Russia compares sanctions to war as UK says Putin preparing to send 1,000 mercenaries to Ukraine
by Martin Farrer and Samantha Lock, and Shaun Walker from World news | The Guardian on (#5XKT0)
Putin spokesman accuses Nato of backing Russia into a corner as UK warns Moscow's stalled offensive means mercenaries are expected to head to Ukraine
Vladimir Putin's main spokesman has said that sanctions on trade and oligarchs were akin to total war" against Russia, and that the west has pushed the Kremlin into the corner" with Nato expansion, as officials prepare for the resumption of peace talks with Ukraine on Tuesday.
Dmitry Peskov said in an interview on American television that the punitive sanctions levelled against Russia were quite unfriendly" and made the country feel as it were at war with the US and its western allies.
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