US to sanction Russia for "clear violation of international law" - US ambassador to UN Greenfield

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US ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield said Washington would sanction Russia for a “clear violation of international law” during statements delivered in New York City on Monday following Russia’s decision to recognise the breakaway Donbass republics in eastern Ukraine.

“This is the moment, the moment to stand up and defend the United Nations and the international order as we know it. Tomorrow, the United States will impose sanctions on Russia for this clear violation of international law and Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity,” she said.

“We can, will, and must stand united in our calls for Russia to withdraw its forces, return to the diplomatic table, and work towards peace,” she said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed decrees on the recognition of the self-proclaimed republics of Donetsk and Lugansk in the eastern Ukrainian territory of Donbass on Monday. He subsequently ordered the Russian military to ‘secure the peace’ in the newly recognised territories.

Putin said the decision to recognise the breakaway republics was a direct result of the failure of the 2014 Minsk agreements to put an end to fighting in the Donbass.

Ukraine and the self-proclaimed republics continue to accuse each other of heavy shelling and violations of the Minsk agreements, as recorded by the OSCE monitoring mission.

The leaders of the DPR and LPR, Denis Pushilin and Leonid Pasechnik, had called for Moscow’s support for their independence.

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