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Russia's actions in the Donbas region were condemned by a number of world leaders. In a speech to the House of Commons on 24 February, British Prime Minister [[Boris Johnson]] called Putin's claim of seeking the "demilitarisation and denazification" of the Ukraine an "absurd pretext" and accused him of attacking his "free and peaceful neighbor. "Putin will stand condemned," he said, "in the eyes of the world and of history."<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgQ10FfZyOs</ref> [[NATO]] Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced that NATO troops would be deployed to Poland in the near future; at the same time, the [[EU]] warned of "massive" sanctions against Russian assets.<ref>[https://euobserver.com/world/154423 'Massive' EU sanctions to target Putin's war chest]. Andrew Rettman, ''The EUObserver''. Thu 24 Feb 2022.</ref>  

Russia's actions in the Donbas region were condemned by a number of world leaders. In a speech to the House of Commons on 24 February, British Prime Minister [[Boris Johnson]] called Putin's claim of seeking the "demilitarisation and denazification" of the Ukraine an "absurd pretext" and accused him of attacking his "free and peaceful neighbor. "Putin will stand condemned," he said, "in the eyes of the world and of history."<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgQ10FfZyOs</ref> [[NATO]] Secretary General [[Jens Stoltenberg]] announced that NATO troops would be deployed to Poland in the near future; at the same time, the [[EU]] warned of "massive" sanctions against Russian assets.<ref>[https://euobserver.com/world/154423 'Massive' EU sanctions to target Putin's war chest]. Andrew Rettman, ''The EUObserver''. Thu 24 Feb 2022.</ref>  

[[Pope Francis]] declared the next [[Ash Wednesday]] (2 March) to be an international day of fasting and prayer for peace, while Justin Welby, the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]], called Russian movement into the Ukraine "an act of great evil."<ref>[https://www.churchofengland.org/media-and-news/press-releases/attack-ukraine-act-great-evil-statement-archbishops-canterbury-and Attack on Ukraine 'an act of great evil'-statement from Archbishops of Canterbury and York] The Church of England, 24 February 2022.</ref>

[[Pope Francis]] declared the next [[Ash Wednesday]] (2 March) to be an international day of fasting and prayer for peace, while Justin Welby, the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]], called Russian movement into the Ukraine "an act of great evil."<ref>[https://www.churchofengland.org/media-and-news/press-releases/attack-ukraine-act-great-evil-statement-archbishops-canterbury-and Attack on Ukraine 'an act of great evil'-statement from Archbishops of Canterbury and York] The Church of England, 24 February 2022.</ref>