"Meanwhile, Russia said that any western troops sent to Ukraine as part of the Coalition of the Willing would be deemed legitimate combat targets, after plans announced at the grouping's summit earlier this week. Reuters reported that a Russian foreign ministry statement said militaristic declarations by a coalition of pro-Ukraine European governments were becoming increasingly dangerous. AFP added that Moscow labelled Ukraine and its European backers an axis of war, and stressing it was dangerous."
"In last night's speech at a Korber Foundation event marking his 70th birthday, Steinmeier said the US behaviour represented a second historic rupture of the world order after Russia's annexation of Crimea and the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Reuters reported. He also called for more to be done to prevent the world into turning into a den of robbers, where the most unscrupulous take whatever they want."
Russia warned that any western troops sent to Ukraine would be deemed legitimate combat targets, calling militaristic declarations by pro-Ukraine European governments increasingly dangerous. Moscow labelled Ukraine and its European backers an axis of war. German president Frank-Walter Steinmeier sharply criticised US foreign policy under Donald Trump, warning of a breakdown of values and describing US behavior as a second historic rupture of the world order after Crimea and the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Steinmeier urged action to prevent the world turning into a den of robbers. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned strikes on energy infrastructure as attacks on civilians and attempts to break Ukraine.
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