News Forum - US guarded on whether it considers Russia’s “peacekeeping” mission in Donbass an invasion

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Following Russia’s deployment of troops to separatist areas of Ukraine, in what President Vladimir Putin describes as a “peacekeeping” mission, the US is adopting a wait-and-see approach. According to an AFP report, US officials have declined to describe Putin’s latest move as an invasion, insisting that talks are still a possibility. US President Joe Biden has already imposed sanctions on 2 Russian-backed areas in the region of Donbass, in eastern Ukraine. However, the US has stopped short of characterising the deployment of Russian troops to the region as an invasion. Doing so would trigger additional sanctions, more severe in nature, […]

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