NATO Warns Russia Against Further Intervention
April 8th, 2014
Via: BBC:
Nato has warned Russia that further intervention in Ukraine would be a “historic mistake” with grave consequences.
Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Moscow must pull back troops it has massed on the Ukrainian border.
On Tuesday, Ukraine regained control of one of the government buildings occupied by pro-Russian activists in the east of the country.
Moscow has said that using force to end the protests could lead to civil war.
Kiev says the unrest in the east is being fomented by Russia following its annexation of the Crimean peninsula.
Russia took control in Crimea – where Russian-speakers are in a majority – after a disputed referendum.
In another development, the Kremlin said Russian President Vladimir Putin would meet senior officials on Wednesday to discuss economic ties with Ukraine – including energy supplies.
Ukraine owes Russia’s Gazprom $2.2bn (£1.3bn) for supplies of natural gas and missed a deadline to pay its March bill by midnight on Monday. Previous disputes over the price of gas have seen Gazprom cut off supplies to Ukraine.
