It's a clash of two worlds - Commission President on Russo-Ukraine war
Quoting the editorial of one Ukrainian newspaper, the Kyiv Independent, published just hours before the invasion began, Ursula von der Leyen said:
This is not just about Ukraine. It is a clash of two worlds, two polar sets of values.' They are so right.
— The (Kyiv) March 1, 2022
This is a clash between the rule of law and the rule of the gun; between democracies and autocracies; between a rules-based order and a world of naked aggression.
, she said in her speech at the European Parliament Plenary on the Russian aggression against Ukraine on Tuesday.
"How we respond today to what Russia is doing will determine the future of the international system," she added.
The destiny of Ukraine is at stake, but our own fate also lies in the balance. We must show the power that lies in our democracies; we must show the power of people that choose their independent paths, freely and democratically. This is our show of force.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has today accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of slaughtering innocent Ukrainian kids with "barbaric and indiscriminate" bombing.
Vladimir Putin is prepared to use barbaric and indiscriminate tactics against innocent civilians to bomb tower blocks, to send missiles into tower blocks, to kill children as we're seeing increasing numbers.
The prime minister said the Russian president had "fatally underestimated" the willingness of the Ukrainian people to fight and the resolve of the West.
Johnson, who was in Poland today, warned that the Russian President and his commanders in Ukraine could face prosecution for war crimes, as Ukraine's second-largest city Kharkiv was hit by shellings and missiles by Russia that killed at least 10 civilians. He also warned Russia about the Western sanctions and said that it would remain "for as long as it takes".
The UK government is open to removing Russia as one of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council following the invasion of Ukraine, Prime Minister Boris Johnson's spokesman said Tuesday as reported by news agency AP.
Asked if the U.K. would support an attempt to boot out Russia from the U.N. Security Council, Johnson said this might be impossible under the current rules, Politico reported.
“Within the U.N. structures [it] is very difficult to move people without a vote, and clearly when you have a veto in the Security Council there’s a paradox, we cannot vote to change the rules without the agreement of the Russians,” he said.
“What is happening is that I think the great middle of the U.N. congregation, if you like, is starting to realize how horrific this is," Johnson said at a press conference in Tapa, Estonia, with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and Estonia’s Prime Minister Kaja Kallas.
Russia also used a potent vacuum bomb (also known as a thermobaric bomb) in an attack on an army base in Okhtyrka, Oksana Markarova, Ukraine’s ambassador to the United States, said on Monday night. This type of weaponry is prohibited by the Geneva Convention.
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