Washington has announced that it will announce sanctions against Russia in the coming hours following Putin’s decision to order the deployment of Russian troops in the two pro-Russian separatist regions of eastern Ukraine, which the Russian president acknowledged yesterday. as independents. US President Joe Biden is expected to do so new discourse at 21.00 today.
White House: This is an invasion
However, although the White House avoided in the first hours calling the mission of the Russian military forces “invasion”, as the AP reports, today there was a change.
White House Deputy National Security Adviser John Finner said: “We believe that, yes, this is the beginning of an invasion“of the recent Russian invasion of Ukraine.”
He pointed out that the word “last” is important, to add: “An invasion is an invasion and that is what is evolving now.”
According to a White House official, speaking on condition of anonymity, it was decided to use the term “invasion” because of the situation on the ground.
He noted that the administration was initially reluctant to talk about troop deployments as it waited to see what Russia would actually do. When the movement of Russian soldiers was assessed, it was clear that it was an invasion.
Late last night, after the recognition decree, Vl. Putin instructed the Russian Ministry of Defense to develop Russian “Peacekeeping forces” in the two breakaway regions of eastern Ukraine.
The term “peacekeeping force” supports the Russian argument that it is acting as an ally to protect the autonomous regions of Ukraine.
Western countries say that by recognizing independence, Putin is trying to create a pretext to invade Ukraine once again.
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