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Sanction Russia now to avoid crisis - Ukraine urges West
Western governments need to impose sanctions on Russia βthis momentβ rather than after an invasion of Ukraine, the countryβs defence minister has said.
Oleksii Reznikov told ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ HARDtalkβs Stephen Sackur that failure to act would result in βa lot of bloodβ¦ a lot of refugees. It will be disaster for Europe.β
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has called on Russia to take a "diplomatic and peaceful path" as fears mount of a new invasion of Ukraine.
Russia has repeatedly denied planning to attack the country.
