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John Kerry rips into 'Putin's Russia' over Ukraine crisis | John Kerry rips into 'Putin's Russia' over Ukraine crisis |
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Russia was seeking to "change the security landscape of eastern Europe", John Kerry said on Tuesday, calling on Moscow "to leave Ukraine in peace." | Russia was seeking to "change the security landscape of eastern Europe", John Kerry said on Tuesday, calling on Moscow "to leave Ukraine in peace." |
Speaking at an event about US-Europe ties at the Atlantic Council think-tank, the US secretary of state warned that "Nato territory is inviolable", adding: "We will defend every single piece of it." | |
"The events in Ukraine are a wake-up call," Kerry said as fresh violence erupted in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday when thousands of pro-Russian protesters stormed key buildings in the city of Lugansk. | |
"Our European allies have spent more than 20 years with us working to integrate Russia into the Euro-Atlantic community. It is not as if we really haven't bent over backwards to try to set a new course in the post-Cold War era," he said. | |
"What Russia's actions in Ukraine tell us is that today [President Vladimir] Putin's Russia is playing by a different set of rules. | |
"Through its occupation of Crimea and its subsequent destabilisation of eastern Ukraine Russia seeks to change the security landscape of eastern and central Europe. | |
"So we find ourselves in a defining moment for our transatlantic alliance – and nobody should mistake that – and we are prepared to do what we need to do, and to go the distance to uphold that alliance. | |
"Our strength will come from our unity. Together we have to push back against those who want to try to change sovereign borders by force." | "Our strength will come from our unity. Together we have to push back against those who want to try to change sovereign borders by force." |
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