosions in several cities, including the capital Kiev.
According to Ukrainian officials, dozens of deaths have been confirmed in the armies of both countries. In his speech before the attack, Putin justified the action by saying that Russia could not “tolerate threats from Ukraine”. Putin urged Ukrainian soldiers to “put down your weapons and go home”. The Russian leader further stated that he will not accept any kind of foreign interference.
This attack on the former Soviet neighbor threatens to destabilize Europe and involve the United States.
Russia has been tightening its military grip around Ukraine for the past year, amassing tens of thousands of troops, equipment and artillery at the country’s gates. In recent weeks, diplomatic efforts to defuse tensions have been unsuccessful.
The escalation in the years-long conflict between Russia and Ukraine has triggered the continent’s biggest security crisis since the Cold War, raising the specter of a dangerous confrontation between Western powers and Moscow.
(*From Sarah Marsh and Madeline Chambers of Reuters and Eliza Mackintosh of CNN)
Source: CNN Brasil
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