And i think this is the great breakthrough. and if we receive just a little bit more himars, just an anti-aircraft missiles, just to continue the training of ukrainian pilots on f-16 or american jet fighters and bombers, that is their demonstration to putin, this is a dead end. you please out from ukraine your troops and stay there. otherwise, the world answer will be very efficient. you were born near ukraine s border with moldova. and yet, my colleague, fareed zakaria, spoke with the prime minister of moldova. for people who aren t aware, you have russian backed breakaway areas and russian forces are still based there. he asked her what the threat from russia to moldova is.
This is bbc news these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. military vehicles enter eastern ukraine, hours after vladimir putin recognises two breakaway areas as independent states. ukraine s president appeals for western support. we are waiting for clear and effective steps of support from our partners. it is very important to see now who our real friends and partners are. will sanctions chan-e putin s mind? senior members of the uk government attend an emergency meeting, to discuss russian sanctions. borisjohnson says putin is bent on a full scale invasion. he has completely torn up international law. we will immediately introduce a package of economic sanctions.
Fighting inside ukraine, there are not boots on the ground even if the u.s. warns putin of other significant consequences. putin today says russia will recognize the 2014 borders in breakaway areas in ukraine. it is a larger block of land than what the russian backed separatists currently control. it sympathy ez to the state of play on the ground and why many of you view this as another step by putin to create a pretext for another level of incursion than unsahratian into the other areas. we re also seeing pictures of unmarked military vehicles in eastern ukraine. also today, the russian du many. a voted unanimously giving putin a blank check to use force outside of russia. another sign that is gaining a lot of scrutiny and concern, russia evacuating the personnel from it own ukrainian embassy. they re open to diplomacy although they shut the door on what would have been a
Conservative mps and opposition parties conservative mps and opposition parties at conservative mps and opposition parties at westminster think the government should have gone further and they government should have gone further and they should have prevented more people. and they should have prevented more people, more companies from doing more people, more companies from doing more things in the global economy as a result more things in the global economy as a result of more things in the global economy as a result of this. and so the government this morning is feeling the need government this morning is feeling the need to defend what it is doing. liz truss. the need to defend what it is doing. liz truss, the foreign secretary, has written liz truss, the foreign secretary, has written an article for the times and she has written an article for the times and she will be on the sofa, in this seat, and she will be on the sofa, in this seat, shortly. she is talking about how there seat, shortly. she is talking about how there are still lots of things on the how there are still lots of things on the table the government could do and there on the table the government could do and there is on the table the government could do and there is a long list of people they could target in the future of president they could target in the future of president putin does not pull back or he president putin does not pull back or he escalates the situation even further or he escalates the situation even further i or he escalates the situation even further. i think they are trying to reassure further. i think they are trying to reassure people it is not the puny response reassure people it is not the puny response it reassure people it is not the puny response it was labelled as by some of their response it was labelled as by some of their critics. there is a protest as well of their critics. there is a protest as well the of their critics. there is a protest as well. the government wants to sanction as well. the government wants to sanction some of the members of the russian sanction some of the members of the russian parliament that have voted for these russian parliament that have voted for these breakaway areas in ukraine to be for these breakaway areas in ukraine to be recognised by russia. that
Sanctions that came out yesterday. restrictions on three wealthy individuals, and five banks. then there is a bit of a process thing here as well. the government wants to sanction members of the russian parliament, who have called for the russian government to recognise those breakaway areas of ukraine. well, it turns out that require some tweaks to uk legislation to be able to do that, it could take a couple of weeks. the button is not yet ready to be pushed. then you have the philosophical question of what are the sanctions for? the government says they will escalate them as russia s actions escalate, and as the crisis escalates. but then people in parliament yesterday were saying, well, no, you have the biggest deterrent effect by applying tough sanctions before the escalation happens. the government was trying to strike a balance between all of those things. that is why you have liz truss, the foreign secretary, writing in the times newspaper and appearing on tv and radio to say that nothing is of the table and that the sanctions will ratchet up if they are required, and that there is a long list of people that there is a long list of people that there is a long list of people