- Using political, economic and humanitarian means
- Compares Ukraine to Iraq, Libya and Syria by saying that they were pushed by “gross external intervention” and to the brink of disintegration
- It’s a loss of sovereignty and a national catastrophe
- Accuses the west of trying to destabilise the whole region through Ukraine crisis
- Says Russia and EU partners could not convince Poroshenko not to take the path of violence
- Could not convince him to extend cease fire
- Condems deaths of reporters in Ukraine and sees further concentrated efforts to attack reporters
Putin spouting forth after the EU said they are looking at adding to the sanction list but EU diplomats added that they are not immediately ready to impose new sanctions.
