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Russia has launched a series of air strikes, including on the city of Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine.
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticized the actions of the North Atlantic Defense Pact over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, saying NATO should have taken more decisive action.
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Speaking in Istanbul, Erdogan said both NATO and the European Union had failed to help Ukraine. Turkey is a member of NATO.
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“NATO should take firmer action. We have spoken frankly with (NATO Secretary General Jens) Stoltenberg. In those talks, we conveyed our position,” Erdogan said on Friday (25/02).
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Erdoan added that condemning Russia’s actions alone was not enough and he hoped that the NATO meeting on Friday (25/02), could result in decisive steps.
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Ukrainians reach the Ukrainian-Polish border in search of protection.
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While the majority of Western countries are united in condemning Russia, its neighbour, China does not blame Moscow.
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In a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday (25/02), Chinese President Xi Jinping said his country supports Russia’s efforts to resolve the Ukraine crisis through dialogue, China’s CCTV reported.
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China’s initial response to Russia’s military deployment to Ukraine was to criticize the Western media.
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Asked if what was happening in Ukraine today was an invasion, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said the “historical context is complicated” and the current situation “caused by various factors”.
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The question of whether conditions in Ukraine were an ‘invasion’ was called a “typical method of asking Western media”. The Foreign Ministry said “we will not rush to a conclusion”.
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China’s foreign minister, Wang Yi, said he understood Russia’s security concerns.
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An apartment in the city of Chuguiv was hit by a Russian attack.
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China and Russia now have a strategic partnership aimed at countering US influence. The partnership was made during a meeting between Putin and President Xi Jinping before the Winter Olympics in Beijing.
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In Ukraine, the Chinese Embassy sent a message to all Chinese citizens residing in the country.
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The Chinese embassy encouraged its citizens to fly the Chinese flag on cars and “help each other” and show “China’s strength”.
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Indonesian Call and the world
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The Indonesian government declared that the military attack in Ukraine was “unacceptable” as well as “severely endangering the safety of the people” and “threatening regional and world peace and stability.”
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The Indonesian government’s statement released by the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday (25/02), also called for the attack to be stopped immediately and called on all parties to stop hostilities and prioritize a peaceful settlement through diplomacy.
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Indonesia also urges the UN Security Council to take concrete steps to prevent the situation from worsening.
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The government, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has prepared an evacuation plan for Indonesian citizens. The safety of Indonesian citizens has always been the government’s priority.
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On Thursday (24/2) President Joko Widodo tweeted: “Stop war. This war hurts humanity, and endangers the world.”
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So far, the teaser has been retold more than 9,000 times and liked more than 48,000 times.
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A series of criticisms from a number of world leaders continued to surface along with Russia’s decision to invade Ukraine.
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In Europe, the EU’s head of foreign policy, Josep Borrell, criticized President Vladimir Putin’s decision.
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“This is one of the darkest times in Europe since World War Two,” Borrell said.
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According to him, the fact that a large and nuclear-armed nation attacks a neighboring country and then threatens another country that tries to save is “the greatest violation of international law” and “a violation of the basic principles of human coexistence.”
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The European Union, he added, would apply the toughest sanctions ever imposed.
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In Britain, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was “shocked by the terrible events in Ukraine”.
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He assessed President Vladimir Putin “has chosen the path of bloodshed and destruction by launching these attacks without provocation”.
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President Vladimir Putin announced a televised Russian military attack on Ukraine.
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Britain, said Boris Johnson, will respond decisively.
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Meanwhile, French President Emmanuel Macron, who spent hours meeting with Putin and also spoke to him several times by telephone, said Russia should stop its military action.
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The German Economy Minister, Robert Habeck, assessed that Europe was witnessing a land war “which we thought could only be found in history books”.
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Earlier, US President Joe Biden said Putin “has chosen a premeditated war that will result in loss of life and human suffering on a catastrophic scale.”
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