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Sanction Russia now to avoid crisis - Ukraine urges West
Western governments need to impose sanctions on Russia 鈥渢his moment鈥� rather than after an invasion of Ukraine, the country鈥檚 defence minister has said.
Oleksii Reznikov told 麻豆社 HARDtalk鈥檚 Stephen Sackur that failure to act would result in 鈥渁 lot of blood鈥� a lot of refugees. It will be disaster for Europe.鈥�
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.
