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Met @SpeakerPelosi today, agreed Putin’s actions overnight are a flagrant breach of international law.
🇺🇸🇬🇧 We are united in standing by Ukraine. We are committed to their sovereignty and territorial integrity. We will impose severe costs on Russia.
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I instructed the Permanent Under Secretary to summon the Russian Ambassador to explain Russia’s violation of international law and disregard of Ukraine’s sovereignty.
We are imposing severe sanctions in response.
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Strong response from @OlafScholz suspending NordStream2.
We must hold Russia responsible for their actions, which will be met with severe costs. Europe must reduce its dependence on Russian gas.
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Russian aggression is being met with severe costs. Today I signed our first wave of sanctions targeting oligarchs and banks close to the Kremlin. We will keep ratcheting up sanctions if Russia refuses to de-escalate.
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🇬🇧🇺🇸🇩🇪🇫🇷🇨🇦🇮🇹🇯🇵 The G7 Foreign Ministers strongly condemn Russia’s violation of their international commitments.
We agreed a strong package of coordinated escalatory sanctions in response. Our support is unwavering for the territorial integrity of Ukraine.
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Important calls on Ukraine with allies @GLandsbergis @WBHoekstra @JanLipavsky and @BogdanAurescu. We agreed Russia’s disregard for international law will be met with severe costs.
🇱🇹🇳🇱🇨🇿🇷🇴 and 🇬🇧 are unified in our response and are adopting coordinated escalatory sanctions.
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We are using our economic strength to inflict pain on Russia and the Kremlin. We announced our first wave of sanctions yesterday in concert with allies, with more planned. Nothing is off the table. Read my @thetimes piece👇
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The UK will guarantee up to $500million in loans to help Ukraine withstand the economic impact of Russia’s actions.
We are using our economic heft to inflict pain on Russia and to support the Ukrainian people. gov.uk/government/new…
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Today we have deployed teams to 5 countries in Eastern Europe to support Brits leaving Ukraine.
A crucial part of our 24/7 response to support our citizens overseas.
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Our support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine is unwavering.
We #StandWithUkraine 🇬🇧🇺🇦
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I strongly condemn the appalling, unprovoked attack President Putin has launched on the people of Ukraine.
We stand with Ukraine and we will work with our international partners to respond to this terrible act of agression.
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I have summoned the Russian ambassador to meet me and explain Russia’s illegal, unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. We will be imposing severe sanctions and rallying countries in support of Ukraine.
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Today I’ll be speaking to Foreign Ministers across the world, rallying countries in support of Ukraine and in condemnation of Russia's illegal, unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. 🇺🇦
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My statement on Russia's illegal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.👇
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Been in touch today with partners across Europe 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🇳🇴 🇮🇹 🇩🇰 🇳🇱 as well as 🇨🇦 🇧🇷 🇮🇳
Also spoke at the OSCE council to express the UK’s condemnation of Russia’s illegal and unprovoked invasion. We will continue to rally support for Ukraine with countries across the world.
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We are imposing an unprecedented punishing package of economic sanctions against the Kremlin, hitting all parts of the Russian economy.👇
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Tonight @BWallaceMP and I spoke to our Ukrainian counterparts @oleksiireznikov & @DmytroKuleba.
We continue to support Ukraine politically, economically and defensively in the face of Russia’s abhorrent invasion. #StandwithUkraine
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We warned Russia that an invasion would incur the toughest sanctions we have ever imposed. We have been true to our word.
My op-ed in @Telegraph 👇🏻
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Solidarity with @DmytroKuleba and the Ukrainian people. Putin’s assault on Ukraine is barbaric, unjustified and shows a callous disregard for human life. We will continue to hold Putin to account and remain steadfast in our support. #StandwithUkraine twitter.com/DmytroKuleba/s…
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We stand with Ukraine, its people and its democracy and will continue to support them economically, politically and defensively. My op-ed in @Telegraph 💬
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I spoke to 🇨🇳 FM Wang Yi about Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine and made clear that Russia's actions are a flagrant breach of the UN Charter. As a permanent member of the UN Security Council we expect China to stand up for Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
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We will introduce sanctions against Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in response to Russia’s illegal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.
We will not stop inflicting economic pain on the Kremlin until Ukrainian sovereignty is restored.
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Have spoken to nations across the world today including Poland, Saudi Arabia, UAE, China, Estonia, Hungary and USA. 🇵🇱🇸🇦🇦🇪🇨🇳🇪🇪🇭🇺🇺🇸
The UK is clear, all members of the UN should stand up for Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity. 🇺🇦
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Today the UK stood by Ukraine and other Council of Europe states and voted to suspend Russia.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has exposed Putin's disregard for the rule of law, democracy & human rights. We support Ukraine and condemn this abhorrent attack 🇺🇦 coe.int/en/web/portal/…
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Russia is isolated at the UN Security Council as no country votes with them. They are a global pariah.
Putin's invasion of Ukraine and violation of the UN Charter will have severe consequences.👇 twitter.com/spectatorindex…
Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. MP for South West Norfolk.