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All the old Aus PM's are getting in on it as well - these clowns are rattled
Morrison calls for Russia to 'step back', as Abbott warns invasion of Poland and Baltic nations may follow
"Russia should step back," Prime Minister Scott Morrison has declared, as President Vladimir Putin ordered what he described as peacekeeping troops into two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine.
Mr Morrison described the suggestion that troops were being ordered into the Moscow-backed separatist territories to maintain peace as "nonsense".
"It should unconditionally withdraw back behind its own borders and stop threatening its neighbours," Mr Morrison said of the move, which appears to be a precursor for full-blown invasion.
"It's unacceptable, it's unprovoked, it's unwarranted," he said.
Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott warned Russia could try to invade Poland and the Baltic states if it succeeds in Ukraine.
Speaking with The Sydney Morning Herald, Mr Abbott said Russia could be on the brink of bringing down a "new Iron Curtain" on eastern Europe.
Mr Morrison said he was "aware" of Mr Abbott's comments but that he was focused on immediate developments.
==Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese has also condemned the action and called for Russia to respect Ukraine's sovereignty.
"We condemn Russia's unilateral recognition of breakaway territories in Ukraine," Mr Albanese said from Tasmania.==
"We respect the sovereignty of Ukraine. Russia should do that too, in accordance with international law
"There is no place in 2022 for nation-states to try to carve off sections of another sovereign nation-state, which is what we're seeing here."
Mr Albanese called on other nations to join in the condemnation of Russia's actions.
"We also think that China and other countries need to speak out in support of the sovereignty of Ukraine," he said.
Kevin Rudd, who preceded Mr Abbott as prime minster, also hit out at Moscow.
"Russia's invasion of Ukraine is a gross violation of international law demanding universal condemnation by all, including China," he wrote on Twitter.
"Respecting the integrity of national borders is axiomatic to global order.
"It also happens to be a core precept of China's stated foreign policy doctrine."
Earlier today Mr Putin recognised the two pro-Moscow territories - the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic - as independent.
https://www.9news.com.au/national/russia-ukraine-update-scott-morrison-orders-russia-to-back-off-as-ukraine-invasion-seems-imminent/8dcf49bc-d48a-4940-9c27-e514a2e3d69f
None of these commie fucks said shit about Trudeau