As world leaders express outrage, the United Nations Security Council will vote on resolution condemning Russia’s attack on Ukraine, despite Russia’s expected veto.
The West and its allies showed no inclination to send troops into Ukraine — a non-member of NATO — and risk a wider European war. But NATO reinforced its member states in Eastern Europe as a precaution against an attack on them, too.
As the first major world leader to make a big move, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a freeze on the assets of all large Russian banks and plans to bar Russian companies and the Kremlin from raising money on British markets. A reporter describes an encounter with Russian airborne forces at an airport near the Ukraine capital after a firefight.
Von der Leyen said she would propose “massive and targeted sanctions” that would block the country’s access to key technologies and financial markets and freeze Russian assets in Europe. Von der Leyen insisted all Western powers were in lockstep on the crisis. Even Hungary, an often recalcitrant member of the EU, promptly condemned the attack, raising hopes that the 27 states would quickly achieve the required unanimity for the sanctions package.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said that “all parties should work for peace instead of escalating the tension or hyping up the possibility of war” — language China has consistently used to criticize the West in the crisis.
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