Russia and its former satellite, Ukraine may be edging towards war, after President Vladimir Putin on Saturday won approval from Russia’s upper house of parliament, the Federation Council, to send Russian troops into Ukrainian territory.
In Ukraine, boxer turned politician Vitali Klitschko urged parliament to mobilise the army
Putin’s request was approved unanimously. Speaker Valentina Matviyenko also ordered the Council’s foreign affairs committee to ask Putin to recall the Russian ambassador from the United States.
Klitschko said: “Parliament must ask the army’s commander-in-chief to declare national mobilisation after the start of Russian aggression against Ukraine,” Klitschko said in a statement. He also asked for the UN Security Council to gather urgently for talks on the crisis.
